Gabby Smithman

Special Education 🐾 Middle School 🐾 Advocate for the voiceless 🐾 IB 🐾 Science Enthusiast 🐾 Dyslexia Warrior 🐾

[Gabby Smithman @MrsSmithman]

I just reserved my ticket to #PearFairPD 🎡🎟✨ Register now to join me and thousands of our fellow educators at @PearDeck's free virtual professional development event on February 20! https://t.co/Y5K3InJvdT

[Institute for Multi-Sensory Education @IMSEOG]

“Or” says /er/ when attached to a Latin base such as “tractor, doctor, and interruptor” or when it follows ‘w’ in words like “word, work, and world.”

[Noelle Nelson @TichyNoelle]

HEY! DMPS teachers + leaders are killing it. Student participation rates from our first week of full virtual learning:
•K-12: 96.8%
•K-5: 96.4%
•6-8: 98.9%
•9-12: 95.9%
@DMPS_TeachLearn

[Gabby Smithman @MrsSmithman]

@TrailblzingAbby I have been LOVING that series! I'm not a sports fan at all, but I love a good documentary. This one has been great!

[Gabby Smithman @MrsSmithman]

Canvas Week 2 is live! Get online and learn about wolves in folklore, and how to read texts to analyze details! https://t.co/L0zlJUHlKO

[Gabby Smithman @MrsSmithman]

"We’re only using speed to draw an inference about how easily the reader is decoding." Great article that reminds us of the end goal of fluency measurement

[Timothy Shanahan @ReadingShanahan]

Should we use "words correct per minute" as a measure of reading fluency?
https://t.co/OWCV9v7Hhm

[Gabby Smithman @MrsSmithman]

@angelrabanas @SpecklyFrog @ReadingShanahan I encounter students every year who have been taught to skip words they don't immediately recognize in the name of increasing their cwpm, because the standards they use for "proficient" levels of cwpm are insanely high (>170 cwpm)

[Gabby Smithman @MrsSmithman]

@TrailblzingAbby @ehanford @ReadingShanahan @DMPS_TeachLearn @KateGerson @unboundedu Yes! I'm pretty sure this is the speech where she's says, "I don't want to attend another equity conference that doesn't talk about who can and can't read"

[Gabby Smithman @MrsSmithman]

@karenvaites @reading_league Kilpatrick is heavily renowned in my educational area!

[Gabby Smithman @MrsSmithman]

@TrailblzingAbby @karenvaites @EdReports @ELeducation @ckschools @WitWisdomELA @AmericanReading I'm excited to start using EL next year!

[Gabby Smithman @MrsSmithman]

@JoAnneGross1 Structured Literacy is my bread and butter! ❤️

[Gabby Smithman @MrsSmithman]

@SavvySTEM Yes! All teachers are language teachers, whether they realize it or not!

[Gabby Smithman @MrsSmithman]

@TrailblzingAbby If reading more is all it took to make kids stronger readers, my job as a special education teacher would be a LOT easier

[Gabby Smithman @MrsSmithman]

The wolf is an important part of the ecosystem in America, but it's not always been treated well. Make sure to check out your Canvas course, 6th graders, to learn more about this amazing creature! https://t.co/eWuz4bGtUP

[Gabby Smithman @MrsSmithman]

Looking for a "one stop shop" when it comes to distance learning for DMPS middle school? Check out our blog! We have support pages for ELA (6-8) that are updated every week, as well as helpful parent resources!
https://t.co/wVnAqHXyNG

[Gabby Smithman @MrsSmithman]

DMPS: Are you really struggling with distance learning? We've created a support YouTube channel! https://t.co/L0qX3WQGBk

[Gabby Smithman @MrsSmithman]

@Lyons_Class Merrill has made a support YouTube channel! https://t.co/L0qX3WQGBk

[Gabby Smithman @MrsSmithman]

@Lyons_Class Thank you!

[Gabby Smithman @MrsSmithman]

@TrailblzingAbby I didn't realize I followed you on Twitter, and I must say I am here for all the Schitt's Creek references!

[Gabby Smithman @MrsSmithman]

Canvas courses are now live! Contact a teacher if you are struggling. https://t.co/wrQoLSczpu