@NicholasFerroni@MoniseLSeward My grade level partner and I do brief listening conferences the first couple of weeks of school. We used to do them in person; now we give parents a choice of in person or online. Incredibly useful in terms of information learned and good will generated.
Elementary math teachers, do you have recs for 3rd-5th math intervention procedures, maybe something akin to reading recovery? #math#elementary@mburnsmath@svmimac
Last week we had Field Day, organized by the fabulous Sylvia Sanders. There was yoga, parachute play and so much more. It was a blast! @barronparkbees@PaloAltoUnified
In this piece, The Science of Reading Comprehension Instruction, we walk through comprehension of a specific third-grade reading test passage about woodchucks. Here were some points we made in the process:
https://t.co/kYe751k60K
📊Research has found that classrooms differ a great deal in quality of discussions--and those differences impact comprehension development. Please see below for examples of differences. For a self-assessment and guide to quality talk about text, see https://t.co/hWnyoFVV17
On Colbert last week I mentioned my 3rd grade teacher, Ms. Mueller, who after reading a poem I wrote, told me I could be a writer when I grew up. I never forgot those words. So what an utter delight when I looked up from the signing table in New Orleans and saw Ms. Mueller there!
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