This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/arti…

Part of my summer reading assignment asks students to write about their relationship with reading. Many — almost all — explained that they loved reading as kids and would spend hours at a time reading. Somewhere along the way they fell out of love with it. What are we doing?

Honestly, I think #4 is my personal fav. Thanks to colleague Sandra for the visit today!

The problem with 20+mins on whole group phonics instruction - besides the further squish-out of Sci/SS, (even where "integrated" in the lit block, they're for sure not in the phonics part) - is everyone working on the same pattern whether they know or are ready for it or not.

Sure makes you wonder …

My child’s school has organized a Book Fair by partnering with a local indie bookstore …I think it’s awesome! No Scholastic. And every kid gets to pick one book that they want to read and will become a part of a classroom library (the school doesn’t have s school library, sad)

Melanie Meehan loves thinking about ways to make writing important for students. Today on #TWTBlog, she shares how these initiatives unfold! mtr.cool/jxjefbjlqd

Love this idea of inviting kids to create synthesis pages like these! Such creativity here. This is something not valued by our standardized testing culture, but this type of analysis supports the development of some vitally important neural pathways. TY for sharing!

Some colleagues have pushed back on this piece, indicating that no one anywhere says that reading is done with a phonics-only approach, or as some have said, even a, "phonics first" approach. My experience working in schools across the U.S. these past few years, let alone in

“Ultimately, schools must shift their focus away from programs-based reading instruction and toward student-need-based reading instruction.”

There’s no other way to look at it: the results of last night’s elections across the country broke decisively for libraries. EveryLibrary tracked 40 public library funding measures, and in 95% of them voters approved the requests, often by wide margins. ow.ly/Tb6i50Q5J7r

Amazing podcast! Thank you so much for your knowledge and wisdom Laura Ascenzi-Moreno !

“When grades, numbers, and scores are the center of the school experience, true learning never occurs.”

Love this quote!

Yep, that’s correct. Giving a kid a zero is adding a -6 on a scale of 1-4 (60-100). If you must “average” your grades, put in a 50 for the egregious crime the child committed by not completing something. That’s the “F” that makes mathematical sense. Read Doug Reeves

Big congrats to you both! That’s so great!

🖋️ Dive into the world of information writing! Discover common challenges and effective solutions in this #TWTPod episode. Plug in your🎧 & dive into this episode on your favorite podcasting platform or at mtr.cool/dpoqahjaub

“This product helps improve your students’ reading scores, but it may make them hate reading forever.” Yong Zhao explains the disturbing side effects of many supposedly "evidence-based" educational policies. Book: is.gd/m7Fhi4. Article: tinyurl.com/2492j8bt

What if teachers were subjected to the kind of rewards-based classroom-management system (including a behavior chart) that's commonly used to control students? This thread describes the eye-opening results of a brief, informal experiment: threadreaderapp.com/thread/1755986…

🗣️Social interactions are embedded throughout the workshop w/practices like conferring, peer revision, & opportunities to share & celebrate throughout the writing process. 🔗Read to find out how research supports the social aspects of writing: i.mtr.cool/jwrusrituo  #TWTBlog