Karin Mahlenkamp

Kindergarten teacher, Believer, wife, mom of 2, marathon runner, passionate about helping every young learner succeed

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@kayleebaylee5 Such a fun and engaging lesson! Way to go!

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#schluterstrong @schluterelem
We got this 20-21!

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@AdamsMSLions Doing the work! #AdamsTough #NoDaysOff

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@KISDECFAMILY Always a team effort! You are amazing at what you do @KISDECFAMILY

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Mrs. Alvarez’s class visited the beach today. They planned out their purchases and went to the surf shop. @ELCSouth_KISD #kellerlit #KISDBragchat

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Due to a combination of grants and donations our pre-K students will be taking 8-10 books home this summer!⁦@ELCNorth⁩

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Shout out to Ms. Margaret our KEEP teacher of the month for May. She has the biggest heart for our 2 year olds. #kisdkeep #kisdbragchat @KellerISD

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@hlvaron I’ve used Brick by Brick as a wordless option. Anything with a fun, repetitive cadence is always good to get kids interacting with the book.

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@libraryjunkie1 Definitely appealing to their interests! Makes learning personalized.

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@hlvaron A5: It goes back to building their confidence and setting individual goals for the next step. My daughter’s teacher has been intentional about teaching the power of “YET”. It has been helpful for students to know they will reach their goals.

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@libraryjunkie1 Oral language development for sure! It starts with language.

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@hlvaron A4: By providing access to books and authentic writing opportunities in all centers. Creating products that are more about the process than having the final artifacts all look the same. Doing story retells!

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@libraryjunkie1 Yes! Validating that their ideas are important and they all have a voice.

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@hlvaron A3: Students need to feel like readers no matter where they are in the process. Providing them opportunities for success will build confidence in the beginning so they can tackle more.

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@libraryjunkie1 Yes! I loved starting with wordless readers for really emergent readers in K to get students talking about the story.

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@hlvaron A2: so many ways to assess...going back to play based learning in an authentic environment and listening in on their conversations. How is their vocab developing? What about CAP when handling books in library? #AbydosInt

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@CubanTeachrinTX Fewer repetitions :)

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@CubanTeachrinTX Yes to play based learning! It requires far more repetitions to make learning “stick”. And it’s fun!

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@hlvaron Modeling read alouds by making them exciting for young learners! And providing students with a variety of high quality books to encounter over and over again to build confidence as a reader.

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@hlvaron Excited to chat about early literacy!