Check out ‘parts-of-speech.info'. Type in or paste whatever text you wish and it will identify each word class in the sentence for you! A very useful resource.

The route forward for American schools is to focus on high quality teaching, which was documented in the first TLAC books, and supercharged with the research and rationale from the science of learning in TLAC 3.0. Crisp routines, high ratio explicit instruction, knowledge-rich!

Wondering where to spend most of your time when teaching phonemic awareness? Research supports focusing on three skills: isolating sounds, blending sounds, and segmenting sounds. 🎧 Listen Now! What Research Says About Phonemic Awareness with Matt Burns ow.ly/FYPh50Wh0e2

If you're a primary school teacher, I'd *really* recommend downloading the (free!) Ark Sentence Mastery Sequence. It's very thorough and very useful - helped me sequence and think through my relative clauses lessons far better than I otherwise would have. arkcurriculumplus.org.uk/free-resource-…

New Substack: review of Tim Shanahan's new book, Leveled Reading, Leveled Lives. dtwuva.substack.com/p/a-simple-pow…

◻️MINI-WHITEBOARDS! MWBs are the unsung heroes of the classroom. They boost participation, drive thinking, and help you adapt your teaching in real time. This recent one-page guide summarises the essentials… 🙏 Support my work by tapping REPOST and download it FREE from my

It's a great day to run copies of my Science of Writing Instruction TIDE-L graphic organizer 🛸 Last year, RACES was mandatory, but language is powerful and imho, TIDE-L is much better for scaffolding the writing thought process esp for launching into multi paragraphs.

“There is this positioning where play is magical and liberating, whereas memorising things is dull drudgery. Well play only works because memory already did its job”. It would be ideal not to have to explain this fundamental principle in education circles. We’re not there yet.

The real reason for the recent CDC resignations is that the ACIP Subcommittee on COVID 19 vaccines got approval to investigate the safety and efficacy of COVID vaccines, and they knew the gig was up, the truth was about to come out, and they would have to account for their

Brian Huskie Worse than mission creep, this kindly nonsense creates a permission structure that valorizes failure. Sure, my students can’t read or do math but I’m a great teacher because I love them and set them up for success…some other time.

I support Secretary Kennedy. RT if you agree.

Read the full 'Make Our Children Healthy Again' Strategy. Link below

A prayer: O holy and righteous God, it has pleased You to call from this life our brother Charlie by temporal death. Let us learn from this death that we, too, must die and leave this world, in order that we may prepare for it in time by repentance, a living faith,

The one passage that haunted my thoughts all day today (as I’ve been angrier than I ever recall being in my life): James 1:20 (NLT) Human anger does not produce the righteousness God desires. I keep repeating it to myself, yet the anger is slow to subside.

It is neither wise nor prudent to allow someone who rejoices maniacally in the death of another human being to hold any position of public trust or responsibility.

We are Charlie. If you’re trying to figure out the dazed shock of the last few days, it comes down to that. Millions of Christian and Christian-leaning Americans woke up to the fact that countless of our political opponents would happily celebrate our death.

How can we remember and learn more about our Lutheran heritage in Perry County, MO? Join Denise Hellwege (Director, Lutheran Heritage Center) as she shares about the group of German Lutherans who left their homes for a new one in Missouri! #CoffeeHour bit.ly/46nKoxE

You don’t have to mourn Charlie Kirk. Nobody is asking you to pretend you loved him or agreed with him. But what we are asking is simple: stop being cruel. Stop celebrating his death. Stop mocking a man’s grieving wife as she faces the most heartbreaking days of her life.

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At the end of a lesson, look for 3️⃣ things 🤓 Can students do what you’ve taught with 90% accuracy? 🤖 Can students do what you’ve taught the next day with 90% retention? 🏌️‍♀️ Can students apply what they’ve learned? Hear from expert Matt Burns! 🎙️ shorturl.at/nhBBL