Reading to Lovey Dove ⁦Alta Vista Principal⁩ at Read to Self time. #usdlearns #kimochis

Now on Minding the Gap: If we're really concerned about kids' social-emotional well-being, we need to stop using curricula that make so many feel like failures for no good reason. It's not that hard to make kids feel--& BE--successful. @ClassroomWonder nataliewexler.substack.com/p/what-experts…

When you know, you know.

3D shapes with toothpicks and play dough Alta Vista Principal #usdlearns

Moving like sharks during our livestream from ⁦California Academy of Sciences⁩! #usdlearns ⁦Alta Vista Principal⁩

Great article! Thanks for posting, Todd Sinclair. Anything Natalie Wexler has to say on the topic of literacy is worth listening to. Thanks, @emily_crement for pointing me in her direction!

So happy to have our ball hoop back ⁦Alta Vista Principal⁩ ! Thanks ⁦Mary Ann Meisenbach⁩ #usdlearns

The importance of systematic phonics instruction in a nutshell.

Curriculum Case Study: It’s Undeniable — Curriculum Matters for Everyone. Why Now Is the Time | The 74 the74million.org/article/curric…

This looks like a good one: “How Decodable Texts Support SEL” Thanks, Emily Gibbons! instagram.com/p/CZJpuDBuDzj/…

When you do a phonics lesson on “dge” and when to use it, and a K student decides we need to add a new secret to our #SecretStories wall! Secret Stories Phonics Anna Geiger #usdlearns #SoR

Spring Fling, we missed you! So good to welcome it back. Thanks USDiSTEAM for your support! #usdlearns @AVKinder2 Alta Vista Principal

Lucy Calkins Retreats on Phonics in Fight Over Reading Curriculum - The New York Times nytimes.com/2022/05/22/us/…

Structured Literacy is beneficial for all students. It breaks down language at its foundational level. All students deserve to be taught this way. And teachers deserve to be trained in it.

We made a discussion guide for Sold a Story. features.apmreports.org/sold-a-story/d…

Dear March, What happened to “out like a lamb?” Signed, A CA Teacher on her 1,000th day of indoor recess.

A new way of teaching kids to read in Georgia - NPR apple.news/AQbRSGlCKQfqFR…

Great article by Anna Geiger about how F & P Guided Reading levels really don’t provide any useful data. The problems & solutions are very clearly outlined here. #usdlearns themeasuredmom.com/why-its-time-t…

How we moved the needle on early literacy – and your district can, too PAUSD California Reading Coalition Decoding Dyslexia CA #righttoread; fine commentary by Todd Collins edsource.org/2023/how-any-d…

THIS