🧩📖 Play isn’t just fun—it’s foundational!
Join "Play: The Building Blocks of Early Literacy" to learn how to infuse play into literacy instruction and advocate for its importance: https://t.co/G0KRMZMs4c
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I’ve been on a bit of a hiatus but for good reason!
Back in action with a new sidekick 🩷 mama is happy to be back at conferences and Kit is happy to see the beach for the first time! @StateLiteracy
Two simple strategies for improving as an instructional leader:
1) Get into classrooms.
2) Seek first to learn.
It's difficult to lead a school without firsthand knowledge about the teaching and learning.
@teachbk A political branding fueled by $$$ where followers of the movement are officially part of the brand when they can recite, “The definition of BL is guessing words” 🤖
I teach juniors & seniors & read to them almost daily. As we finished our final novel, one of my seniors said, “I can’t believe this is the last book anyone will ever read to me,” & I felt that in my soul. And that is why I’ll never stop reading to kids & it’s my hill to die on.
Speaking of learning about the power of play, in case you missed it the first time around, this interview of @JPageLiteracy is an outstanding source for getting ideas about how to use play in the classroom in a research-based way. https://t.co/h2DCOUr1I9
A thread that all “camps” in literacy would agree with! I have been making sure I teach all these principles to my pre-service students. Think I’ll show them this thread!
Did you know 3rd grade retention laws are on the books in some form in TWENTY SEVEN US states? True! So you might wonder: Is there research that retaining children helps literacy outcomes? High school graduation rates? Social-emotional wellbeing? Listen: https://t.co/buWZtgQIiH
Did you know 3rd grade retention laws are on the books in some form in TWENTY SEVEN US states? True! So you might wonder: Is there research that retaining children helps literacy outcomes? High school graduation rates? Social-emotional wellbeing? Listen: https://t.co/buWZtgQIiH
@ktkelly14 @KyleneBeers@ncte "Advocacy for education starts with you. You must be a reader, a writer, a thinker, a collaborator, a creator.
...I can promise, if you do not find a way to ignite your own learning, your own curiosity, your own creativity, you will not be able to do that for your students."