I believe instructional coaches are the linchpin in our quest for equity. They need the right bodies of culturally responsive knowledge, not one-off strategies to share with teachers.
Give my recent convo with Jim Knight a listen.
John MacNeil Elem students enjoy a multimedia presentation with Keonte Beals, from North Preston, a musician, singer songwriter, and author of the 2021 children's book, I Am Perfectly Me. @JohnMacNeil42 @HrceLiteracy
Enjoying literacy centres to reinforce and practice previously taught skills from reading workshop with rigorous and relevant tasks in Pr S @JohnMacNeil42 @HrceLiteracy
'Tis the season! Students enjoyed a visit from Santa this morning at the school-wide pancake breakfast cooked and served by staff, volunteers, local firefighters and police officers @HrceLiteracy
Listening, speaking, reading, writing about our reading and rereading our writing in Gr 1 D/H and 1/2G: Using high leverage multi-modal format strategies to support reading and writing reciprocity @HrceLiteracy @HarbourViewElem
Preparing for daily guided group work - leveled text sets, word work materials, group work schedule and observation sheets, magnetic letters, mini white boards, etc in Gr 2/3B @HarbourViewElem @HrceLiteracy
Using anchor charts and readers' notebooks to respond to our reading - 4/5 B students identified settings in their fiction texts and recorded evidence from the text to support their thinking @HrceLiteracy @HarbourViewElem
More lean writing prompts from Lucy Calkins' keynote at TCRWP's Virtual Saturday Reunion conference today. Next free Virtual Saturday Reunion is March 18, 2023. @HrceLiteracy
Pre-planning flexible small groups, mini conferences and quick check-ins for students for reading or writing support during independent workshop time - using a weekly schedule template from HRCE's Teaching and Learning website at SVES in Grades Pr M, 1K-M, 1/2J @HrceLiteracy