Reading excerpts may prep students for tests, but such practice won't make them readers. Students deserve whole works, real books.

Aging paper with tea leaves for articles they wrote for World Geography that explain monsoons in South Asia. #CHS9Family

Aria & Blake traded pages and read aloud together, discussing the storyline of books both to and from Arkansas. 😍 #TakeFlight #dyslexia #comprehension #fluency

Good strategies: Reading aloud and modeling the #reading process, trying to get at the heart of why a child doesn't like to read instead of forcing them to do it, letting them choose what they read owl.li/iXhV30ogf5X Katrina Schwartz #edchat #ELAchat #parenting

Educators, #parents and students who frown on kids for using their fingers may be cutting short a greater opportunity: the strengthening of brain networks Jo Boaler TheAtlanticEducation ow.ly/QAPj50q1aVI #edchat #mathchat #elemchat #parenting

Shout-out to Eric & Hector for helping me out with a dead battery without a second thought on an August Friday afternoon and to Nicki for lending her car! It was close, but I still made it to school pick up by 4. Whew! Carroll ISD #SAFEdragon

It’s a professional imperative to be lifelong learners in the name of kids. Our responsibility is to know.understand research that guides our choices so we MUST be professional readers. If research doesn’t inform practice, then we’re just spitting in the proverbial wind. #G2great

Developing a greater sense of motivation in students requires us to recognize and utilize those things that drive each individual kid- not a one-size-fits-all reward system. kqed.org/mindshift/5325…

Hooray! So very glad Melissa is back with the CISD dyslexia team. 🎉

Schools close, Tom Hanks, trouble in the big banks, no vaccine, quarantine, no more toilet paper seen. Travel ban, Weinstein, panic COVID-19, NBA, gone away, what else do I have to sayyyyyy

Step #7 and #8 How do we plan for distance learning? Do a few things well and take care of your mental and physical health. @KatieMuhtaris #ReadTheWorldNOW #elearning #distancelearning #virtuallearning

Effective April 3, Dyslexia lesson plans will be emailed on Fridays at 4 p.m. to 1st-4th Ss participating in the Language Science Program. Effective April 6, lessons will be posted in Canvas at 8 a.m. on Mondays for 5th-9th grade Language Science Ss.⁦ southlakecarroll.edu/Page/3188

.Carroll ISD students - if U have a laptop, here is a great extension for U to install: "Google Meet Grid View". It will let you see all your classmates @ the same time during a Google Meet! This video shows U how to install it on your CISD laptop. youtu.be/j5fRRshf5zE

Yes! This is exactly what it’s like- especially during a week-long flare.

Have you heard of Take Flight? The team in our Dyslexia center created this curriculum as a comprehensive intervention for students with dyslexia. Learn more about it on our website: spr.ly/6016GLg12 #DyslexiaAwarenessMonth

October is National Dyslexia Awareness Month. Our Carroll ISD dyslexia therapists will be sharing information and resources each week with campus staff during the month of October. #GoRedforDyslexia

Our students with dyslexia are #dragonstrong everyday!

Anyone middle school age and above on social media need to watch The Social Dilemma. Our kids think we’re crazy- but there are reasons they don’t have social media and have strict tech rules. thesocialdilemma.com

This year, we are offering 6 different Christmas Eve Services! Take a look at our site to get the dates and times. 121cc.com/event/christma…