News, Read Across America
STEEP FALLS, MAINE – May 9, 2024 ‐ On Thursday, Ashley Cram’s fourth-grade students were presented with a Little Free Library by Grace Leavitt, President of the Maine Education Association (MEA), for their success in the Read Across Maine Contest. Read Across...
Maine Educator Online, News, Read Across America, Winter 24
ELEMENTARY GRADE LEVEL MIDDLE GRADE LEVEL When Rubin PlaysBy: Gracey Zhang Rubin, an aspiring violinist, ventures into the forest to practice and is visited by creatures who appreciate his music as it is, helping him find his strength and voice. Simon Sort of SaysBy:...
Maine Educator Online, News, Read Across America, Winter 23
All My RagePakistani American high school seniors and best friends Salahudin and Noor struggle to see a way out of their small desert town, as Sal tries to manage his family’s motel and his alcoholic father and Noor attempts to escape her controlling uncle and a...
Fall 22, Maine Educator Online, News, Read Across America
School Librarian and MEA member Meg Rooks recommends the following books for your students this school year. Smart slow-burn of a novel told in the alternating perspectives of two black students at an elite and mostly white prep school. Devon and Chiameka are being...
News, Read Across America
MEA Announces NEW Reading Program Prizes include $500 to use for classroom books!The Maine Education Association is excited to announce its new Read Across Maine reading contest which encourages all first, second and third graders to be #SpottedReading while...
Education Resource Articles, Fall 21, Maine Educator Online, News, Read Across America
Fall 2021 – Create Change Encourage students to envision the world as the kind of place they want it to be with books that help them recognize their power to make a difference. Elementary Change Sings: A Children’s Anthem By Amanda Gorman & Illustrated...