Wow! Look at the incredible transformation in these writing samples using TWR principles! From “I see a cat and a bird.” to “One sunny afternoon at 1:06, a cat sees a little bird.” Spot the 'When' detail and adjectives in this student's expanded sentences. Amazing progress!

During fluency reading, this student paused to ask “Do they know about adding a “where” to their sentence to add more details?” 🤣❤️🙌🎉 Read-A-Lot SLP Molly Brant ES thanks SyllaSense for the amazing decodables 📚 - we have a budding editor for you over here ;)

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During the last few minutes of small literacy groups, students played “be the teacher” - they planned & led word chains based on the targeted code they have been working on Read-A-Lot SLP Molly Brant ES to showcase & extend their learning with their peers 🎉

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Last day of small groups Read-A-Lot SLP - these assistants lead our word chains! Incredible seeing students read each word (from code they hadn’t yet consolidated just weeks before!!!) & guide their peers! Amazing! Have a great summer & happy reading!

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Yes!! That is the key - seems like it would be easier since you give them 1/2 the sentence, but alas, no! They have to think harder.

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Ahhh - what an incredible time today at Executive Function Field Day - thanks Jessi Lalonde_LDSB Melissa West & Laurie Faith, PhD… can’t wait to bring it back to school ❤️🧠🗣️🤩

Another fun way to complement your systematic and explicit phonics program into body breaks!!

The ABCs of making mistakes with a growth mindset.

Brighten up a student's day by giving them a moment of your full attention.☀️ Sketchnote via Kristin Wiens