“Don’t underestimate the benefits of picture books for older students. Even in upper elementary, they spark great discussions, make writing skills more concrete, and show students what’s possible—often in just a few pages.” —Donna Paul, Elementary Teacher

These 6 books can help inspire your students to write stories, letters, and other texts of their own! 📘 https://edut.to/4mDDBqq

#ElementaryTeacher #literacy #EduSky

🌈 You don’t have to stick with four white walls. Pick one “feature wall” and paint it a brighter color.

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I was fortunate to be at a campus that allowed us to paint walls. If you left, you had to paint it white again. I wish all schools allowed this.

To watch the recording of the outstanding webinar from edWeb, Orthographic Mapping: Making Words Stick, w/ Molly Ness & Dr. Katie Pace Miles click on the link below & be sure not to miss their related book from Scholastic! I pre-ordered mine & can't wait!
Watch here:
media.edweb.net/edWebinar/?v...

Yay!! Our 5th graders were able to join & I wasn’t able to pop in. I heard from the teacher they loved it! Thank you!

Dr. Elsa Cárdenas-Hagan headshot Quote from the book she edited/authored: English learners bring with them prior knowledge, experiences, and strengths related to language and learning that educators must find ways to identify and build upon. Bilingual/Multilingual Learner Advocacy Month

April is National Bilingual/Multilingual Learner Advocacy Month.

Dr. Elsa Cárdenas-Hagan reminds us that multilingual learners bring prior knowledge, experiences & strengths related to language & learning. Educators play a key role in identifying & building upon these assets to enrich classrooms.

Just entered! Thank you to @lyndamh.bsky.social and all the authors! #AuthorsLoveTeachers #DyslexiaTeacher #We❤️Fishinatree

I can’t wait for this book, MTSS for Reading Improvement: A Leader’s Toolkit for School Wide Success, by Sarah Brown and Stephanie Stollar!

We just made a new fun tool! Teaching students how to write letters correctly is critical, so we made some simple animations for use in classrooms or at home.

Come try it out and let us know what you think!
phonicsandstuff.com/handwriting

How Can I Be Sure I Know What Students Are Learning? A teacher who found that reams of data didn’t capture students’ learning made these three tweaks to his quizzes and tests.

but I couldn’t tell whether or not my students were really learning." Whether students are learning, and whether tests and quizzes are accurately measuring that learning, are central questions for teachers. Please check out this new article by @mrrablin.bsky.social: www.edutopia.org/article/asse...

Also, I know firsthand how difficult the holidays can be when you miss someone. Please honor your grief. Don’t try to push it down, ignore it, or pretend it doesn’t exist. It does. Grief is the price we pay for loving someone. And after all, they’re never really gone, are they? 🫶🏽

Just a reminder that there’s an app available for your TV called PBS RETRO where you can watch all sorts of wonderful old pbs shows like Mr. Rogers and Reading Rainbow, you know, in case you might need that sort of energy right now

My mom & I are loving your Chihuahua series!! Happy Thanksgiving!