Beautiful back to school read alouds with male protagonists can be surprisingly hard to find. Highly recommend these for k-1! Thank you Sandhya Parappukkaran, Michelle Pereira, Phùng Nguyên Quang, Huỳnh Kim Liên, Susan Choi, John Rocco

Please don't wait until the "nonfiction unit of study" to immerse students in informational sources. A great way to start is with a well-designed, content-strong series like this one by @annettewhipple! #teachnonfiction #NFtextset #nurturinginformedthinking

Still miss Steve Jenkins. Don't miss his newest (and maybe last) book The Animal Toolkit, though. Make it part of a set with Animal Teachers by @janethalfmann & Katy Hudson and Tooling Around by Ellen Jackson & Renné Benoit #nurturinginformedthinking #teachnonfiction #NFtextset

Stock up for the upcoming season of scary or just enjoy reading aloud anytime your students are studying the body! Love this growing text set by Stacy McAnulty @shawnajctenney @yesmatthewdidit #NFtextset #teachnonfiction #nurturinginformedthinking

When the Sky Glows - Highly recommend as a k-2 read aloud to introduce students to the concept of "light" in the natural world. Beautiful language and illustrations. Thank you @nellbeckerman David Litchfield @SIMONkids #teachnonfiction

MIRRORING & MERGING - the stories of a star's development and a star scientist's journey. BRILLIANT. Great addition to a growing text set of women in this area of STEM. Thank you Katherine Roy 🌱 & Kirsten W. Larson --NOT ACTIVE HERE Chronicle Books #teachnonfiction #NFtextset

How to make annotation meaningful via Sunday Cummins, Ph.D.

They sure did! So inspiring! Thank you for letting me learn along with you!!!

Do you provide transparent feedback? And do you collect student "voice data" or "feedback on feedback" to make your feedback stronger? Some great tips here. Thanks Miriam Plotinsky

Another amazing day of learning alongside Sunday Cummins, Ph.D. Thank you for digging in to collaborative language frames and lifting the vocabulary for our readers!! NKC Schools Anjanette Smith Lisa Friesen Casi Hodge Chouteau Elementary School

Teachers Crestview Elementary took advantage of personal coaching from Sunday Cummins, Ph.D.. Each teacher took risks and did an amazing job! #CrestviewWeBelong

NEW: What Picture Books Add to a Middle School Class. #teachertwitter #ELA #ELAchat National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) When middle schoolers experience picture book read-alouds, they feel nostalgia, build abstract thinking skills & share positive experiences, writes Katie Durkin. middleweb.com/50730/what-pic…

Such a good resource for helping us get our students engaged in "doing the work" of learning for themselves. Thank you Jackie Walsh Emily Brokaw

NEW: Use Inquiry Charts to Boost Student Research. #sschat #scichat #elachat TCEA When you ask students to research a topic, what happens? Chances are some students will struggle. The authors use Inquiry Charts to help all students succeed. middleweb.com/51203/use-inqu…

💚💛 So proud of our team!! Thank you, Sunday Cummins, Ph.D. for your guidance and coaching!! Topping Elementary NKC Schools

When students dive into a research topic, having these strategies handy can help navigate struggles with sources and generating questions. Cassie Nettle Sunday Cummins, Ph.D. MiddleWeb Use Inquiry Charts to Boost Student Research middleweb.com/51203/use-inqu…

What a perfect fiction-nonfiction pair! Reading Enigma Girls earlier this year enriched my experience reading Bletchley Park now. Two terrific books. Candace Fleming Ruta Sepetys Updates Steve Sheinkin

NEW: 4 Critical Moves If You Teach Kids from Immigrant Families. If you teach students from immigrant families, EL teacher Dina Strasser is offering her list of “what can I do?” actions to prepare your school to support them. Larry Ferlazzo #ELs #ESL middleweb.com/52231/4-critic…

An essential instructional move is the use of collaborative language frames or sentence stems that foster cohesive conversations and move idea building forward. MiddleWeb Improving Turn and Talk Using Sentence Frames middleweb.com/52487/improvin…