Margaret Scherrey

Instructional Specialist @FairviewFalcon2 @FSSchools

[Fairview Falcons @FairviewFalcon2]

Fairview's staff SOARED during our first day back together! 💙 We reconnected, reflected on our WHY, and dove right into innovative strategies for teaching science this year. WELCOME BACK TO THE NEST!!! #FalconPride #FairviewFamily

[Mike Mattos @mikemattos65]

To guarantee that every student who needs extra help can receive it, there must be dedicated intervention time embedded within the school’s master schedule. This time must be designed in a way so teachers can respond collectively, and not individually in each classroom.

[edutopia @edutopia]

Grade-level texts or higher are *the most* beneficial for students. Here are 3 strategies you can use in your classroom to have students engage with complex texts effectively. 📚👇
https://t.co/QAwntGh25V

[Solution Tree @SolutionTree]

If you’re a leader managing a variety of teachers, consider providing a checklist of engagement methods for making sure classroom processes move beyond simple compliance.

Check out this example from Lead From the Start! https://t.co/7kS4i64KrZ

[Fairview Falcons @FairviewFalcon2]

Fairview's teachers had an AMAZING day of professional learning yesterday! The weather was freezing 🥶 but they were on fire 🔥 as we looked at survey data to celebrate our strengths and identify growth areas for this semester! 👏🏻 #FalconPride #falconslearningeveryday

[Mike Mattos @mikemattos65]

The life-blood of a school’s intervention process should be teacher team created/selected formative assessments. They are short-cycle, aligned to specific team essential standards and should be used by the team to determine what worked in their initial teaching.

[Logic of English @LogicofEnglish]

The phonogram AI cannot be used at the end of English words because English words do not end in I, U, V or J! This is why words like play, tray, way or day are spelled with AY instead of AI. Explore all of the spelling rules on our website at https://t.co/cFLalDTxIQ

[Lauren Tarshis @laurenTarshis]

Teachers, if you use my I Survived books in your classroom, I have tons a lovingly created, free resources for every single book, on my website. Let me know what else you need!

[Arkansas Department of Education @ArkansasEd]

Many parts of AR will experience a total solar eclipse in 2024, so the upcoming partial eclipse on 10-14 is a good out-of-school opportunity to build up excitement and curiosity.

Commissioner's Memo: https://t.co/KfikkSECL7
2024 Eclipse Webpage: https://t.co/dlBpQHxfx5

[TCEA @TCEA]

Can we take a note from Ted Lasso? 🍎🍏🐟
Have a great week, yall💙

📸 via @sjunkins
#teachers #k12 #teacherlife

[Marty Mahan @MartinMahan]

Great @FSSchools Partner In Education Event @FSSouthside today. We have great partnerships with local businesses and leaders to ensure student success. #FSPS #PIE

[Dr. Bryan Pearlman #MaslowBeforeBloom @DrP_Principal]

When I was a building principal, we had a group of boys who were consistently getting office referrals during lunch for aggressive and disruptive behaviors. In the past, these behaviors had led to increasingly severe consequences that did not reduce the negative behaviors (and caused some students to be sent home and to miss instruction). I sat down with the group and we worked together to come up with a plan on what to do during lunch. One of the boys asked if we could start a knitting club, since his Auntie had recently taught him how to knit. Since he was a leader of the group, the other boys agreed. I asked them to come back tomorrow with some ideas of what to knit. The next day one of the boys said that he wanted to knit little hats for the preemies at the hospital, since his little cousin was there and that a nurse mentioned that they had run out of the little hats. The boys knitted daily and we delivered the hats to the hospital. We received many heartfelt thank you notes from families, nurses and doctors (and even an in-person visit with a personal thank you and cookies from a newborn's mom). This group continued to grow as did our ability to create knitted hats for preemies. This became a huge success for the participating students. There was significant improvement in the students’ behavior, attitude, achievement, and attendance. It is so important to think outside of the box for “win-win” solutions. It really isn’t the WHAT you do that is important, it is the WHY you are doing it! Our knitting group become a team, family, and community.

#maslowbeforebloom

[Amanda C. Brueggeman, Ed.D. @ACBrueggeman]

I started my week off @FSSchools in some amazing coaching labs @BallmanBears & Morrison! The instructional specialists also had some fun w/ more #SCCoaching work on Day 2 and are ready to end the year strong! @DrBone7 @SweeneyDiane

[edutopia @edutopia]

Here’s a useful tip to help students improve their writing: Ask them to read their work aloud. While it may not feel as natural—or as modest—as reading silently, it can help them catch often-overlooked errors, new research shows. 🧵 1/4