His teachers have helped him build that confidence and his school culture and community have always fostered it. GO DALERS!

"teaching writing is deeply personal. Helping someone write well and helping someone teach writing well both require a relationship of trust."--Lucy Calkins #NCTE19 hubs.ly/H0lWd1N0

Now that’s good parenting.

Bringing balance to the structures of conferences we use is so important! Check in on how readers are doing with what was taught before moving on. It helps us learn what they are doing well and what they need more support with B4 moving them up the ladder! #indepence

Simple indeed. Let’s get smarter and make things this simple!

Does anyone else only have functioning reading small groups thanks to Jennifer Serravallo’s Reading Strategies book? Every group gets what they need and I keep my head on straight meeting those different needs! #anchorchartsgalore #ineedmorewalls

TY all for always striving to learn more and help your students to succeed beyond the expectations! #growthmindset #grateful

Lucky lady! Learning from the best! Soak it all up! I know YOU will! Working with you was always inspiring!!

Yes! So important! The inside scoop! Go SEM Dalers!

#FlattenTheCurve

This or something like this helps each day be productive, fun, & manageable! We self-quarantined on March 10th. It was an easy decision-daughter has compromised lungs. The week flew by b/c our daily schedule was created TOGETHER each morning and we stuck to it! #coronavirus

Way to keep it going!

Thank you for your support! We all need to stay real and engaged during this time!

5 jobs, 5 tags - 1. Age 13, I scraped and washed cream cheese dishes at Dix Hills Bagels 2. Nanny for a wonderful family during HS 3. Sales for Graffiti Clothing in Elwood 4. Usher at Elwood Cinema 5. Sales for Bloomingdale’s in the Intimate Apparel section 😆

K’s passion for great education was infectious. She instilled a work ethic in me that I’ll never lose and never take for granted. I always worked hard, but she taught me how to work smarter and that made me want to work more. I miss her laugh and her ambitious lab guides.

Conferring with readers like Zoë is the fuel I need to stay positive these days. Thank you, Zoë for caring about learning and for craving the attention every kid deserves! #individualconferring #caringaboutkids #doingwhatsbestforkids

You won’t want to miss this FREE R&W camp offered by Jennifer Serravallo! Timely, engaging, relevant, transferable, and accessible! ⁦Jennifer Serravallo⁩ never fails to inspire! instagram.com/p/CB0WSWFheYs/…

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From my 8 yr old to JoJo Siwa... Here are three rules I think belong in the #siwanatorRulez 1. Always try new things even if you’re scared! Just be confident! 2. Share your talents with others by teaching them what you know! 3. Diversity is something everyone should accept!