Jennifer Connolly

English teacher at GCHS & SWIC. MA Teaching of Writing SIUE. Focus: writing instruction & ungraded assessment, guided independent read in hs classroom, & music.

[Jennifer Connolly @MrsC_English]

@kelseybogan Wait. Where is this shopping with a 30% discount?

[Jennifer Connolly @MrsC_English]

❤️ And we are reading it later this year in the Book Love Foundation book club! (New format - a diff title each month, low-key online discussion, live zoom calls, & more). https://t.co/ZLZqLY888x #booklove

[Jennifer Connolly @MrsC_English]

@kelseybogan I am headed into my 1st library position and I can't wait to genrefy!!! 😁 It's long overdue in our HS space.

[Jennifer Connolly @MrsC_English]

Big news & Big changes. Next year I'll be the media specialist/teacher-librarian at our high school (GCHS). Thanks to all the ppl who helped inspire me to make this change. Can't wait to get started! #warriorsread

[TED-Ed @TED_ED]

What's on your summer reading list? 📚

[andrea @teachbk]

It is actually possible to educate children without ranking them by their ability to perform academics for us on demand

[Jennifer Connolly @MrsC_English]

Ok. Library peeps. Who still uses pockets & cards? Who doesn't? Why/ why not? Should I keep or Ditch? #topocketornottopocket #schoollibrariansunited

[Tim Wheeler @MrWheelerTeach]

Teachers, help me out! Doing some informal research as a #ScholasticTeacherFellow

10 minute survey and a retweet would help me out!

https://t.co/xXJIa7pqYq #education #pd #teachertwitter

[Jennifer Connolly @MrsC_English]

@Advocacy4ward @sljournal As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow by Zoulfa Katouh

[Dan Martin @danmartin_7]

The indoctrination of writing as error avoidance is deeply embedded in the subconscious at an early age. I can talk abt writing pedagogy research 24/7 but it won't stop people from obsessing abt managing errors. It takes a lot of time & writing practice to unravel.

[Jennifer Connolly @MrsC_English]

This right here.

[Monte Syrie @MonteSyrie]

“Did you read it?”

Not sure we can trust their answers if their grade depends on it.

As much, it likely depends on what “reading it” really means.

In search of authentic learning experiences.
#Project180

[Jennifer Connolly @MrsC_English]

@CovingtonEDU It shouldn't be overlooked that with "test optional" college acceptance, we aren't testing nearly as many of the class as going back years previous. (Also doesn't account for those that SAT and never ACT).

[Melissa D @Dean_of_math]

Every time we engage in assessment, we must ask: what's the why? Why this task? Why this time? Why this type of feedback? We must be able to answer these questions.

[Jennifer Connolly @MrsC_English]

@MeganDavidhizar The Last to Let Go? by Amber Smith - Please Ignore Vera Dietz by AS King (the main char does too) The Spectacular Now by Tim Tharp.

[Jennifer Connolly @MrsC_English]

@mrbgilson I've been pulling poems from the verse novels my kids are reading and using them for annotation. In particular Kwame Alexander...

[Jennifer Connolly @MrsC_English]

@JonBoeckenstedt I'm not sure I believe that... however, cities w/large public uni still tend to have liberal vibes even within red states. e.g. Austin, TX or Columbia, MO.

[Jennifer Connolly @MrsC_English]

@kelseybogan This is My Brain in Love by IW Gregorio

[Jennifer Connolly @MrsC_English]

@stephen_briseno Try asking students to give 3 specific kinds of comments: 1. specific things they like & why 2. readerly questions - what do you want to know? or what was unclear? 3. suggestions w/ open- language like "what if.." & "maybe try..." Practice together then apply.

[Jennifer Connolly @MrsC_English]

@susangbarber I move around the room a lot. Notice kids who are pulled back to phones again & again and ask "everything okay?" I redirect anyone watching videos or playing games. 2/2

[Jennifer Connolly @MrsC_English]

@susangbarber I teach 12th grade too. I go with a "don't let your phone be a distraction to your learning" policy, stressing they will have to be able to regulate for themselves beyond hs. It works. But it does take consistency on my part. 1/2