Kerrilyn Thacker
@kerrilynt
Teacher and Speech-Language Pathologist.
Passionate about Evidence-based Instruction and Language Learners
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10-02-2012 19:39:59
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An incredible resource for #disciplinaryliteracy from University of Michigan shared during our second Disciplinary Literacy Network meeting with 🇺🇦 Dr. Ruslana A. Westerlund/Руслана її/her and Kim Stieber-White So many free materials to support inquiry and argumentation in Social Studies! readinquirewrite.umich.edu
Making language visible in Social Studies explanations and argumentations. Second #disciplinaryliteracy Network meeting with Kim Stieber-White and 🇺🇦 Dr. Ruslana A. Westerlund/Руслана її/her CESA 2
Thanks to a book exchange, in the spirit of the Icelandic Jólabókaflóðið tradition, within the Language Departments, I am now the proud owner of this gorgeous wordless picture book by a Flemish author/illustrator #PetervandenEnde #Zwerveling Uitgeverij Querido
Another great #DisciplinaryLiteracyNetwork session with 🇺🇦 Dr. Ruslana A. Westerlund/Руслана її/her and Kim Stieber-White. This time with a focus on identifying salient language features in texts, the language of science, and issues with simplifying texts for MLLs CESA 2
A wonderful PD experience at the #MLSummit learning from 🌍 ναℓєηтιηα gσηzαℓєz and Natalia Heckman about the value of sentence-level writing.
Learning about enhancing literacy instruction for Multilingual Learners at #MLSummit from Jana Echevarria, PhD and @KatieToppel
The incredibly generous Irina McGrath, Ph.D. and 🌍 Dr. Michelle Shory 💻 sharing tech tools that support language and literacy skills in multilingual learners at #MLSummit
Learning from the always amazing @easkelton and Tan K Huynh (he/his) 🇱🇦🇺🇸🏳️🌈 about shifting to an assets-based approach to experienced multilingual students- strategies to support vocabulary, sentence structures, and organisation in writing at the #MLSummit
Excited to attend this event. Dr. Andrea Honigsfeld cvent.me/ZBXEqn?sms=7&c…
What an amazing webinar hosted by English Learners Success Forum about the role of writing in literacy instruction. Lucky to hear 3 leaders in the field present writing instruction through a SFL lens. Thank you Professor Emerita Maria Estela Brisk, 🇺🇦 Dr. Ruslana A. Westerlund/Руслана її/her and Dr Luciana C. de Oliveira
Wondering if there is any educational research for the benefits of mixed-proficiency language classes vs proficiency-based language classes, specifically, language classes for languages other than the language of instruction. @4bilingualism @sstewartling @easkelton Esther Bettney Heidt, PhD
What an amazing episode Tan K Huynh (he/his) 🇱🇦🇺🇸🏳️🌈 and 🇺🇦 Dr. Ruslana A. Westerlund/Руслана її/her ! I thoroughly enjoyed being guided through how to use SFL in the classroom.
Second Disciplinary Literacy Symposium- inspired listening to Gail Forey and colleagues discuss their whole-school approach to disciplinary literacy.