Damon Rainie

Will be checking this out!

Valen-Times Factor-y Work on a chocolate factory line by matching multiplication facts. The conveyor speeds up, mistakes cost Quality Passes, and your goal is to finish as many boxes as you can before your shift ends.

I think students in grades 3–8 would enjoy practicing multiplication with this game. They fill heart-shaped boxes with the right chocolates as they solve facts. #EduSky

👉 go.apphive.us/valentimes

For extra fun, show students the I Love Lucy conveyor belt clip:

📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnHi...

Photograph from 1911 taken by Herbert Ponting whilst with Scott's Antarctic Expedition The monochrome photo is taken from within a cave. The walls of the cave are made of ice. The cave entrance is in the mid distance with two figures standing looking out towards a distant ship. Between them and the ship there is first a 'beach' of ice before the sea itself. The ship could be up to 800 metres away What makes the photo so special is that where the figures are at the cave entrance there is a band of very white snow and ice (contrasting with the comparatively dark inside of the cave) that creates a stark framework in which the men and the ship are captured. It is made even more dramatic by the fact that the cave entrance is at least 30 metres high and is in the shape of a distorted elipse with the tail sloping off to the right at the top of the elipse The photo being in monochrome in a largely white environment makes the photographers skill all the more laudable

This photo was taken in 1911 using glass plate technology by Herbert Ponting who was part of Scott's Antarctic expedition,

The composition and detail are exquisite with the band of white snow/ice creating a perfect frame around the two people and the ship in the distance

Iconic imo

“The United States will not let men steal trophies from women…”

- says guy who happily took the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to a woman

Reminder that if you still have FSA funds to spend this year, you can spend them at FSA store: fsastore.com - you can purchase menstrual products for example to donate to your local pantries and homeless shelters. I have $130 left and that's what I did yesterday.

Photo credit: Doug Mills/New York Times (10/18/2025)

donald trump walking down a hallway with a leather portfolio tucked in one of his tiny, delicate hands. His jacket is snugly buttoned, set to burst; both pant legs are riding up significantly; and his well-polished shoes appear to have substantial heels.

Please dissect, @dieworkwear.bsky.social , please!

New York Times headline, reading “Push for Military Coverage of I.V.F. Faces Challenge in Congress”

Key word missing from this headline:
“Push for Military Coverage of I.V.F. Faces REPUBLICAN Challenge in Congress”

Why does “paper of record” continually tag Democrats when they’re terrible or ineffective, but shield GOP from same naming & shaming?
Accusations of liberal bias prompt self-censoring?

I'm starting to think we need to bring back a constructive form of shame, which @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social makes a great case for in this excellent piece:

www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...

Summer sunset sky as seen from the 6 Train in New York City.

"Don't negotiate with terrorists," the theory goes, because it incentivizes criminal acts.
trump admin rerouted migrants to El Salvador & used them as leverage in negotiations with Venezuela?
So, now the US govt is terror org, incentivized to direct deportees to CECOT to coerce their home countries?

My poor children; bedtime storytime has gotten intense! (Giving credit where credit is due, my oldest two 100% encourage my most-exhausting instincts... my poor wife!)

Enjoying this journey into the #ScienceOfReading with me? More to come!

Associate links above help fund my habit! 5/?

The ABC's and All Their Tricks - paperback The ABC's and All Their Tricks - paperback [Margaret Bishop] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The ABC's and All Their Tricks - paperback

I also just started "The ABCs and All Their Tricks" by Margaret Bishop, a phonics reference book. It launches with a breakdown of how our written language works which I missed in my secondary-teaching prep. Fascinating, it contains some absolute gems! amzn.to/4kk1fHG 4/?

Know Better, Do Better: Comprehension: Fueling the Reading Brain With Knowledge, Vocabulary, and Rich Language Amazon.com: Know Better, Do Better: Comprehension: Fueling the Reading Brain With Knowledge, Vocabulary, and Rich Language: 9781546113874: Liben, David, Liben, Meredith: Books

This morning, I finished the super-accessible "Know Better, Do Better: Comprehension" by David & Meredith Liben. It's aimed at intermediate, but readily adaptable to upper grades, including non-ELA classes. I'm eager to think of ways to bring its lessons to bear. amzn.to/4kkycUf 3/?

Teach Like a Champion 3.0: 63 Techniques that Put Students on the Path to College Teach Like a Champion 3.0: 63 Techniques that Put Students on the Path to College [Lemov, Doug] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Teach Like a Champion 3.0: 63 Techniques that Put Students on the Path to College

Simultaneously reading Doug Lemov's "Teach Like A Champion", I had just gotten to the section on FASE Reading--Fluency, Accountability, Social experience, & Expressive reading--& it started clicking. There's so much in #TLAC about school climate & mission! amzn.to/43nejG3 2/?

A Right Way to Teach Reading? | Harvard Magazine The science, art, and politics of teaching an essential skill

My District is managing the transition from a #BalancedLiteracy elementary reading program to one incorporating #ScienceOfReading. After panicking that I had no idea how to teach kids to read, I came across this 101 on the debate: "A Right Way to Read?" harvardmagazine.com/2024/09/harv... 🧵

Bookmarking this!

Open Windows, Open Minds: Developing Antiracist, Pro-Human Students (Corwin Literacy) Amazon.com: Open Windows, Open Minds: Developing Antiracist, Pro-Human Students (Corwin Literacy): 9781071852897: Mills, Afrika Afeni: Books

Had the opportunity to participate in a book chat webinar through MA DESE with @afrikaafeni.bsky.social yesterday. I read her wonderful book “Open Windows, Open Minds” & wrote a review on @thestorygraph.com: app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/cf83...

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#WhatImReading

Review by drainie - Our History Has Always Been Contraband: In Defense of Black Studies This anthology serves as a vigorous defense of the field of American American Studies—and an e...

I just finished reading “Our History Has Always Been Contraband” & reviewed it on the StoryGraph:
app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/1027...
@thestorygraph.com #WhatImReading

Does your picture book collection for 3 to 8 year olds need refreshing? Special offer from #ReadersthatCare coming soon. Comment below if interested or tag someone who might be. @smithsmm.bsky.social @hazelmpinner.bsky.social @openingdoors.bsky.social @teresacremin.bsky.social @mattobin.bsky.social

Interested!

Wooden cubes stacked to create a staircase. Each column has an arrow pointing up text reads steps to mastery. Under each of the four arrows is a word: acquisition, fluency, maintenance, transfer,

📚 Steps to mastery of a skill: 1. acquisition (I did it once) 2. fluency (I can do it consistently) 3. maintenance (I can keep doing it) 4. transfer (I can use it in new ways) (Hanson, et al., 1978) and still true. #LeadInclusion #EdLeaders #Teachers #UDL #SBLchat #TG2Chat

“Poor parental mental health has overtaken domestic violence as the most commonly reported factor in social worker assessments into whether a child is at risk of serious harm or neglect, according to new research.”

Artificial Intelligence and Writing: Four Things I Learned Listening to my High School Students Originally published on John Warner’s Engaged Education Newsletter Preface by John Warner: Because I am something of a skeptic when it comes to the utility of the tools of generative AI when …

Love this-> "...as one of my tenth-graders put it in a survey, “there’s no growing as a writer in having something else write it for you. I ‘grew as a writer’ [this semester] by writing it myself.” " #EduSky brettvogelsinger.com/artificial-i...

In the Hall at lunchtime we display a PPT: school events, clubs, news, weather etc. We also show things to prompt convos - dingbats, jokes, facts... I'm sharing 100 days' worth here in case they are of use to anyone else! Please feel free to use/ chuck/ change! tinyurl.com/ae6p2r7c

I’m just a kid with an IEP by Jordan Toma; Capitalism: a ghost story by Ahrundati Roy; Searching for stars on an island in Maine by Alan Lightman; We are not free by Traci Chee; Body happy kids by Molly Forbes; Bigger than Bernie: how we get to democratic socialism by Meagan Day and Micah Uetricht; They Called Us Enemy by George Takei; A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara; The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams by Stacy Schiff; The Stories of Breece D’J Pancake; Black Lives Matter at School edited by Denisha Jones and Jesse Hagopian; Turtle Diary by Russell Hoban; School Culture Rewired by Steve Gruenert and Todd Whitaker; Grace Notes by Brian Doyle; Discipline with dignity by Richard L. Curwin, Allen N. Mendler, and Brian D. Mendler; The Candidate by Samuel Popkin; Honest to God by John Hamilton; How Teachers Can Turn Data Into Action by Daniel Venables; Wobblies & Zapatistas by Staughton Lynd and Andrej Grubacic; Atomic Habits by James Clear; Thinking Fast & Slow by Daniel Kahneman; I want to keep smashing myself until I am whole: an Elias Canetti reader edited by Joshua Cohen; The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin; Farewell to Manzanar by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston and James D. Houston

2024 in books! I finished 24 books this year

Love this! Proof that writing improves mindfulness when you review & recall all the stuff you would otherwise have forgotten

8 Poetry Books for Dreamers, Animal Lovers, and Mistake-Makers From a bilingual book about Cuba to a graphic novel poetry collection, these diverse titles are sure to delight a wide range of young readers.

From a bilingual book about Cuba to a graphic novel poetry collection, these diverse titles are sure to delight a wide range of young readers.

Middle school principal here, reporting that I would thoroughly relish the opportunity to approach & say, “They tell me to frame difficult conversations with an ‘I feel’ statement, so this shirt puts us in a bit of a tough spot…”

Cover for Fight to Win! Heroes of American Labor (The Young Readers Edition of Fight Like Hell) - an illustrated group of young people with different skin tones holding a sign with the book title

Preorders are live for my new book, ‘Fight to Win! Heroes of American Labor (The Young Readers Edition of Fight Like Hell)’!!! It’s for ages 10-14, and I’m so excited to share these stories with the next generation of troublemakers!

www.simonandschuster.com/books/Fight-...

Check out the cover!