That's a wrap! One year of read alouds honoring the many amazing cultures in our world. What a gift to share these moments with Upper Merion Area School District elementary students! Thanks to all the teachers who tuned in each month. 🙏🏼

I'm back streaming into Upper Merion Area School District elementary classrooms! We kicked off #HispanicHeritageMonth with the book "Pura's Cuentos," which tells the story of Pura Belpré, the first Latina librarian who embodied the idea that #representationmatters through bilingual storytelling. 🇵🇷

Connecting classrooms across UM, Ms Overly prepares us to kick-off Hispanic Heritage Month incorporating history, math, geography and literature into one powerful half hour! #BridgeportPROUD!

A beautiful story of the first Hispanic librarian in NY, paving the way for others and reinforcing the importance of children seeing themselves and their cultures in the stories they read. #BridgeportPROUD!

Streaming into Upper Merion Area School District elementary classrooms today to share Equality's Call: The Story of Voting Rights in America in honor of #IndigenousPeoplesDay and our upcoming election! "A right isn't right till it's granted to all." #vote 🗳️

Streaming into Upper Merion Area School District elementary classes today to share Keepunumuk: Weeachumun's Thanksgiving Story! What an honor to share the Thanksgiving story from the Native perspective and to celebrate #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth with this beautiful book.

Streaming into Upper Merion Area School District elementary classrooms today to learn about the science, history and culture connected to the Winter Solstice. The Shortest Day by Wendy Pfeffer is teaching us so much about this special time of year! ❄️🔥🧣☕☀️🌛🌚🌝

You are so welcome! Happy Solstice!

Enjoying another amazing science, history, and literature lesson from Instructional Coach ⁦⁦Julie Overly⁩ as we get ready for the Winter Solstice on December 21st. #BridgeportPROUD!

Did you know that Jan 1st isn't the only New Year people celebrate!? I'm streaming into Upper Merion Area School District elementary classes today to read Two New Years by Richard Ho about his family that celebrates Lunar New Year AND Rosh HaShanah! Happy New Year! 🧧✡️ 🎇

Did you know that there are many different New Year celebrations? Instructional Coach ⁦Julie Overly⁩ once again zoomed into classrooms throughout the District with a lesson that included a beautiful story, history, geography and culture. #BridgeportPROUD!

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It's #BlackHistoryMonth and I'm streaming into Upper Merion Area School District elementary classrooms to share about the Father of Black History himself, Carter G. Woodson. Did you know he started Negro History Week, which became Black History Month?

Streaming into Upper Merion Area School District elementary classrooms today to honor #WomensHistoryMonth and #DevelopmentalDisabilitiesAwaremessMonth by reading a book about the amazing Dr. Temple Grandin. She is such a gift to this world!

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Julie Overly, our Elementary Instructional Coach has been running a 3rd grade teacher professional development at Gulph in the area of Fundations! The teachers graduated this week! They learned all the blends, how to mark up words & more! Congratulations!

It's that time again! I'm streaming into Upper Merion Area School District elementary classrooms today to share The Arabic Quilt by Aya Khalil and Anait Semirdzhyan honor of #ArabAmericanHeritageMonth What a beautiful story of embracing your language and culture!

At the start of Arab-American Heritage Month, grateful for ⁦Julie Overly⁩ zooming into our classrooms to share an interdisciplinary lesson and beautiful story. #BridgeportPROUD!

Food! Science! Sports! Languages! Government! Geography! Thank you, ⁦Julie Overly⁩ #BridgeportPROUD!

Happy #AAPIHeritageMonth ! My last virtual read aloud of the year for Upper Merion Area School District elementary students is this incredible story about Momofuku Ando, the inventor of instant ramen. 🍜 Thanks for a great year of reading and learning together! 💙💛