Ahh, the perfect love! Congratulations.💕

ASCD has temporarily made this article free again. If you go to print it, you can save it as a PDF. When Young Readers Get Stuck 🎨⚗️There's an art—and science—to providing prompts for young readers when they struggle. ascd.org/publications/e…

A1 1st we acknowledge decades of research that supports the critical role of volume for ALL children. Why is it that we still ignore Richard Allington’s essential 1977 question: “If they don’t read much, how they ever gonna get good?” #G2Great

A2. Look at how the student spends their time. What part is reading? What does their reading identity look like? What skills / strategies do they have? (asset-based) What tasks will enhance learning? (2 of Allington's 6 T's exclusive.multibriefs.com/content/alling… #g2great

Brilliant! Thanks for sharing?

This just begs to be read aloud! “Love and stories.” Thank you Kate DiCamillo and Sophie Blackall.

Books allow us to practice being better humans. After reading #wishtree, a 7th-grader wrote that she stopped bullying others: "By reading your book, the thought hit me like a ton of bricks to always be kind to people." #FReadom #txleg TXFReadomFighters

I imagine the North Pole has a team of retired first grade teachers who decipher the handwriting and spelling and the elves treat them like the phonetic code breaker geniuses they are.

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Considering keeping your own writer's notebook or journal in the #newyear? Here are a few tips to help you get started by Brenda Power: choiceliteracy.com/article/tips-f… #ChoiceLiteracy #ChoiceLiteracyFREEcontent #writersnotebook #journaling

As we approach Martin Luther King day, we need to reflect on his words!

"Here's the truth. The former president of the United States of America has created and spread a web of lies about the 2020 election," President Biden says. "Because his bruised ego matters more to him than our democracy or our constitution. He can't accept he lost."

This gave me goosebumps❤️

So much quiet courage everywhere.

I love StoryWalks so much.

This!!! 👇👇👇