Michael Moylan, Ed.D.
@michaelmoylan.bsky.social
Acceleration and Enrichment teacher, Tech. Geek, Lifelong Learner
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If it takes Elmo 12 minutes to clean a window and Rocco 9 minutes to clean a window, how long would it take them to clean 35 windows?
January 28, 2026 at 10:08 PM
If it takes Elmo 12 minutes to clean a window and Rocco 9 minutes to clean a window, how long would it take them to clean 35 windows?
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Did you know you can subtract left to right?
January 27, 2026 at 9:22 PM
Did you know you can subtract left to right?
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We turned our tiny classroom library into a space students could navigate—sorting books by genre, wrestling with fiction vs. nonfiction, and learning through messiness. A lesson in reading, teaching, and yes… failure. But worth every minute.
Lessons in Genre—and in Failure
We have been studying genres in 3rd grade. Something so simple, and yet such a powerful key to unlocking yourself as a reader. For some students, these classifications are crystal clear; they already have the language that wraps around them as readers. For others, the designations are murky at best—confusion between fiction and nonfiction (which I completely understand in this day and age), and even what it means for something to…
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January 26, 2026 at 9:30 AM
We turned our tiny classroom library into a space students could navigate—sorting books by genre, wrestling with fiction vs. nonfiction, and learning through messiness. A lesson in reading, teaching, and yes… failure. But worth every minute.
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It can be hard for teachers to make time to listen to each kid read aloud individually, even though that’s key for developing fluency. These tech programs can help. 🖥️
#EdTech #literacy #EduSky
#EdTech #literacy #EduSky
3 Tech Tools to Promote Elementary Students’ Oral Fluency
Digital platforms can help make reading aloud independently more engaging and get kids excited about literacy practice.
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January 26, 2026 at 1:12 AM
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Best Nonfiction of 2025: A Roundup of Lists
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#TLSky #SchoolLibrary #EduSky #SchoolLibrarians #TLSkyChat
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January 23, 2026 at 11:53 AM
Best Nonfiction of 2025: A Roundup of Lists
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#TLSky #SchoolLibrary #EduSky #SchoolLibrarians #TLSkyChat
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#TLSky #SchoolLibrary #EduSky #SchoolLibrarians #TLSkyChat
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I’m grateful Kelly Lane Middle School in Texas selected Louder Than Hunger as this year’s One Book, One School! 📚❤️📚❤️📚❤️ I spent the day with 400 wonderful students!
January 22, 2026 at 12:07 AM
I’m grateful Kelly Lane Middle School in Texas selected Louder Than Hunger as this year’s One Book, One School! 📚❤️📚❤️📚❤️ I spent the day with 400 wonderful students!
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Teachers! Librarians! Parents
Don't miss this roundup of best nonfiction lists.
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#Skybrarians #TLsky #schoollibraries #edusky #kidlit
Don't miss this roundup of best nonfiction lists.
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#Skybrarians #TLsky #schoollibraries #edusky #kidlit
Best Nonfiction of 2025 Roundup
Next Monday is a big day in children’s literature. The winners of the American Library Association’s Youth Media Awards will be announced. ...
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January 21, 2026 at 12:02 PM
Teachers! Librarians! Parents
Don't miss this roundup of best nonfiction lists.
tinyurl.com/yy2c5vzu
#Skybrarians #TLsky #schoollibraries #edusky #kidlit
Don't miss this roundup of best nonfiction lists.
tinyurl.com/yy2c5vzu
#Skybrarians #TLsky #schoollibraries #edusky #kidlit
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I’m launching a book club! Join me!
January 14, 2026 at 12:41 AM
I’m launching a book club! Join me!
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Congrats to all of the creators whose books made the National Jewish Book Awards shortlist released today! So many great (and important) titles here to share. www.jewishbookcouncil.org/awards/natio...
2025 Shortlist
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January 15, 2026 at 1:03 AM
Congrats to all of the creators whose books made the National Jewish Book Awards shortlist released today! So many great (and important) titles here to share. www.jewishbookcouncil.org/awards/natio...
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It's Mental Math Monday! $180 is 60% of what number?
January 12, 2026 at 4:19 PM
It's Mental Math Monday! $180 is 60% of what number?
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World Read Aloud Day is coming up in less than a month! Here's a collection of virtual read-alouds to share and a list of author volunteers who will be Zooming into classrooms & libraries that day: katemessner.com/zoom-with-an...
January 8, 2026 at 1:17 AM
World Read Aloud Day is coming up in less than a month! Here's a collection of virtual read-alouds to share and a list of author volunteers who will be Zooming into classrooms & libraries that day: katemessner.com/zoom-with-an...
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Scholastic continues its multi-platform and multi-author series The Last Resort with ‘The Claiming’ by Jasime Warga buff.ly/XixmWws
January 6, 2026 at 11:30 PM
Scholastic continues its multi-platform and multi-author series The Last Resort with ‘The Claiming’ by Jasime Warga buff.ly/XixmWws
X Marks the Haunt by @lindsayncurrie.bsky.social is the perfect blend of suspense, fright, & cemetery history. It's a gripping tale of friendship, responsibility & the choices we make. After Will is pressured to steal a crypt key at Graceland Cemetery, it is lost, freeing an ominous spirit. #EduSky
January 6, 2026 at 8:53 PM
X Marks the Haunt by @lindsayncurrie.bsky.social is the perfect blend of suspense, fright, & cemetery history. It's a gripping tale of friendship, responsibility & the choices we make. After Will is pressured to steal a crypt key at Graceland Cemetery, it is lost, freeing an ominous spirit. #EduSky
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Welcome to the Public Domain, ANIMAL CRACKERS (1930) 🎭
😂 Nothing to do with soup. The Marx Brothers return in this 1930 adaptation of their stage musical. Laughs abound in the public domain.
Learn more ➡️ blog.archive.org/public-domai...
#PublicDomainDay #CopyrightFree
😂 Nothing to do with soup. The Marx Brothers return in this 1930 adaptation of their stage musical. Laughs abound in the public domain.
Learn more ➡️ blog.archive.org/public-domai...
#PublicDomainDay #CopyrightFree
January 1, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Welcome to the Public Domain, ANIMAL CRACKERS (1930) 🎭
😂 Nothing to do with soup. The Marx Brothers return in this 1930 adaptation of their stage musical. Laughs abound in the public domain.
Learn more ➡️ blog.archive.org/public-domai...
#PublicDomainDay #CopyrightFree
😂 Nothing to do with soup. The Marx Brothers return in this 1930 adaptation of their stage musical. Laughs abound in the public domain.
Learn more ➡️ blog.archive.org/public-domai...
#PublicDomainDay #CopyrightFree
Had a wonderful birthday celebration in Chicago for my wife. Dinner at Mott St., New Orleans Jazz at the Den Theatre, a stay at The Blackstone Hotel overlooking Lake Michigan, pool on a table donated by Paul Newman, and a day at The Art Institute of Chicago.
December 31, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Had a wonderful birthday celebration in Chicago for my wife. Dinner at Mott St., New Orleans Jazz at the Den Theatre, a stay at The Blackstone Hotel overlooking Lake Michigan, pool on a table donated by Paul Newman, and a day at The Art Institute of Chicago.
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🚨BREAKING: On behalf of the Illinois AFL-CIO, Illinois Alliance for Retired Americans, and Illinois Federation of Teachers, my law firm has moved to intervene as defendants in the DOJ's lawsuit seeking Illinois' complete statewide voter registration database. www.democracydocket.com/cases/illino...
🚨 United States of America v. Matthews
Learn more.
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December 22, 2025 at 9:11 PM
🚨BREAKING: On behalf of the Illinois AFL-CIO, Illinois Alliance for Retired Americans, and Illinois Federation of Teachers, my law firm has moved to intervene as defendants in the DOJ's lawsuit seeking Illinois' complete statewide voter registration database. www.democracydocket.com/cases/illino...
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Writing the Dogtown trilogy with my friend @kaaauthor.bsky.social has been a highpoint of my career.
Who knew it would be so much fun to collaborate?
@mackidsbooks.bsky.social #Booksky #mglit
Who knew it would be so much fun to collaborate?
@mackidsbooks.bsky.social #Booksky #mglit
December 20, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Writing the Dogtown trilogy with my friend @kaaauthor.bsky.social has been a highpoint of my career.
Who knew it would be so much fun to collaborate?
@mackidsbooks.bsky.social #Booksky #mglit
Who knew it would be so much fun to collaborate?
@mackidsbooks.bsky.social #Booksky #mglit
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And this happened. Malcolm Lives! Many thanks NYT Book Review. And shouts to all these authors and many others who published wonderful books this year for our precious young people. 🙏🏾
December 19, 2025 at 6:12 PM
And this happened. Malcolm Lives! Many thanks NYT Book Review. And shouts to all these authors and many others who published wonderful books this year for our precious young people. 🙏🏾
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Teachers! Librarians!
Highlighting Books about Inventions & Inventors: A Fun Activity for Grades 4 and 5
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#TLsky #Skybrarian #Schoollibraries #edusky #kidlit
Highlighting Books about Inventions & Inventors: A Fun Activity for Grades 4 and 5
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#TLsky #Skybrarian #Schoollibraries #edusky #kidlit
December 17, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Teachers! Librarians!
Highlighting Books about Inventions & Inventors: A Fun Activity for Grades 4 and 5
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#TLsky #Skybrarian #Schoollibraries #edusky #kidlit
Highlighting Books about Inventions & Inventors: A Fun Activity for Grades 4 and 5
tinyurl.com/5n7e8a8u
#TLsky #Skybrarian #Schoollibraries #edusky #kidlit
After reading Linked by Gordon Korman, my 5th grade AE reading students are creating a podcast in the style of Reel Tok. #EduSky #EduSkyIL #engagement #motivation #collaboration #theme
December 17, 2025 at 3:09 AM
After reading Linked by Gordon Korman, my 5th grade AE reading students are creating a podcast in the style of Reel Tok. #EduSky #EduSkyIL #engagement #motivation #collaboration #theme
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It's Mental Math Monday! How would you mentally calculate this: 75 is 30% of _____?
December 15, 2025 at 3:54 PM
It's Mental Math Monday! How would you mentally calculate this: 75 is 30% of _____?
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Grades have a purpose, but they can also stifle innovative teaching, ramp up stress levels for everyone involved, and create a competitive environment that prioritizes performance over growth.
Here are 9 research-backed reasons to grade less:
#EduSky
Here are 9 research-backed reasons to grade less:
#EduSky
Why Teachers Should Grade Less Frequently
Excessive grading stresses out kids and teachers, stifles innovative teaching, and fails to deliver as a true measurement of learning.
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December 14, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Grades have a purpose, but they can also stifle innovative teaching, ramp up stress levels for everyone involved, and create a competitive environment that prioritizes performance over growth.
Here are 9 research-backed reasons to grade less:
#EduSky
Here are 9 research-backed reasons to grade less:
#EduSky
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New post: The most important question in English class isn’t just what works—but what it’s all for. On novels, purpose, and teaching the “why” of literacy. www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-bo... #TLSky #EduSky
Why bother teaching novels, anyway?
This week brought fresh thinking on the [unproven-but-likely] shift from novels to excerpts in US English classrooms. I’ll footnote some of that below*, but here’s the tl;dr: please—teach books.
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December 13, 2025 at 7:51 PM
New post: The most important question in English class isn’t just what works—but what it’s all for. On novels, purpose, and teaching the “why” of literacy. www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-bo... #TLSky #EduSky
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Did you know we can divide across fractions? 😱
December 13, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Did you know we can divide across fractions? 😱
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There’s money for ICE
There’s money to build detention camps.
There’s money for Argentina.
There’s money to invade Venezuela.
But we’re supposed to believe there’s no money for healthcare, housing & food?
Suffering is a policy choice.
There’s money to build detention camps.
There’s money for Argentina.
There’s money to invade Venezuela.
But we’re supposed to believe there’s no money for healthcare, housing & food?
Suffering is a policy choice.
December 13, 2025 at 11:04 AM
There’s money for ICE
There’s money to build detention camps.
There’s money for Argentina.
There’s money to invade Venezuela.
But we’re supposed to believe there’s no money for healthcare, housing & food?
Suffering is a policy choice.
There’s money to build detention camps.
There’s money for Argentina.
There’s money to invade Venezuela.
But we’re supposed to believe there’s no money for healthcare, housing & food?
Suffering is a policy choice.