I broke out a surprise Zoom filter to celebrate a student “graduating” from her -ack vs -ake review!

One of my readers sent this chat in response to seeing the cover of his familiar rereading book today. ❤️

Hello, just reminding people that I give a free 45 min. pd to any group that is doing a book study of one of my books! Just email me at [email protected]. Happy Mathing!

It’s National Principal’s Day, and I’d like to send a special shout-out to Dr. Brian Peters ! Thank you so much for your tireless leadership. We appreciate you!

Summertime is for unfinished craft projects! #rugmaking

Please do not say that #AssistiveTechnology supports such as text to speech and speech to text can get overused. Would you ever tell a wheelchair user that they are overusing their wheelchair, or that I ‘m overusing my contact lenses or my dad overuses his hearing aids?

One of these is not like the other. Disappointed in Really Good Stuff for cheapening a once high-quality product. 👎🏻

It's that time of year ... when teachers need words for phonics lessons. Three ideas: #phinder sound-spelling word list maker: devinkearns.com/phinder/ the Texas Foundational Reading Lessons: inclusionintexas.org/apps/pages/ind… UFLI Word Work resources education.ufl.edu/ufli/virtual-t…

We are noticing patterns in numbers while playing Start With 👉🏻 Get To!

I had some VERY excited writers this morning!

I found a little surprise when I closed my door this afternoon. 🥰

We love practicing our spelling rules on what we have dubbed our “fancy mystery boards!”

Exciting news! Numberless Word Problems have a new home. Come visit! numberlesswp.com #NumberlessWP #ElemMathChat #MTBoS #ITeachMath

Forty Years of Reading Intervention Research for Elementary Students with or at Risk for Dyslexia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. It's open access! Another team effort by our research group UVA School of Education and Human Development plus more amazing collaborators- led by @colbyshall

🎗️There should be no high-frequency word (aka "sight word," although that's a misnomer) instruction in preschool. Much better to spend that time on phonemic awareness & alphabet instruction. 🎗️When high-frequency word instruction does occur, it's imp. to engage children in . . .

📊Research has found that classrooms differ a great deal in quality of discussions--and those differences impact comprehension development. Please see below for examples of differences. For a self-assessment and guide to quality talk about text, see amazon.com/Quality-Talk-A…

📌 Save this list for your fall coaching conversations! (Via leader @TheRealLindsay2)

Mentoring is often the first form of professional learning a teacher receives – and it can be instrumental in shaping who teachers become. (Via leader Sharron Helmke & Learning Forward) learningforward.org/journal/nurtur…