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[Erica Tower @BalancedTower]

@MathBrains Congratulations!! You’ll be amazing!

[Erica Tower @BalancedTower]

Love this idea!

[Natalie Friday-Mitchell @natwithherbooks]

How freaking creative! Reading timelines are so informative for us as teachers but also such a great way to build community in a classroom!

[Erica Tower @BalancedTower]

@MissNFriday Ridiculous

[Erica Tower @BalancedTower]

@hjsmithreads You’re such an amazing educator! Your students are lucky to have someone who cares as much as you! ❤️ Hope you’re well

[Anna Sheehan @AnnaSheehan627]

Heading off to the summer !! Keep kids practicing all of the thinking and jotting work they CAN do across a book! ⁦@AlliWasserman⁩ ⁦@Terravecchia11⁩ ⁦@LalaenaAlfreds1⁩ are THE best coaches !! #tcrwp

[Hareem Atif Khan @hareematifkhan]

Tired of run-on sentences that overuse “and,” “so,” “then”?
Create semantic webs around each of these repeat offenders—and teach writers to use more sophisticated transitions in their place.
#ELLInstitute @TCRWP

[Amanda Orlando @Amanda0rlando]

I compiled what I learned from @karnold022 and this year’s TC Saturday Reunion and created this anchor chart with students. It’s helped tremendously to move from topic to main ideas. #tcrwp

Mentor text: Rotten! (An engaging and gross text that students 💛! Thanks Kara!)

[Natalie Friday-Mitchell @natwithherbooks]

So @tarantoannie just broke down the main idea strand for us by showing us how it grows across grades. Transparent Moment: 🗣 I HAVE TO STEP MY GAME UP! It cant just be boxes/bullet small groups! When are we connecting parts? Identifying multiple MI? Ranking details? #TCRWP

[Erica Tower @BalancedTower]

@MargauxTeaches 😍😍😍

[Erica Tower @BalancedTower]

@MissNFriday @ShannaBSchwartz Love this!!

[Erica Tower @BalancedTower]

@luis_a_lucio Congrats!!!!!

[Ashley Giles @readersRwriters]

Awesomeness to Ms. Balleza’s 2nd Grade class. Students engaged in a series book tasting to kickoff the new unit! ⁦⁦@ParkerESAldine⁩

[Liz Masi Breves @lizreadswrites]

I was so inspired by @JessMaczzone part-to-whole work! And boy, this skill is HARD! So, how about a card game? 😜 One partner draws a card from the ‘part’ pile & the other from the ‘whole’ pile. Put them together & think, “How do these connect?” in a text you know. And repeat!

[Erica Tower @BalancedTower]

@ReadandWriteBFF They're a wonderful group of teachers!

[Erica Tower @BalancedTower]

A great tool to support students struggling with the deliberate use of conventions

[Jenny @jmliteracy1]

When Conventions Aren’t Sticking–Some Tips and Tricks https://t.co/GDDKInPxYu

[Erica Tower @BalancedTower]

🙌🙌🙌

[Mike Ochs | Word Love @readwritemike]

When we call on one kid at a time, it's one kid & one teacher doing the work. If a kid answers "wrong," it can confuse & disengage the rest of the class while we try to "fix" the answer—all of which drains time. Instead, channel kids to turn & talk, then debrief what you hear.

[Impact @ImpactWales]

We 💙💚 this simple illustration of developing sentences. What would the same activity look like in science/geography/ICT?

[Jessica Mactas Mazzone @JessMaczzone]

Thinking about three big ways to transition from partnerships to clubs:
1. Establishing expextations 2. Prepping clubs 3. Supporting talk We are hitting the ground running in book clubs in #Glastonbury ! #tcrwp

[Erica Tower @BalancedTower]

Letting go can be the hardest part, but it is also the most rewarding.

[Cornelius Minor @MisterMinor]

Sometimes independence is messy. As the adult in the classroom, I've got to be comfortable with the reality that independence will not often occur in neat little rows.

We wish for independence, but often we demand compliance. The two are not the same thing. A4 #tcrwp

[Mike Ochs | Word Love @readwritemike]

I love teaching main idea vs. topic because then I get to sneak a little grammar in. 😏Yeah, that's right. Subject AND predicate. #grammarama #tcrwp