Kim McCarty

Teacher. Learner. Literacy Lover. On a mission to develop life-long readers & writers! Every child. Every day.

[Jarrett Lerner @Jarrett_Lerner]

Happy World Read Aloud Day! Here are just SOME of the benefits of reading aloud to kids.

Like this poster? Download it for free at the Art section of my website: https://t.co/438lfcyg94

[Flip @MicrosoftFlip]

Need an idea to celebrate #WorldReadAloudDay tomorrow? Register for our free, live event at 10am PT with @Scholastic bestselling author and former teacher @TamiWritesStuff to remind your students that each of them matters. @litworldsays

https://t.co/waARlZx077

[Kim McCarty @KMreaders]

@HES_Principal 🤩 I recognize that wonderful human!! He was my former Kindergartener! ❤️
And @BearTavernES past & present better recognize that *Friendship Day* tie dye shirt! 🙃

[Booksource @Booksource]

How do you make the most of your read alouds?

[Dr. Amy Tondreau @AmyTondreau]

“You can make or break the soul of a child by the amount of attention you pay them. I know it’s hard for teachers, I know we ask them to do the impossible. But it’s teachers who helped to make me and it could have been teachers who broke me.” @MichelleObama #ncte21

[Kim McCarty @KMreaders]

@hareematifkhan 💯 Or allow for more time to experience / practice before expecting one to just “do it” 😉

[Hareem Atif Khan @hareematifkhan]

No matter how brilliantly executed the mini lesson, if the child is holding a book he can’t read during independent reading time, the teaching won’t transfer.
Prioritize smarter book shopping and matching books to readers in order for mini lessons to stick.

[Jen & Hannah are here to support teachers&students @trustingreaders]

When kids feel seen, they will read the book.
@JasonReynolds83 #tcrwp

[We Need Diverse Books @diversebooks]

We Need Diverse Books will no longer use the term #OwnVoices to refer to children’s literature or its authors. Moving forward, WNDB will use specific descriptions that authors use for themselves and their characters. https://t.co/TFAqNd6oXi

[Monte Syrie @MonteSyrie]

I don’t have high, low, or in-the-middle students.

I only have where-they-are students.

And that’s where I meet them.

#Project180

[Kim McCarty @KMreaders]

@DrMaryHoward @Stephharvey49 @AnnieTWard @MaggieHoddi @SuzanneRCarroll Thank you #g2great !!

[Kim McCarty @KMreaders]

@hayhurst3 @Stephharvey49 @AnnieTWard Communication is big...but so is walking the walk! SHOW other adults that volume-related goals are just as essential as phonics-related goals 😉 #g2great

[Kim McCarty @KMreaders]

@MaggieHoddi This is so true. We’re not here to support a “rich get richer” model. ALL readers have reading lives! #g2great

[Kim McCarty @KMreaders]

@hayhurst3 @Stephharvey49 @AnnieTWard @DrMaryHoward often we Ts think intervention means more intense instruction. If we’re always instructing, always talking, always directing when are we allowing for the time to try, apply, engage, enjoy?! #G2great

[Kim McCarty @KMreaders]

@hayhurst3 @Stephharvey49 @AnnieTWard #g2great Without question a well-stocked classroom (and school!) library with books for every and all identities. And....TIME to read those books...every.single.day. (With no “accountability” assignments attached!)

[Kim McCarty @KMreaders]

@DrMaryHoward Kim from NJ. Thrilled to be here!! #G2great

[Jarrett Lerner @Jarrett_Lerner]

Kids need to see adults:

- Reading books
- Working hard
- Taking care of themselves
- Making mistakes
- Learning from mistakes
- Being happy
- Being sad
- Helping others
- Standing up
- Voting
- Playing
- Being silly
- Being serious
- Being scared
- Being brave
- Being kind

[Jason Reynolds News @JasonReynolds83]

Such an amazing moment!

[Kim McCarty @KMreaders]

@eriuqse695 I always felt that workshop was SEL. The model easily lent itself to natural social-emotional experiences.