There are several relatively easy ways teachers can support students before, during, and after reading content-area texts. These practices can be woven into typical content instruction. Here are a few you can try! Free downloads for more info! tinyurl.com/4wby7kz7

This was truly amazing!!! <3 <3 @Carmelschools KEPTO

Thank you to the Carmel families for this heart-felt video! <3 @Carmelschools

Enjoy these free POP-UP dictation hands with your students! Pound the syllable “map” and tap the phonemes “/m/ /a/ /p/ !” Kids will love cutting, gluing, and folding to make their own pop up set. Link in comments

My answer is a hard NO!!!! #readingwars #phonics #scienceofreading youtube.com/watch?v=9WJcgx…

Love this! What a great idea for a center.

I remember this day like it was yesterday... #NeverForget

#ChooseKindness #SEL #compassion

Room 124 is thinking about how to create their own kindness ripples today and every day after comparing the ripple effect of two very different characters’ actions ! #WorldKindnessDay2021 #choosekindness #CarmelCSD

Great strategies and reminders when teaching students how to access complex texts ! I love Laura Robb and her wonderful ideas to improve comprehension! scholastic.com/teachers/artic… #literacy

“I have…who has…” Brain Breaks today to practice our multiplication fact fluency and to reset our wiggly bodies! #4thgrade #brainbreaks #collaboration #reset

Congratulations RAMS!! @Carmelschools

I am planning to engage in all of these types of rest this winter break !!!! #WinterBreak

Some hands-on exploration of potential and kinetic energy in 4th grade today! #hotwheels #collaboration #criticalthinking #communication

Celebrating Black history month ! #carmelcsd #collaboration

KES making the news again for all the right reasons 💙 @KESPrincipal6Cs @Carmelschools Mary-Margaret Zehr Lizzette Ruiz-Giovinazzi Joe Simoni (he/his/him)

“Jigsawing” what we learned about plants today! Room 124 loved collaborating with their classmates! #collaboration #jigsawmethod #science

In honor of #TeacherAppreciationWeek I'm giving away 2 signed copies of THE HAPPINESS WORKBOOK FOR KIDS. Teachers: RT & follow by Wednesday, 5/4 for a chance to win. I'll announce winners on Thursday. #ThankYouTeachers #education #resilience #learning #edreform #emotionalhealth

We learned that like squeezed out toothpaste, which is impossible to put back in the tube, so are our words once they are said… we cannot simply take them back. Very important life lesson learned - think carefully before you speak !!! 💙💙💙 #SEL #MindfulMoments #choosekindness

Room 124’s 4th graders are building their growth mindset skills by thinking of ways to use their “bubble gum” brains to think flexibly through solving problems! #growthmindset