Massapequa's secondary literacy coach provides valuable support in reading, writing and research, working with teachers and our middle and high school students! Laura Bottan Tina Farrell msd.k12.ny.us/site/default.a…

These are some exciting designs! Today we created our own maze, and next time we meet our classmates will try to replicate them. These AmesChiefs are designers and creators MassapequaPS! Tina Farrell Tania Willman

Miss Walsh's class used WeVideo to make their moms this amazing video! Happy Mother's Day. Massapequa TLCs Birch Lane School Canva

Mrs. Congro’s kindergarten library class loved using Book Creator Team to make their own books to conclude their author study on Kevin Henkes. Massapequa TLCs Mary Anne Ferraro Tina Farrell Massapequa Literacy Department

College Essay Night MHS Library Barbara Lowell with English teacher, Ms. Jillian Hand. Students and parents learn about the writing process and brainstorm ideas for the perfect college essay. Great turnout! Thank you for coming!

Ms. Lee’s third grade library students are using Book Creator Team to make a cookbook filled with delicious family recipes! Massapequa TLCs Jackie Lee Tina Farrell Massapequa Literacy Department

We Laura Bottan love the way our high school English teachers AmesChiefs Barbara Lowell created spaces that foster student collaboration and engagement starting on day one! Bill Brennan

Students worked collaboratively to annotate & make meaning of text in an engaging student-led jigsaw activity 🧩 Laura Bottan Tina Farrell

⁦Claire Mitchell⁩ presenting on AI in our future and our libraries ⁦ESBOCES SLS⁩ #li_sls

Bill Brennan Tina Farrell

Thankful for these industrious students who enjoyed working on stations! 🦃🥧📝 Berner Middle School Tina Farrell Laura Bottan

“Never let anyone block the light that makes you sparkle.” 🪩🕺🏻Students made connections between the song “Stayin’ Alive” to the protagonist in All the Broken Pieces.📚Tina Farrell Berner Middle School Laura Bottan

MHS English teacher, Mrs. Colgan, and Secondary Lit Coach, Mrs. Bottan, team teach in 10 Pre-AP on the process of rhetorical analysis. Barbara Lowell Laura Bottan

Students collaboratively answered questions in order to escape the monsters on Maple Street! They did not let their fear get the best of them, unlike the residents on Maple Street! 👽🛸👏🏼Berner Middle School Tina Farrell

Last night parents and students attended College Essay Night in the MHS Library with English teachers Ms. Karayiannis and Ms. Hand. It was a packed house! MHS Library Barbara Lowell Miss Hand

Social Issues Book Club #blackoutpoems 📖✍🏻 Berner Middle School Tina Farrell Laura Bottan

Students offered thorough, specific, and actionable feedback on one another’s thematic essays in an effort to help one another grow & become stronger writers #peerreview 📝 Berner Middle School Tina Farrell

New year, new ✨student spotlight✨ featuring “I Am” poems based on characters in All the Broken Pieces Tina Farrell Berner Middle School

What a fantastic day in Mrs. Congro’s 5th grade library class! After reading Mr. Peabody’s Apples, the students explored the important theme of truth vs rumor. They used Canva to create colorful infographics that tied together technology and reading! Massapequa TLCs Canva Education

Students used Canva to write letters from the perspective of Ponyboy to his brother Sodapop & news articles from the perspective of a reporter on scene of the church fire in The Outsiders. They then shared & discussed their designs in small groups.🗞️✉️