🎉 Exciting news for #TeacherAppreciationWeek ! 🎉 RETWEET for a chance to win an OG+ Decodable Fluency Slide Bundle - K-2! 📚 Boost fluency with our digital slides designed for K-2nd grade. Improve reading accuracy, speed, and prosody effortlessly. 5 lucky winners chosen!

Happy Saturday! If anyone out there is interested in reading Poetry Pauses in a book club format this summer, let me know. We can work out a time for a free zoom call this summer to meet with readers 😀 Also, DM if you would like to order a set of copies for your department!

Instructional leadership is not about improving teachers; It is about creating the conditions where teachers can improve themselves. Danny Steele #essentialtruths Todd Whitaker

Imagine a restaurant menu so big it makes your mind go blank 😕. That's what classrooms with too many choices can feel like for students. UDL is all about offering the right balance to eliminate barriers and help students reach their full potential! 👇 hubs.la/Q02yCWtn0

True teacher PD isn't about mandates, it's about choice, writes Elizabeth Dampf. “PD based on teacher perspectives sends the message: You are professionals, and we listen when professionals speak.” ascd.org/blogs/putting-…

Educator Christopher M. Camizzi Ed.M. empowers Ss to have visions, lean into struggle and feed their passions with these classroom expectations! (Inspired by Amy Fast)

Limiting students' reading choices reduces their engagement and mental health benefits. Ivey & Johnston's research highlights the importance of access to a wide variety of books. ascd.org/blogs/improvin…

So much of ELA can be SEL.

Let’s dispel a commonly held notion about our children…

Keep reading (and learning!) this summer with the #EDSummerReading Challenging! Use these 10 challenges to keep kids reading all summer long 📚 ⬇️

We love making learning fun!

Yes, yes, and yes! Effective shifts that can really help students to LEARN rather than memorize.

Since it became a national observance in 2004, Constitution Day has commemorated the date of the 1787 signing of the U.S. Constitution. Invite students to learn about this important document, from the Preamble to the seven articles to the 27 amendments: buff.ly/3mWyVQn

I love it when I can give everyone the “go-to” ELA accommodations graphic organizer “Chunking” extended time (within reason) audiobooks 1-on-1 coaching (the toughest one obviously… 34 kids…smh) years have taught me that most of that stuff is just good teaching

🎧 Get your headphones ready, Ts! Educator Stephanie Howell offers this brainstorming tool to support a S-led podcast:

Building a culture of reading for ELs begins with honoring oral storytelling traditions, incorporating bilingual books, and fostering shared reading experiences. Learn how these strategies are helping students from edutopia edut.to/3ZeSVk4 #EnglishLearners #ELL #MLL

"Every student should feel that they matter and are important." When a hospital stay taught Salome Thomas-EL, Ed.D what it feels like to be truly seen and cared for, it clarified what matters most in education. hubs.li/Q03dLDtp0

Classroom cohesion... students interacting with students - yes!

This! 🧡

Important!