Amy Neumann

Early Elementary Teacher

[Ms. Benison- @BenisonMrs]

Sadly, many still resist this.

[Amy Neumann @MovedtoLearn]

@RplusDyslexia @SoLInTheWild @MelK_Ed You said ...We need special Ed k-3. I wasn't trying to morph your words. Are you meaning for everyone?

[beanie0597_2.0 @0Beanie05923291]

“Teachers are the best people to design and decide curriculum.”

While that may sometimes be true, the vast majority of teachers in America were trained in colleges of education like mine that never once broached the topic of cognitive overload. Most trained us in teaching methods that “felt good“ but lacked serious research to support their effectiveness. These programs all but dismissed the importance of phonics, spelling, and explicit vocabulary instruction. They never mention the words retrieval or long-term memory, while encouraging us to be “guides on the side”, facilitating learning rather than content experts providing clear instruction.

So, while some teachers have taken it upon themselves to delve into the research and discover what cognitive science says about how students learn and apply that when teaching in their classrooms, the majority of teachers are still unaware.

Yes, classroom teachers spend the most time with their students, but that alone does not qualify them to design or decide the curriculum their students are taught. That’s an uncomfortable truth that needs to be said.

[Amy Neumann @MovedtoLearn]

@MsVeteranTeach @0Beanie05923291 How do you do this when you have teacher prep programs still teaching whole language and BL? Spend 5 min. in a Facebook group for K-2 Ts and you'll see that far too often confidence outweighs competence.

[beanie0597_2.0 @0Beanie05923291]

Far too many schools across the country are sacrificing student learning on the altar of teacher autonomy. There are myriad ways teachers can express their creativity in the classroom. Writing their own curriculum shouldn’t be one of them.

[Amy Neumann @MovedtoLearn]

Instead what I've seen most often is intervention doing their own thing often based on a vibe or routine. The classroom teacher isn't involved in planning for intervention and doesn't even know what is being done and the interventionist has no idea what's going on in class.

[Natalie Wexler @natwexler]

Schools need to align their "support" for struggling students with the core curriculum, two new reports argue. Otherwise, "incoherent" instruction holds kids back.

Makes sense--unless the core curriculum itself is incoherent.

More in my new post:

https://t.co/MfcDccUMq5

[Joe Finch, M.S. Ed. @MrJFinch]

Mini-whiteboards turn a classroom into a retrieval practice engine.

Every student answers.
The teacher sees understanding instantly.
Instruction adjusts immediately.

Simple tool. Big instructional leverage.

[Doug Lemov @Doug_Lemov]

Important article. I always made my kids go to the teacher & ask for a hard copy of the textbook. Teachers usually surprised but could usually find a dusty copy to hand to my kids. Hard copy matters. A lot.

[Amy Neumann @MovedtoLearn]

@RplusDyslexia @SoLInTheWild @MelK_Ed SPED for everyone? I'm talking typical kids who can read fluently. I can't make up for the language desert at home. Improving foundational skills instruction is showing a growing language problem.

[Amy Neumann @MovedtoLearn]

@karenvaites It doesn't shock me because small groups are still considered the norm. How do you get other kids to engage in something so they're quiet? Edtech. So many still cling tight to the small group guided reading model.

[Amy Neumann @MovedtoLearn]

@skillset114 @SciInTheMaking Say that aloud in the wrong room and 💀. More of us need to say, higher ed needs to do better and we unfortunately need to find ways to educate ourselves after the fact instead of screaming Trust the Teachers!

[Potter-Dix Schools @pd_schools]

Top Pumpkin creations of the Fall

[Potter-Dix Schools @pd_schools]

The elementary came over this morning to participate in a pep rally for the football team!! Thanks to Mrs. Wolfe and the cheerleaders for putting on such a fun pep rally!! See the photos here!

https://t.co/0Vhe6dx8mt

[margaret mckeown @margaretmckeow2]

Another piece finding that phonemic awareness on its own helps – phonemic awareness! But not so much reading and fluency. Message: Need to integrate phonemic awareness with letter-sound and phonics instruction. Show them the letters!! https://t.co/jIngcGMoNy

[missy purcell @MissyPurcell]

“Steubenville’s results are also remarkably strong across student groups. Last year, for example, 100% of its Black students, 99% of its low-income students and 92% of its students with disabilities scored proficient in third grade reading.”

How does Steubenville get such remarkable results? What can other districts learn from its success?

https://t.co/xD6gsTaN9B

[Amy Neumann @MovedtoLearn]

This video is hilariously accurate. So many of my college classes depended on Ss researching one topic and then "teaching" the class with a slideshow. I've seen the slideshow method down to 3rd grade. Can we just stop? https://t.co/nWPgMl9EBY

[Anna Stokke @rastokke]

Parents saying BTC "not very productive for their kid..either they get bulldozed & can't participate b/c [math whiz takes over] or the math whiz feels they have to do all the work b/c other kids don't know what to do" Who would have guessed?
cc. @greg_ashman @MrZachG @JParkYYC

[Rach @Rachael_Faeth]

@markwgilson How can this happen so quickly after MN had to pass legislation to fix reading…

BTC is the whole language version of math and Peter Liljedahl is its Lucy Calkins. And every instructional leader that spoke during that mtg is clearly 💯 bought into it