In January I was motivated. I was excited about the possibility of looking good, feeling good, getting good results from my doctor. Now I am committed. Sometimes, I am not motivated AT… https://t.co/pEsEcaPIEK
I read more than 160 DMs, emails and texts from people who told me they didn’t have a safe space to share these stories. They were from people in red states and blue states, the united states of hating immigrants and people who just look like they might be https://t.co/mqUxcx50eA
I truly think the scale of how horrified the Latino community is right now is not being understood, which is why the reporting about this moment is so important. So a quick story. I was chatting w/ a friend I met through the course of my work and she told me she had been crying.
Natalie Louis: For phonics assessment, first and foremost we should be analyzing student writing the way we analyze running records. In-context assessment has the most value. @TCRWP
Call it what you will, but teachers who are new to BL or Responsive Teaching struggle with implementation. Here's why:
1) Time/scheduling 2) Knowing WHAT to teach/what to be responsive to and 3) knowing HOW to teach the WHAT. My point is: it's not nearly as simple as it sounds.
We do not use the term ‘balanced literacy.’ Instead we prefer RESPONSIVE TEACHING: knowing the learner, then knowing the text, then deciding what areas to teach and adjusting your instruction based on what you observe in your students. #FPLiteracy