Melissa Guerrette
@msguerrette.bsky.social
Gr. 5 teacher. NBCT. 2021 Oxford County TOY. Reader. Writer. Lucky Aunt. Creator of educator support materials and graphic design on the side.
Have you signed up for this month’s Classroom Corridors Community Conversations? Will I see you on Thursday?
NCTE’s next Classroom Corridors session is May 29 at 6:30 p.m. ET.
Join a community conversation for elementary teachers focused on math and literacy, facilitated by Anita Stratton and @holamsjohnston.bsky.social.
Register: ncte.org/classroom-co...
#MathAndLiteracy #ClassroomCorridors
Join a community conversation for elementary teachers focused on math and literacy, facilitated by Anita Stratton and @holamsjohnston.bsky.social.
Register: ncte.org/classroom-co...
#MathAndLiteracy #ClassroomCorridors
May 27, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Have you signed up for this month’s Classroom Corridors Community Conversations? Will I see you on Thursday?
I had so much fun chatting with elementary educators tonight. I loved lifting my cohort colleagues, and it left me with such energy to be building community and joyful practice with everyone who came!
We'll do it again at the end of May--will you join us?? @ncte.org
We'll do it again at the end of May--will you join us?? @ncte.org
Next week, I have the privilege of facilitating the FIRST webinar in our new series of #NCTE Community Conversations.
Join us Tuesday! Meet the Classroom Corridors team & let’s talk about ways to find and preserve joy in our classrooms and spaces. my.ncte.org/event-inform...
@ncte.org
Join us Tuesday! Meet the Classroom Corridors team & let’s talk about ways to find and preserve joy in our classrooms and spaces. my.ncte.org/event-inform...
@ncte.org
April 30, 2025 at 1:47 AM
I had so much fun chatting with elementary educators tonight. I loved lifting my cohort colleagues, and it left me with such energy to be building community and joyful practice with everyone who came!
We'll do it again at the end of May--will you join us?? @ncte.org
We'll do it again at the end of May--will you join us?? @ncte.org
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Does your class or library love THE RABBIT LISTENED? Bring Cori Doerrfeld’s picture books to life in your class or library with this educator guide by @msguerrette.bsky.social filled with discussion questions and activities! #EduSky
📚➡ penguinschoollibrary.com/CoriDoerrfel...
📚➡ penguinschoollibrary.com/CoriDoerrfel...
April 9, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Does your class or library love THE RABBIT LISTENED? Bring Cori Doerrfeld’s picture books to life in your class or library with this educator guide by @msguerrette.bsky.social filled with discussion questions and activities! #EduSky
📚➡ penguinschoollibrary.com/CoriDoerrfel...
📚➡ penguinschoollibrary.com/CoriDoerrfel...
Next week, I have the privilege of facilitating the FIRST webinar in our new series of #NCTE Community Conversations.
Join us Tuesday! Meet the Classroom Corridors team & let’s talk about ways to find and preserve joy in our classrooms and spaces. my.ncte.org/event-inform...
@ncte.org
Join us Tuesday! Meet the Classroom Corridors team & let’s talk about ways to find and preserve joy in our classrooms and spaces. my.ncte.org/event-inform...
@ncte.org
April 23, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Next week, I have the privilege of facilitating the FIRST webinar in our new series of #NCTE Community Conversations.
Join us Tuesday! Meet the Classroom Corridors team & let’s talk about ways to find and preserve joy in our classrooms and spaces. my.ncte.org/event-inform...
@ncte.org
Join us Tuesday! Meet the Classroom Corridors team & let’s talk about ways to find and preserve joy in our classrooms and spaces. my.ncte.org/event-inform...
@ncte.org
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The Institute for Racial Equity in Literacy is BACK!
Join @sonjacherrypaul.bsky.social and I on July 9 and 10 for an ONLINE gathering focused on our most urgent challenges as educators right now.
Register at TheIREL.org. ⬇️ #IREL25
Join @sonjacherrypaul.bsky.social and I on July 9 and 10 for an ONLINE gathering focused on our most urgent challenges as educators right now.
Register at TheIREL.org. ⬇️ #IREL25
April 21, 2025 at 9:02 PM
The Institute for Racial Equity in Literacy is BACK!
Join @sonjacherrypaul.bsky.social and I on July 9 and 10 for an ONLINE gathering focused on our most urgent challenges as educators right now.
Register at TheIREL.org. ⬇️ #IREL25
Join @sonjacherrypaul.bsky.social and I on July 9 and 10 for an ONLINE gathering focused on our most urgent challenges as educators right now.
Register at TheIREL.org. ⬇️ #IREL25
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Important. Watch. @senangusking.bsky.social lets it fly. "My job is to raise the alarm, because Heather, I believe we are in one of the most dangerous places our country has been in since the founding because what is happening before our eyes is the collapse of the constitutional structure..."
So… this was supposed to be about Paul Revere’s ride, but the Senator just unloaded about the Trump administration and its Republican enablers. Far more newsworthy than I expected. (You can probably see me shifting to “crap, this was not the interview I prepped!” but the result was memorable.)
@hcrichardson.bsky.social interviews Senator King www.youtube.com/live/5YHvpx3...
April 18, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Important. Watch. @senangusking.bsky.social lets it fly. "My job is to raise the alarm, because Heather, I believe we are in one of the most dangerous places our country has been in since the founding because what is happening before our eyes is the collapse of the constitutional structure..."
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April 9, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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📚 Don’t miss these 2025 middle grade releases from Indigenous authors and artists!
Be sure to learn more about these titles, including plot summaries and creators’ tribal/nation affiliation, on the Indigenous Reads Rising website (also 🔗 in bio)
💻 indigenousreadsrising.com
Be sure to learn more about these titles, including plot summaries and creators’ tribal/nation affiliation, on the Indigenous Reads Rising website (also 🔗 in bio)
💻 indigenousreadsrising.com
February 18, 2025 at 3:42 PM
📚 Don’t miss these 2025 middle grade releases from Indigenous authors and artists!
Be sure to learn more about these titles, including plot summaries and creators’ tribal/nation affiliation, on the Indigenous Reads Rising website (also 🔗 in bio)
💻 indigenousreadsrising.com
Be sure to learn more about these titles, including plot summaries and creators’ tribal/nation affiliation, on the Indigenous Reads Rising website (also 🔗 in bio)
💻 indigenousreadsrising.com
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These books bring joy and empathy into classrooms.
I was especially inspired by the way @msguerrette.bsky.social uses questioning to push her students’ critical thinking.
Classroom Corridors is a resource close to my heart. Check it out!
#literacy #edusky #books #literature #NCTE
I was especially inspired by the way @msguerrette.bsky.social uses questioning to push her students’ critical thinking.
Classroom Corridors is a resource close to my heart. Check it out!
#literacy #edusky #books #literature #NCTE
Help your elementary students reflect on shared experiences and the power of connection with this booklist curated by NCTE member @msguerrette.bsky.social, a National Board Certified Teacher in western Maine with 23 years of experience in grades 4–6. classroomcorridors.org/february-202...
A Booklist to Invite Conversations: Finding Joy in Community
Explore a curated book list designed to spark meaningful classroom conversations about community, joy, and belonging. These books help students reflect on shared experiences and the power of connectio...
classroomcorridors.org
April 8, 2025 at 1:25 AM
These books bring joy and empathy into classrooms.
I was especially inspired by the way @msguerrette.bsky.social uses questioning to push her students’ critical thinking.
Classroom Corridors is a resource close to my heart. Check it out!
#literacy #edusky #books #literature #NCTE
I was especially inspired by the way @msguerrette.bsky.social uses questioning to push her students’ critical thinking.
Classroom Corridors is a resource close to my heart. Check it out!
#literacy #edusky #books #literature #NCTE
Have you checked out Classroom Corridors yet?
Don’t miss the NEW monthly online resource for elementary educators from NCTE — for teachers, by teachers — like this book list I had the pleasure to curate and share!
Want to know more? Ask me!
#ClassroomCorridors #NCTE
Don’t miss the NEW monthly online resource for elementary educators from NCTE — for teachers, by teachers — like this book list I had the pleasure to curate and share!
Want to know more? Ask me!
#ClassroomCorridors #NCTE
Help your elementary students reflect on shared experiences and the power of connection with this booklist curated by NCTE member @msguerrette.bsky.social, a National Board Certified Teacher in western Maine with 23 years of experience in grades 4–6. classroomcorridors.org/february-202...
A Booklist to Invite Conversations: Finding Joy in Community
Explore a curated book list designed to spark meaningful classroom conversations about community, joy, and belonging. These books help students reflect on shared experiences and the power of connectio...
classroomcorridors.org
April 6, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Have you checked out Classroom Corridors yet?
Don’t miss the NEW monthly online resource for elementary educators from NCTE — for teachers, by teachers — like this book list I had the pleasure to curate and share!
Want to know more? Ask me!
#ClassroomCorridors #NCTE
Don’t miss the NEW monthly online resource for elementary educators from NCTE — for teachers, by teachers — like this book list I had the pleasure to curate and share!
Want to know more? Ask me!
#ClassroomCorridors #NCTE
What a day to have been able to introduce OES to the bright & incredible gem that is @rajanilarocca.bsky.social!
I’m left reminded yet again: We’re a lucky school community to be hosting author visits & forging connections w. creators for our students. Each visit, each connection matters. #learn17
I’m left reminded yet again: We’re a lucky school community to be hosting author visits & forging connections w. creators for our students. Each visit, each connection matters. #learn17
April 5, 2025 at 12:44 AM
What a day to have been able to introduce OES to the bright & incredible gem that is @rajanilarocca.bsky.social!
I’m left reminded yet again: We’re a lucky school community to be hosting author visits & forging connections w. creators for our students. Each visit, each connection matters. #learn17
I’m left reminded yet again: We’re a lucky school community to be hosting author visits & forging connections w. creators for our students. Each visit, each connection matters. #learn17
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I'm giving away 10 SIGNED COPIES of Ruthie Rose's Big Idea for one teacher, teacher-librarian, or public librarian to GIVE AWAY TO STUDENTS. Repost by 11:30 p.m. CT on February 20 to enter the drawing.
I'll buy the copies from Anderson's Bookshop. andersonsbookshop.com/book/9781536...
I'll buy the copies from Anderson's Bookshop. andersonsbookshop.com/book/9781536...
February 21, 2025 at 2:04 AM
I'm giving away 10 SIGNED COPIES of Ruthie Rose's Big Idea for one teacher, teacher-librarian, or public librarian to GIVE AWAY TO STUDENTS. Repost by 11:30 p.m. CT on February 20 to enter the drawing.
I'll buy the copies from Anderson's Bookshop. andersonsbookshop.com/book/9781536...
I'll buy the copies from Anderson's Bookshop. andersonsbookshop.com/book/9781536...
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Reposted by Melissa Guerrette
This 2019 piece by @samiraahmed.bsky.social through @slj.com is as relevant today as it was then. Recommended reading for all librarians and educators:
www.slj.com/story/samira...
www.slj.com/story/samira...
Samira Ahmed Challenges Librarians: “Use Your Power” | Writing and Reading in the Trump Era
Best-selling YA author Ahmed discusses the brutal realities of everyday racism and xenophobia, what it means to be an American, and how librarians and educators can step up and speak out on behalf of ...
www.slj.com
February 20, 2025 at 2:16 PM
This 2019 piece by @samiraahmed.bsky.social through @slj.com is as relevant today as it was then. Recommended reading for all librarians and educators:
www.slj.com/story/samira...
www.slj.com/story/samira...
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💗Ends tonight, Sunday, February 16, at 11:59pm EST. (U.S. only, please)💗
Picture book 🌟GIVEAWAY🌟! For a chance to win a copy of Heartfelt written by @elainebvickers.bsky.social & illustrated by #SamanthaCotterill, visit my website at www.booksbutterfliesandbeing.com!
Picture book 🌟GIVEAWAY🌟! For a chance to win a copy of Heartfelt written by @elainebvickers.bsky.social & illustrated by #SamanthaCotterill, visit my website at www.booksbutterfliesandbeing.com!
February 17, 2025 at 1:36 AM
💗Ends tonight, Sunday, February 16, at 11:59pm EST. (U.S. only, please)💗
Picture book 🌟GIVEAWAY🌟! For a chance to win a copy of Heartfelt written by @elainebvickers.bsky.social & illustrated by #SamanthaCotterill, visit my website at www.booksbutterfliesandbeing.com!
Picture book 🌟GIVEAWAY🌟! For a chance to win a copy of Heartfelt written by @elainebvickers.bsky.social & illustrated by #SamanthaCotterill, visit my website at www.booksbutterfliesandbeing.com!
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What an amazing story! Loss, grief, absolution, friendship, family, belonging, love…all in a novel in verse which makes it accessible to so many more students. This was worth the wait! katemessner.com #BookPosse
January 6, 2025 at 4:34 PM
What an amazing story! Loss, grief, absolution, friendship, family, belonging, love…all in a novel in verse which makes it accessible to so many more students. This was worth the wait! katemessner.com #BookPosse
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I don’t have a fancy lesson I delivered about the #SuperBowlHalftimeShow Before I showed it, I instructed my students to write down three words and document when they noticed them:
•imagery
•symbolism
•message
We watched once all the way through, then we broke down where my students noted. +
•imagery
•symbolism
•message
We watched once all the way through, then we broke down where my students noted. +
February 10, 2025 at 9:21 PM
I don’t have a fancy lesson I delivered about the #SuperBowlHalftimeShow Before I showed it, I instructed my students to write down three words and document when they noticed them:
•imagery
•symbolism
•message
We watched once all the way through, then we broke down where my students noted. +
•imagery
•symbolism
•message
We watched once all the way through, then we broke down where my students noted. +
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This was such a shot in the arm. Just what I needed. Yay kids! Yay teachers and librarians! Yay #wrad!
There’s plenty that doesn’t feel ok, but today’s opportunities to connect my students w author guests for World Read Aloud Day sure felt good. Thanks for connecting, @laurelsnyder.bsky.social & @darshanakhiani.bsky.social. I loved watching my readers interact w you! #wrad25 @litworld.bsky.social
February 6, 2025 at 2:33 PM
This was such a shot in the arm. Just what I needed. Yay kids! Yay teachers and librarians! Yay #wrad!
It might be that my favorite #WRAD25 moment came via video in my texts midday when I found out my littlest little (my niece) took my advanced copy of That’s Not Funny, David! to PreK to read aloud to her class today.
Gah. Something in my eye.
Gah. Something in my eye.
February 6, 2025 at 2:32 AM
It might be that my favorite #WRAD25 moment came via video in my texts midday when I found out my littlest little (my niece) took my advanced copy of That’s Not Funny, David! to PreK to read aloud to her class today.
Gah. Something in my eye.
Gah. Something in my eye.
There’s plenty that doesn’t feel ok, but today’s opportunities to connect my students w author guests for World Read Aloud Day sure felt good. Thanks for connecting, @laurelsnyder.bsky.social & @darshanakhiani.bsky.social. I loved watching my readers interact w you! #wrad25 @litworld.bsky.social
February 6, 2025 at 2:21 AM
There’s plenty that doesn’t feel ok, but today’s opportunities to connect my students w author guests for World Read Aloud Day sure felt good. Thanks for connecting, @laurelsnyder.bsky.social & @darshanakhiani.bsky.social. I loved watching my readers interact w you! #wrad25 @litworld.bsky.social
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NCSS President Jennifer Morgan and Interim Executive Director Anton Schulzki have issued a statement on the January 29 Executive Order Ending Radical Indoctrination in K-12 Schooling: hubs.li/Q035dq8Y0
February 4, 2025 at 5:01 PM
NCSS President Jennifer Morgan and Interim Executive Director Anton Schulzki have issued a statement on the January 29 Executive Order Ending Radical Indoctrination in K-12 Schooling: hubs.li/Q035dq8Y0
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Okay, pals.
Time for action this month.
We're going to do that by funding classrooms that are specifically seeking out Black history books. These classrooms are those that are in historically underfunded communities.
These asks are from teachers whose students benefit directly.
Time for action this month.
We're going to do that by funding classrooms that are specifically seeking out Black history books. These classrooms are those that are in historically underfunded communities.
These asks are from teachers whose students benefit directly.
February 3, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Okay, pals.
Time for action this month.
We're going to do that by funding classrooms that are specifically seeking out Black history books. These classrooms are those that are in historically underfunded communities.
These asks are from teachers whose students benefit directly.
Time for action this month.
We're going to do that by funding classrooms that are specifically seeking out Black history books. These classrooms are those that are in historically underfunded communities.
These asks are from teachers whose students benefit directly.
I found and fell in love with HEARTFELT at #LibLearnX last weekend & ordered on the spot. 😍 It’s just what my classroom community (& every classroom?) needs right now. My mind is rolling with the potential extensions here and how my 5th graders will turn this into something of their own. 💕
February 3, 2025 at 1:43 PM
I found and fell in love with HEARTFELT at #LibLearnX last weekend & ordered on the spot. 😍 It’s just what my classroom community (& every classroom?) needs right now. My mind is rolling with the potential extensions here and how my 5th graders will turn this into something of their own. 💕
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I'm super grateful to the librarians & educators who have reached out to let me know that plans are already in the works to add THE TROUBLE WITH HEROES to your school's curriculum! Check out our teaching & discussion guide by the wonderful @msguerrette.bsky.social!
www.bloomsbury.com/media/le1cko...
www.bloomsbury.com/media/le1cko...
www.bloomsbury.com
February 1, 2025 at 9:11 PM
I'm super grateful to the librarians & educators who have reached out to let me know that plans are already in the works to add THE TROUBLE WITH HEROES to your school's curriculum! Check out our teaching & discussion guide by the wonderful @msguerrette.bsky.social!
www.bloomsbury.com/media/le1cko...
www.bloomsbury.com/media/le1cko...