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Caroline Sweet @csweet.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Years later, @whitneylarocca.bsky.social trusted me again to work on Patterns of Wonder for our youngest writers.

light blue cover of a book titled Patterns of Wonder Inviting Emergent Writers to Play with the conventions of language by Whitney La Rocca and Jeff Anderson

Caroline Sweet @csweet.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

We didn't know what it would turn out to be. But Jeff, Whitney, and Terry took a chance on me. And through the lessons I crafted, I got to do my very favorite thing about being a bilingual teacher--choose beautiful culturally-relevant picture books by amazing authors to serve as mentor texts.

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Caroline Sweet @csweet.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

They had created a grammar resource unlike anything we had before (well... it's similar to Jeff's earlier book Everyday Editing). I was teaching 4th grade at the time and just decided to go full force with teaching grammar through invitations. But I was going to do it in Spanish.

Orange cover of the book Patterns of Power Inviting Young Writers into the Conventions of Language by Jeff Anderson

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Caroline Sweet @csweet.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

My second book is out. 🥳 I think back 20 years ago when I was a new bilingual teacher and how hard it was to find parity between Spanish & English resources. I hope my books fill a gap. When Jeff and @whitneylarocca.bsky.social's original Patterns of Power came out in 2017, I was obsessed.

Pink cover of the book Patterns of Wonder: Inviting Emergent Bilingual Writers to Play with the Conventions of Spanish by Caroline Sweet

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Caroline Sweet @csweet.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Happy Coaches Day to my instructional coach friends!

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Caroline Sweet @csweet.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

This was clearly taken during House of Pain’s Jump Around.

Blurry picture of woman in plaid shirt jumping with one arm in the air

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Caroline Sweet @csweet.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

The best part of summer break is… Chobani Flip’s seasonal Freedom-flavored yogurt.

Chobani Flip Yogurt, red, white, and poppin’ flavor

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Caroline Sweet @csweet.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

On this day, 12 years ago, I had lunch with friends 😉

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Caroline Sweet @csweet.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

If you see this, post the most recent photo of yourself from your camera roll. Just me in my STAAR testing shirt.

Smiling woman in tshirt that says testing testing 123

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Caroline Sweet @csweet.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

This is Emil. He loves caring for goats with his 4-H after school urban farm program. But 4-H ended abruptly today. They were about to go camping on Friday. No more Americorps members. The kids cried. This is not ok. We are devastated. afterschoolalliance.org/afterschools...

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Caroline Sweet @csweet.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

If you have a moment, give this a listen. It's my two teaching besties talking to Gary about how we sustain each other in community. You'll need to be an NCTE member to listen. But if you aren't, maybe you should be. Just sayin'. @carmelavaldez.bsky.social @holamsjohnston.bsky.social

Screenshot from website classroom cooridors with 3 headshots and the title "Teaching Through Connection: How Two Educators Found Joy after Covid 19"

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Caroline Sweet @csweet.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Had to dig this old shirt out of the drawer. Here we go again.

Photo of woman wearing an aqua colored tshirt that say, “unafraid educators advocating for undocumented students”

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Caroline Sweet @csweet.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

I love this article from @davillarreal.bsky.social. An important read for any teacher supporting undocumented or mixed status families.

Screenshot of article titled Postura Activista: Examining one bilingual teacher’s activism and commitment to the community she serves by Dr. Doris Villarreal

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Caroline Sweet @csweet.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

I think the Martha on the Mantel approves.

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Caroline Sweet @csweet.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

Forget guitars and Legos… The boys report that their Snoop Dog wearable blankets are their favorite gifts.

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Caroline Sweet @csweet.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

This dog would prefer I didn’t lay in bed all day. But it’s the first day of winter break. So that’s what’s going to happen.

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Caroline Sweet @csweet.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Enjoying listening to Carol Benson so far...

Screenshot of zoom meeting. Slide referencing an additive approach to educating multilingual learners.

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Caroline Sweet @csweet.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

My kids are just growing up too fast. Slow down, time.

Photo of Caroline and her son sitting on a couch

Photo of Caroline and her son outside with their arms around each other

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Caroline Sweet @csweet.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Two good friends are running for TABE board. If you’re a member of the Texas Association of Bilingual Education, look up @maestra-landaverde.bsky.social and @henrycastellanos.bsky.social

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Caroline Sweet @csweet.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Hanging with the kids at the Texas Book Festival ❤️📚

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Caroline Sweet @csweet.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

Highly recommend reading my friend Doris’s article. Feeling very timely… again. #EDUsky #BilingualEducation #DualLanguage www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...

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Caroline Sweet @csweet.bsky.social · 07/01/2024

This is my teacher(and life)-bestie. Who is your teacher-bestie? @johnstonkari.bsky.social

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Caroline Sweet @csweet.bsky.social · 31/12/2023

And this is all in partnership with amazing authors Jeff Anderson and Whitney LaRocca 🤗

Five books in the Patterns of Power family of resources

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Caroline Sweet @csweet.bsky.social · 27/12/2023

Urban farm kids working over break.

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Caroline Sweet @csweet.bsky.social · 16/12/2023

At my son’s swim meet feeling grateful that his coach is more of a Ted Lasso vibe than a Friday Night Lights vibe

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Caroline Sweet @csweet.bsky.social · 07/12/2023

There’s a million reasons I love my school. Urban farm is definitely one of them.

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Caroline Sweet @csweet.bsky.social · 07/12/2023

A newcomer and I connected over our shared love of the video game Street Fighter. Today he brought me this figure that he MADE! 💥👊🏽

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Caroline Sweet @csweet.bsky.social · 06/12/2023

Breakfast during STAAR training

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