Michelle Ligon

Semi-retired teacher who loves to teach reading.

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@rdgrecoverycda Congratulations!

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Lucy Calkins, "We can build communities of kindness in school, in our classroom." #fcsplitcon #K8LitCon

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Lucy Calkins, "We can build communities of kindness." #fcpslitcon #K8LitCon

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Listening to Lea McGee about
Ready For Late Learning. "What your eyes see, your brain will know."
"Find the part you know...then" Great examples of partially known. How to support students to know & figure out what is on the page. #fcpslitcon #K8LitCon

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Listening to Jamue Lipp in Purpiseful Planning Throughou the Reading Recovery lesson. Great ideas on how to build a volume of familiar reading. #fcpslitcon #K8LitCon

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Listened to 43A, Responsive Small Group Teaching: Meeting Diverse Needs by Jana Logue-Arbou & Lisa Hoover. Great session, good ideas, comprehensive, & generous hand-outs! Thank you! #fcpslitcon #K8LitCon

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Listened to 43A Responsive Small Group Teaching: Meeting Diverse Needs byJana Logue-Arbou & Lisa Hoover. Great session, good ideas, comprehensive, & generous hand-outs! Thank you!

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I am totally entertained by Carmen Agra Deedy. I wish auto-correct would leave my tweets alone. #fcpslitcon #K8LitCon

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I am totally entertained by Carmen Agra DeeDee! #fcpslitcon #K8LitCon

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Learned a lot about how to foster independence in writing with Mary Fried. Yes, we will see you next year at the conference. #fcpslitcon #K8LitCon

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Loved what Mary Fried said, "It is your (teacher's) responsibility to shape up the students language structures." So right, we do have opportunities in lessons, especially in writing.

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I just finished lunch with my literacy colleagues @ Liberty Elementary (Sarah,April,Mollie, & Catherine). We were talking about the LitCon and all we were learning.There is hope for literacy teaching & learning! "...and hope does not disappoint. (Romans 5:5)#fcpslitcon #K8LitCon

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Enjoyed watching Susan Vincent's Six Ways to Use Elkonin Boxes Across Your Literacy Block. Tried some of her activities today! #fcpslitcon #K8LitCon

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Great handout for Growing Multilinguals Language While Writing Together. #fcpslitcon #K8litcon

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With Julie Kugler, Nancy Rogers-Zegarra, & Adria Klein to help expand oral language to support reading & writing. #fcpslircon #K8litcon

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I love having Dr. GaySu Pinnell helping us keep the focus on teaching children.

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Liked "The plural of annedote is not data," Peter Cunningham.

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Peter Cunningham reminding us how our stories as teachers are important, have authenticity, & standing.

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Learning a lot from Mary Fried, as usual. Loved the 2 episodes of writing in RAITK!

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Enjoyed new ways to use Elkonin boxes in small reading group & work lessons. Can't wait to try these ideas.