Yesterday marked the first of the 2015 Scholastic Book Fairs Reading Summits! These summits bring educators from across the country together under one roof for a full day of professional learning, led by nationally recognized educators and authors. They leave with learnings from workshops, new connections with others in their field, and shiny new CPE credits to boot.
Yesterday's summit was held in St. Louis and featured blogger and teacher-librarian John Schumacher, author Cynthia Lord, and the awe-inspiring teacher and author extraodinaire, Donalyn Miller. As the keynotes kicked off, we hopped on the #readingsummit hashtag to see what all the fuss was about. We were met with a deluge of tweets about teaching, independent reading, the power of choice, and more, and while we felt major FOMO for not being there in the flesh, the live tweeting was almost just as nice.
See below for some of our favorites from the day! You can find more details on the 2015 Reading Summits here.
"We are in the #HOPE business because we hope for the best for our children" -@donalynbooks #readingsummit #stl
— Amanda Carter (@AmandaMCarter) June 23, 2015
The library has the potential to advocate for every student. #readingsummit
— Alyssa Calhoun (@alyssamcalhoun) June 23, 2015
My evaluation of the #ReadingSummit with @donalynbooks. INCREDIBLE! pic.twitter.com/0MskJma4fD
— Kara Welty (@kara_welty) June 23, 2015
The Raising Readers session makes me want to plan a literacy night yesterday! #ReadingSummit pic.twitter.com/6g5oHBclNN
— Mara Uhls (@MrsUhls) June 23, 2015
Fabulous! "Nothing is impossible because the word itself says I'm possible" #ReadingSummit #stl
— Miranda Kral (@MirandaKral) June 23, 2015
"Reading is a way to live a million lives." -@Cynthia_Lord http://t.co/TqPv1DkOku #ReadingSummit pic.twitter.com/YeShu6Dnpv
— John Schu (@MrSchuReads) June 23, 2015
Really loving all the #ReadingSummit tweets today! And *super* loving the quotes from the @Cynthia_Lord talk right now!!
— Caroline (@Keep_Tha_Faith) June 23, 2015
Very, VERY good to remember (aka imprint) --> RT @MrSchuReads: "You don't have to be perfect to be a writer." -@Cynthia_Lord #ReadingSummit
— Caroline (@Keep_Tha_Faith) June 23, 2015
Passion drives effort in everything we do!-Donalyn Miller #ReadingSummit @katie_mapes
— Karrie Denbow (@KarrieDenbow) June 23, 2015
"Sometimes, when we pretty the world up for children, we leave them alone (with hard things)." @Cynthia_Lord #ReadingSummit
— Donalyn Miller (@donalynbooks) June 23, 2015
"There's no substitute for experience." So true and so important to remember for our students. @Cynthia_Lord #ReadingSummit
— Carolyn Scaia (@cmscaia) June 23, 2015
Bravery is maybe my favorite subject of all time. All of life revolves around bravery. #ReadingSummit
— Alyssa Calhoun (@alyssamcalhoun) June 23, 2015
Thank you @Scholastic for putting on a top-notch #ReadingSummit in St. Louis. You will have a returning customer next year!
— Angie Huesgen (@ajhuey_STL) June 23, 2015
GREAT day at @Scholastic #ReadingSummit! Thx @MrSchuReads @Cynthia_Lord @donalynbooks for sharing time & expertise! pic.twitter.com/bNstii6KJg
— Carolyn Scaia (@cmscaia) June 23, 2015
