Nita Creekmore

Vetting Inclusive Books: A Practice of Love and Intention

One of the most powerful ways we can expand our world (and the worlds of our students) is through the books we read and share. In Read Outside Your Bubble, I talk about what it means to intentionally step beyond our comfort zones to learn…

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Happening Sat, Sept 20: @theedcollab.bsky.social FREE Virtual K–12 Literacy Conference.
11:00 AM EST with @loveteachbless.bsky.social and I! Our session,
“Independent Reading: Deepens Student Engagement & Transforms Classrooms.”
theeducatorcollaborative.com/register-fal...

Tell Congress: Ban Assault Weapons! These weapons of war have no place in our communities.

I just sent a message urging my Congressional lawmakers to support the GOSAFE Act, which would regulate deadly assault weapons. There's no more time for inaction. Join me in urging your lawmakers to pass this life-saving bill: etwn.us/4j3bsqQ @Everytown

The Importance of Data Chats with Students

Having 1:1 data chats with your students is powerful because it helps students see themselves as active partners in their learning instead of passive recipients. Why Data Chats are Important Ownership of Learning – When students see their own data, they…

Love seeing this! 🩷☀️

Cultivate Passionate Readers

When you ignite a passion for reading in a child’s life, you’re not just helping them learn—you’re giving them a gift that will last a lifetime. Reading opens doors to imagination, knowledge, empathy, and confidence. It allows children to explore new worlds, understand…

Honoring Memory and Voice: The Roots of Memorial Day and the Power of Reading Aloud

As Memorial Day approaches, many of us fire up the grill, plan family gatherings, or enjoy a long weekend of rest and relaxation. But beyond the food and the hopefully sunshine, there’s a deeper story—one that…

We MUST combine the Science of Reading with Culturally Responsive Teaching. Our kids need both to become lifelong, engaged readers.

Our students—especially those pushed to the margins—miss out on the chance to truly connect and thrive as readers.

#scienceofreading #reading #teachers

You can tell a lot about a person by the books on their shelves. 📚
- Nita Creekmore
#bluesky

Libraries are G O L D. ✨
Support them.
Visit them.
Donate to them.
Protect them.

#publiclibraries #library #libraryweek #books #reading #booksbooksbooks

Banning books is a form of control. By banning books you’re attempting to erase the stories of humans who once lived, are living, or will live. Stories have always connected us. Our histories have always taught us. We must use our collective power to fight against the banning of books. #bluesky

Joy is actionable resistance. Rage is actionable resistance. Both can co-exist. We can feel varying emotions simultaneously. We are not robots.

Being calm, rooted, rested and grounded is the space in which I’m floating. I refuse to let the fires burning around me enter my vibrancy.

It’s My Birthday!

It’s my Book Birthday! 🥳 🫧 🎂💕Happy Birthday, ROYB!! 💕🎂🫧 Today, March 11th, is the official publication date for Read Outside Your Bubble: Expand Your Bookshelf, Expand Your World! 🌎 Today is its official Book Birthday! 🎂💞 I couldn’t be more excited! This book comes at a very…

Writing Doesn’t Have to be Grueling! : Getting Started with Opinion Writing

Click on the video and click the square in the right hand corner to watch full screen A peek into writing Organizing Thoughts While Close Reading For this particular writing, we began as a class close reading a text about…

A Day in the Life of my Classroom!

As teachers we are often unable or our schedule is not conducive for us to observe other teachers. Although I believe in schools having an embedded culture of learning. I believe it should be common practice. We always wonder, or maybe it’s just me…what happens…

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Today is the Breaking Boundaries Webinar! Register here! Don’t forget to register to join me today, February 17th at 4:30 p.m. for an, insightful webinar, "Breaking Boundaries: The Power of Reading Outside Your Bubble" where I will explore the importance of diverse perspectives and…

Read Outside Your Bubble: Expand Your Bookshelf, Expand Your World|Paperback Learn how to foster student engagement, cultivate empathy, and encourage a love of reading by bringing diverse literature into the classroom Using an instructional coaching framework, Read Outside You...

Read Outside Your Bubble 🫧 : Expand Your Bookshelf, Expand Your World, debuting in March 2025! Preorders are so important for authors.
It shares how to build an accessible and inclusive literacy curriculum at school or in your home.
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/read-outsi...
#teachers

Pre-Order Read Outside Your Bubble!

Buy at Bookshop! Buy at Amazon! Buy at Barnes & Noble! Learn how to foster student engagement, cultivate empathy, and encourage a love of reading by bringing diverse literature into the classroom in culturally responsive ways! Using an instructional coaching…

Students need time to read independently. Of course we teach skill and strategy AND if they never have time to practice the reading skills learned how will we ever get to the heart of building lovers of reading? #reading #readingtime

We are! Just trying to stay grounded. We hope you are well too!

Reading is political. It is a form of activism and resistance. Reading banned books 📚 is just that. It’s time to read. Read true history. It’s also time to write. It’s time to create. It’s time to do this in community. Let’s go 👏🏽
#reading #readingispower #readingcommunity#writingispower

I love when I give book recommendations to my students. and they say —this is really good! Annnd when they take a book and they say, ohhh this book inspired me to write like that🤩. That’s what happened when I recommended, The Crossover, by @kwamealexander to my student here!
🔥📚 #books #reading

Happy Founders’ Day to my Sorors —the lovely ladies of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. Theta Gamma made.
University of South Carolina, Spring ‘98
Divas of Endurance, #14, Vogue.
We look good in our 🩷 & 💚.

“‘I’m gathering evidence of learning.’ That shift in language in how I approach the assessment process opened so many doors for how I assess students and what I pay attention to in order to determine where a student’s at in their learning.” —Tyler Rablin, Teacher

— @mrrablin.bsky.social

Federal Data on Reading for Pleasure: All Signs Show a Slump We're taking a deep dive into the latest SPPA data on reading for pleasure.

Studies show that reading
amongst adults have
declined significantly.
As teachers of reading
we have to cultivate
a love of reading.
And we must effectively
teach our students to read. www.arts.gov/stories/blog...

Reflection on 2024 before I move into 2025 is essential for me to pause on what was. The highs, the lows, the glows, the blessings.

Reflections from the Front Lines: 6 Months of Rediscovering the True Impact of Joyful Teaching After seven years of coaching teachers, stepping back into the classroom was both exhilarating and humbling. Though I had never completely left the world of education, the experience of teaching st…

6 months back…
I’ve been reflecting and truly taking it all in as I have returned to the classroom with a coaching background with leadership goals. It has been humbling and so rewarding. Check out my reflection in the link below. love-teach-bless.com/2024/12/22/r...

Friday vibes. It was a long week. Worth it, but long. It’s time to rest. 🥰

“My dream was to discover something no one else had thought of. I guess that’s why I’m a poet. We put things together in ways no one else does.” -Nikki Giovanni
Your dream did just that. Your words & beautiful presence will be missed in our world as you journey to the next. Fly high, Ms. Giovanni🖤