I loved chatting with Wiley Blevins, EdD (Wiley Blevins) about important considerations for early literacy, including phonics and the texts beginning readers use for practice during reading time. I hope you can have a listen! blog.heinemann.com/podcast-jennif…

Independent reading is not about a level; it’s not about a certain number of minutes. Independent reading is that reading we do that helps us develop independent thoughts - not thoughts directed by anyone else.

Learn new ways to engage students in developing and applying phonics skills with phonics expert Wiley Blevins in this on-demand, research-based webinar! Respond to learning gaps and identify strategies to accelerate diverse students’ progress. Join now→ bit.ly/3pXE8Jh

Third grade students build words as a warm up activity. Word building is a hands-on activity that helps students improve their spelling and reading skills. #makingwords #wellerwildcats

I am participating in the May 7th Run The Greenway in support of the Step Sister. #runthegreenway2022.

Enough is enough. As a nation, we must have the courage to take action and prevent this from ever happening again. It is long past time for our country to stand up to the gun lobby and pass reasonable gun safety laws.

My thoughts on the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.

Millions of women in America will go to bed tonight without access to the health care and reproductive health care they had this morning. Without access to the same health care or reproductive health care their mothers and grandmothers had for 50 years.

I highly recommend Elizabeth’s Gone Raw for a vegan, fine dining experience. We went there for our anniversary. The food and service were absolutely amazing! elizabethsgoneraw.com

Reading aloud to children is so important. STU

Check out Becca Bastos's video! #TikTok tiktok.com/t/ZTRyxYT3S/

#BarnesAndNoble has suddenly decided NOT to carry KEY PLAYER, the 4th FRONT DESK book, coming out in 2 weeks! Here are the new details of their new “nationwide strategy”—only giving shelf space for Top 1-2 books per publisher! I am not Top enough, apparently! 😭 #FrontDeskSeries

📚 CALLING ALL TEACHERS AND LIBRARIANS! 📚 I’m staring a book club for kids!!! Read with me as a class this fall & let’s connect through the power of a story! ❤️ Join on my website, totally free! 🙌Tell all ur teacher friends!!! #KellysBookClub #NewFromHere #Teachers #Librarians

We are excited for the new school year! STU

Mrs. Friedenberg’s kindergarten students enjoy using the multi-sensory sand while learning their letter sounds. So far, they have learned c, o, a, and d. I enjoy working with these fabulous students every morning. STU

Thursday is the new “must see tv” vibe for podcasts - ⁦Emily Hanford⁩ - WOW! Just WOW! - Once you hear it, you can’t unhear it. ⁦Charlotte Clymer 🇺🇦⁩ ⁦Rex Chapman🏇🏼⁩ check this out! Sold a Story: How Teaching Kids to Read Went So Wrong | Podcast features.apmreports.org/sold-a-story/

These students are excited to read! STU

Kindergartners and first graders are working hard! STU

I can’t believe our Domino Effect of Kindness Event is over,we collected 1080 boxes of cereal which was 1400 lbs to Loudoun Hunger Relief!Huge shoutout to the Washington Commanders Washington Commanders PR for donating boxes of cereal and coming to read to all the kids in our school today! We love#VAkindnessweek

Encoding practice.