Heather Brooks, Ed.D

Proud Principal of Serviam Girls Academy

[Heather Brooks, Ed.D @hbrooks9]

This makes sense and is how we can combine traditional educational activities with future-forward ones.

[Doug Lemov @Doug_Lemov]

2025 PISA analysis:

"[T]he strongest readers of complex digital material were not the students with the greatest exposure to technology, but those who had read books longer than 100 pages. Reading deeply requires students to sustain attention, construct meaning, connect ideas, and critically reflect on information, precisely the capacities they need to navigate a world overflowing with digital content and AI-generated answers."

https://t.co/PIxx1pEreQ

Thx Kevin Grijalva for sharing this!

[Doug Lemov @Doug_Lemov]

“To become fluent readers, students need to hear models of fluent, prosodic reading & practice reading aloud with support & feedback.”

Great post from Emily Badillo on lessons learned in teaching fluency.

https://t.co/gAAQrX6KmF

[Heather Brooks, Ed.D @hbrooks9]

@m_chiles Love the reset! How does the Legacy Builder circle card work at Longdendale?

[Heather Brooks, Ed.D @hbrooks9]

@_AshleyRichmond Send please

[Heather Brooks, Ed.D @hbrooks9]

Looking forward to reading this!

[Brendan Lee @learnwithmrlee]

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[Heather Brooks, Ed.D @hbrooks9]

Excellent teaching move!

[Ms. Sam @SciInTheMaking]

Today, I had students off-task. During independent practice, students were talking to their friends and others decided to play games on their Chromebooks. I started blocking websites using Hapara but it didn’t do much. So what happened? 🧵

[Heather Brooks, Ed.D @hbrooks9]

Looking forward to this!

[Carl Hendrick @C_Hendrick]

Why is retrieval practice such a powerful driver of learning? Sign up for a free webinar on how learning happens with me and @HughesHaili here: https://t.co/5T7vjY3EPV

[Keys to Literacy @KeystoLiteracy]

Interesting article from NPR: "Why writing by hand beats typing for thinking and learning." There is value for early grades in terms of beginning reading and for older students and adults in terms of supporting critical thinking. https://t.co/r29k0hgcpa #keystoliteracy #literacy

[Heather Brooks, Ed.D @hbrooks9]

To all the teachers I know and love out there: You make a difference! ❤️

[TED Talks @TEDTalks]

"Is this job tough? You betcha. But it is not impossible. We're educators. We're born to make a difference."

Watch Rita Pierson's full TED Talk here: https://t.co/dyKXHKJv9E #TeacherAppreciationWeek

[Heather Brooks, Ed.D @hbrooks9]

@Jarrett_Lerner The Westing Game is my favorite middle grade mystery! I have read it with 4th - 8th graders, who have all loved it, too!

[Heather Brooks, Ed.D @hbrooks9]

@alicekeeler 1/6. Flip the bottom part of black polygon to be across from the top part of that same polygon. That stripe makes one out of six possible stripes.

[Heather Brooks, Ed.D @hbrooks9]

@dakroot @IAmCaseStephens Yes! Or even Summer of the Monkeys by the same author!

[Heather Brooks, Ed.D @hbrooks9]

@MikeFlynn55 Would be interested in sharing math tasks with my teachers.

[Heather Brooks, Ed.D @hbrooks9]

@TeachMrReed Hope Tuesday was better!

[Heather Brooks, Ed.D @hbrooks9]

@SeanGreeneWDEL Icarus was good.

[Heather Brooks, Ed.D @hbrooks9]

@Salesianum Way to go, Aidan!

[Heather Brooks, Ed.D @hbrooks9]

@TatnallLS Cool lesson, Ms. Leary!

[Heather Brooks, Ed.D @hbrooks9]

@TatnallLS Yay!!!

[edutopia @edutopia]

According to research, sketchnotes and concept maps *really* work. Organizational drawings that link concepts with arrows, annotations, and other relational markings give students a clearer sense of the big picture. 💡

[PBLWorks @PBLWorks]

A Gallery Walk protocol can be used as a formative assessment tool in your classroom to help students critique and revise their work. In our #PBL101 Workshop, participants receive feedback on their #PBL units using the protocol. Learn more here: https://t.co/6Vvvbbmh5e