Cole TEACHER Open House success! Sharing books we love with the colleagues!💜 #WeRead #BuildiniteracyCommunities #TheColeWay

Our students are lucky to have such amazing teachers. Just 👀 at all these great books! #BookTalks #TheColeWay

I am so lucky to work Cole Elementary and be part of such a great teaching community. Today I walked away with so many new ideas for books and was able to chat with amazing teacher colleagues❣️ thank you Danika for such a joyful PD!

In ONE weekend with TCTELA est. 1965 I got to: ➡️ connect and learn from amazing authors and teachers ➡️ build a community of readers AND writers AND teachers Want this experience? Click on the QR and join our Elem Section! Brandy Sue Alexander Markesha Tisby, M.Ed @lyle_teresa4 Melissa Torrez

My goal (especially this year) - embedding practices that are SIMPLE, yet EFFECTIVE! 1️⃣ explain and model open syllable pattern 2️⃣ let students practice w magnetic letters, adding lots of consonants so they can explore DONE (until tomorrow 😁)

Why was I fighting independent reading with several attempts…reminders ☺️…to read ON YOUR OWN?!?! These students obviously know reading can be a beautiful social event! #BuddyReadingForTheWin #AdjustingForThem

Part 2: Open Syllable Practice 1️⃣ Found some words 2️⃣ Let students code 3️⃣ Watched as they blended open syllable with second syllable together Just think of all the PA and phonics skills being practiced! #SimpleYetEffective

THIS!!!!!!💜 Building a literacy community one buddy class at a time! #FindTheJoyInReading #TimeWellSpent

Reading group? Ha! More like reading 📖, thinking 🤔, writing ✏️, and discussing 🗣 group! Reading is much more than just flipping through pages calling out words.

Using the work of Donalyn Miller Kelly Gallagher and @pennykittle with colleagues today. Learning and growing as teachers for our students. #WinWin #WeRead

✅ engaged reading with relevant article ✅ summarizing and paraphrasing (notes column) ✅ reactions and reflections (thinking/wondering column) ✅ literary conversations #SimpleYetEffective #ReadThinkWriteShare

#DayAfterSpringBreak 💜 Allow plenty of time to talk in partners/groups. They will want time to catch up! 💜 Play some quiet music and extend independent reading time. They will be tired, so let them relax w/ a book! 💜Let them creatively draw. Let them free write.

Looks like you all had an amazing first day back!! Emy Ollervides

“Mrs. Jaster, did you know I play piano? I’m totally going to read this book all week long!” #PowerOfChoice #EngagedAndMotivated #StealingReadingMoments Donalyn Miller

NEW CLASSROOM LIBRARY BOOKS!!! 🤩 Inventory is going to take me awhile if I keep stopping to read all the new books in the boxes. 😍 Elementary ELAR #TheColeWay

Dissecting words is SO MUCH FUN! 🤔Think: How many syllables? What are the sounds in each syllable? 🖍Now off to go write the letters that represent the sounds!

Looking for ideas, strategies, structures, or articles that can help guide teachers in increasing student talk in the classroom!

Super proud of these teachers for saying YES to themselves! The school work will be there later…it’s time to kickbox! #TheColeWay

These teachers - powerhouses in and outside the classroom! #KickboxingForTheWin