Kim Wheedleton

Literacy coach, teacher, writer, reader, and (sometimes) book reviewer. Unexplainable affinity for the slightly off-kilter. Tweets are my own.

[Kareem J. Weaver @KJWinEducation]

The University of Delaware has a School Success Center that provides coaching and support. I've run into districts and schools that made tremendous progress who named them as a valuable partner. Happened again, last week. Their info's attached
https://t.co/Enrz7hwP5O

[Reading Rockets @ReadingRockets]

Sign up for our 2024 #summerlearning tips. You'll receive three text messages/week, with hands-on activities to keep kids reading, creating, exploring, and learning all summer!

Text [phone] with the words "READING" for tips in English and "LECTURA" for tips in Spanish.

[margaret mckeown @margaretmckeow2]

And lots of mistaken ideas then get implanted in kids' brains. Have seen this LOTS with word meaning.

[margaret mckeown @margaretmckeow2]

SAME for "what do you think this word means?" - unless rich contexts being provided and it's made clear that should be attended to.

[Candlewick Press @Candlewick]

Tune in to hear Kate DiCamillo discuss how reading aloud has made her into the reader and writer she is today! 📚📚

https://t.co/mQhfamtTPl

[UD School Success Center @UD_SSC]

Celebrating literacy success in Cecil County! ♥️♥️ https://t.co/j8H5pjh9aQ @BookwormsRW

[UD School Success Center @UD_SSC]

Delaware Superintendents and Literacy Leaders across DE joined @UDCEHD Steve Amendum and Bill Lewis to discuss literacy needs in DE Schools. @UD_SSC @MSaylorPhD @atraversDE @krfitz22

[UD School Success Center @UD_SSC]

The UD School Success Center is proud to host the 6th Annual Women Leading Delaware Education Conference in Newark, DE on Wednesday, March 13! We will celebrate, inspire, learn, and grow together. Register your team today! https://t.co/vSKzHb70uu @UDCEHD #womenleadDE

[Kim Wheedleton @KimWheedleton]

“…strategies play a very different role in the reading process than knowledge.   

It should not be a choice between the two.”

[Timothy Shanahan @ReadingShanahan]

Knowledge or comprehension -- what should we teach?
https://t.co/oba05D1kLi

[Kim Wheedleton @KimWheedleton]

Learning about #CRILCs from Literacy is Liberation by @TchKimPossible

[TED-Ed @TED_ED]

Happy birthday, Vincent van Gogh!

Here are 10 facts about the prolific artist, born on this day in 1853: https://t.co/o08zftekxR

[edutopia @edutopia]

Webb's Depth of Knowledge (DOK) is a widely used tool among educators, but it is sometimes misinterpreted. The creator of DOK, Norman Webb, explains how to use it—and how not to use it—in a new article. https://t.co/pjxiFwB964

[Sandra Boynton @SandyBoynton]

Arrange to meet up on Tuesday with some soulful friends—someplace where the weather is agreeable and the horizon uncluttered—and gaze westward. #5planets #alignment

[UD School Success Center @UD_SSC]

Today (3/20) is the final day to register for the 5th Annual Women Leading Delaware Education Conference.
We are proud to host this exciting conference on Wednesday, March 22 in Wilmington, Delaware, in partnership with @DEDeptofEd #EdExcel.
https://t.co/k5NX7VrV8H #womenleadDE

[Rodel @RodelDE]

Register for a WEBINAR March 21, to learn how states & districts can work together to access high-quality instructional materials & align professional development to improve outcomes for all students. @DEDeptofEd @CPRL4ed @jmjpickford @StudentSuccess https://t.co/yM0aAhYye4

[Sandra Boynton @SandyBoynton]

100th birthday of the great, great Charles Schulz. His positive impact on millions upon millions of people is inestimable. (So often I notice a Peanuts influence in my art--e.g. my shouty chicken was around a long time before the source dawned on me.) #Schulz100

[TED-Ed @TED_ED]

Tomorrow the Earth, sun, and moon will align, offering the last total lunar eclipse for the next 3 years.

Find out what causes the blood moon and how you can see it: https://t.co/SA7WhNQlGk

[Reading Rockets @ReadingRockets]

#Artemis launch set for 9/3! For all those kids who love space exploration — our Space Rangers toolkit, full of books, activities, kid-friendly media: https://t.co/tyPTIRXLdd @NASAArtemis

[LOC National Audio-Visual Conservation Center @LOC_AV]

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To see the #NationalJukebox tracks that are currently downloadable--over 5,000 of them!--click on this search link, and enjoy:

https://t.co/17khPRoAay

[LOC National Audio-Visual Conservation Center @LOC_AV]

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Want to have some historical music to keep? We're happy to announce that many tracks in the #NationalJukebox are now downloadable!

At the moment, it's anything recorded in the US through 1922 which was contributed to the Jukebox from Library of Congress collections.