Heather McNatt Tyler

[Heather McNatt Tyler @hamcnatt]

Another reason I love my school!
@EducationFL https://t.co/N2pb1qRSLR

[Gibsonton Elementary @GibsontonES]

Gibsonton’s Art Club working on their 2018 Mural Project...inspired by the state opinion sampler prompt for Writing: “Should students do activities to improve schools?” @jessontia @hamcnatt @CandiceDodd @Jeff_Eakins @HCPSArea8 @HCPSElemELA @HCPSRead

[Heather McNatt Tyler @hamcnatt]

One of the many reasons I love my school! https://t.co/0NCFt1bMgI

[Gibsonton Elementary @GibsontonES]

Our students (with science teachers Scott & Dana Coonfare) created a garden that yielded vegetables, flowers, & PARROTS! They’re planning an even bigger one for 2018-19! Let the adventure begin! @Jeff_Eakins @HCPSArea8 @HCPSLeaders @HCPSElemELA

[Heather McNatt Tyler @hamcnatt]

@pennykittle Yesssss!

[Gibsonton Elementary @GibsontonES]

Our teachers & administrators had a great night honoring Gibsonton’s Rising Star Students with guest speaker, actor, Quinton Aaron of the movie The Blind Side! @QuintonAaron @Jeff_Eakins @HCPSArea8

[Heather McNatt Tyler @hamcnatt]

So proud to be a part of this! https://t.co/N2pb1qRSLR

[Gibsonton Elementary @GibsontonES]

Gibsonton’s Art Club working on their 2018 Mural Project...inspired by the state opinion sampler prompt for Writing: “Should students do activities to improve schools?” @jessontia @hamcnatt @CandiceDodd @Jeff_Eakins @HCPSArea8 @HCPSElemELA @HCPSRead

[Gibsonton Elementary @GibsontonES]

Thanks to all the wonderful volunteers who helped with Gibsonton’s Spring Clean Up this morning! @EastBayHS @jessontia @Kiwanis @EastBayJROTC @KeepTBB @Jeff_Eakins @HCPSArea8

[Heather McNatt Tyler @hamcnatt]

@Tracey2250 A5 - I also loved this Kung Fu Panda analogy & the idea of creating "cascading victories". It has been fun reading this book with everyone and I'm definitely planning reread it and dig deeper into it's contents w/ admin, peers, & Ss at my school! #HCPSRead

[Heather McNatt Tyler @hamcnatt]

@Tracey2250 A5 - So much inspired me. I love the Top Ten Advocate lists and I'm looking forward to checking out the Reliable Blogs. "We must make time for our own learning. Doing so keeps us fresh, curious, knowledgeable, and motivated." - So true! #HCPSRead

[Heather McNatt Tyler @hamcnatt]

@Tracey2250 A4 - We can be literacy upstanders by actively engaging in professional discussion with colleagues & sharing research. #HCPSRead

[Heather McNatt Tyler @hamcnatt]

@Tracey2250 A3 - Conferencing & goal setting with student data is PRICELESS! Student data is the evidence. Analyzing it w/ colleagues & the Ss themselves helps determine their reading strengths to build on & ID their needs. It guides our instruction. #HCPSRead

[Heather McNatt Tyler @hamcnatt]

@Tracey2250 A2 - By assessing through inquiry (kidwatching, collecting data & conferencing with students) we learn about them as a whole child & as a reader, which in turn helps Ss analyze their reading strengths & helps them set their own reading goals. #HCPSRead

[Heather McNatt Tyler @hamcnatt]

@Tracey2250 A1 - Assessing Readers in the Round (ARR) is important because it looks at the whole reader, their behaviors, attitudes, & understandings of the reading process. It helps "table the labels". @HCPSRead

[Heather McNatt Tyler @hamcnatt]

@Tracey2250 @Stephharvey49 @AnnieTWard @HCPSArea7 @Jeff_Eakins Good evening! Yes, I've really enjoyed reading & discussing this book too! This week, one thing I focused on was kidwatching Q (P.203) - "Is the student annotating the text in some way and leaving tracks of thinking?" @HCPSRead

[Heather McNatt Tyler @hamcnatt]

@AnnieTWard I’ve been to Lincoln several times, it’s a lovely town! I’m really from all over MA. I was born in Boston, lived in Mansfield & Beverly for elementary & middle. Then Boxford (Masconomet) for HS & UMASS Amherst for college.

[Heather McNatt Tyler @hamcnatt]

@Tracey2250 A5 - We can maximize independent & guided time by making instruction "temporary, needs-based, and flexible" & avoiding fixed long-term / ability group reading "which leads to labeling and more labeling" @HCPSRead

[Heather McNatt Tyler @hamcnatt]

@MeyganJackson @Tracey2250 Yes! Loved the quote "...the best way for kids to learn about signals is for you to share a few you have noticed and then nudge kids to find some of their own." #hcpsread

[Heather McNatt Tyler @hamcnatt]

@DaneR0502 @Tracey2250 Yessssss!

[Heather McNatt Tyler @hamcnatt]

@Tracey2250 A4 - We can increase the effectiveness of our instruction by teaching our Ss the rationale on how & why they should attend to signposts (text & graphic features, signal words, & phrases). @HCPSRead

[Heather McNatt Tyler @hamcnatt]

@Tracey2250 A3 - How? By leveling the playing field! - "Interactive read-alouds give everyone a chance to advance his or her thinking - and send a strong message that just because you are not the best reader in the class doesn't mean you can't be a deep thinker." @HCPSRead

[Heather McNatt Tyler @hamcnatt]

@Tracey2250 A2 Making Ss active participants as they learn skills (explicit instruction) that proficient readers use gives Ss the edge they need to thrive by giving them practice with comprehension strategies - which can simultaneously build their confidence as they find success. @HCPSRead