@DrMaryHoward “Coverage of the teaching of reading is hard. It would have to be, because the actual work is hard and complicated and complex and has always been at the mercy of wars between various people with partials understandings of the issues involved.”
@MrDuerwaechter @TannerSchool@kaukaunasd@LisaMader7 The book made me smile. I particularly liked the picture of you riding a unicorn! Congratulations on your retirement.
Criticizing is fast and easy. Creating is slow and difficult.
The two hours you spent on a book or movie usually took two years to produce.
Anyone can tear down someone else's work. The true test of insight is whether you can help them improve it or build something of your own.
.@AscenziMoreno writes about how a monolingual assessment process “entangles students’ language abilities with reading” and is a source of bias, positioning emergent bilinguals as poor readers in need of remediation. The time to change that is now.
https://t.co/7Rsfy2PGmy
Writing is more than a vehicle for communicating ideas. It's a tool for crystallizing ideas.
Writing exposes gaps in your knowledge and logic. It pushes you to articulate assumptions and consider counterarguments.
One of the best paths to sharper thinking is frequent writing.
@lizthoreson @MrDuerwaechter I love how you buckled in the gold! You can never be too careful. I hope Tanner has a special place to display the trophy:)
Have you attended the #MLSummit yet? This FREE conference offers a multitude of professional learning on educating Multilingual Learners. I contributed a video on building intellectual capacity of #MLs. You can access this FREE webinar here: https://t.co/yR56FmCTDZ
A5 Regie Routman reminds us of the heart of assessment in Literacy Essentials: “Instead of thinking, ‘What’s wrong with this learner?’ let’s ask, what might I offer or do differently to ensure the student is successful?” #LitEssentials#G2Great