Meredith Branch

Our children deserve systemic, intentional, unconditional love now.

[Meredith Branch @meredithjbranch]

@DrMariaMurray1 Excited for this one! Will it be recorded?

[Get Your Teach On @getyourteachon]

Remember to give yourself credit for all you've accomplished. We're proud of you, and we hope you're proud of yourself too. 🫶🏼

#getyourteachon #teacherselfcare #teacherselfcaresunday #teachergratitude #elementaryteacher #middleschoolteacher #highschoolteacher #teacherwellbeing

[Meredith Branch @meredithjbranch]

@LindsayKemeny Hi @LindsayKemeny! Thanks! I think I remember hearing the term "Readables" in one of your PDs. I appreciate it!

[Meredith Branch @meredithjbranch]

Hi @LindsayKemeny! What do you call the in-betweener books (like Geodes) that gradually release kids from decodables to trade books?

[Meredith Branch @meredithjbranch]

@FFB_Fanatics @Chiefs @Flawsssandalll Thank you, sir. You are as brave as they come. You kept families together today. Just thank you.

[Meredith Branch @meredithjbranch]

@mrjergenskinder @TeachFishtank @SoRclassroom @CurriculumMatrs Hi @mrjergenskinder! Are FishTank and UFLI Foundations the core curriculums you use?

[Meredith Branch @meredithjbranch]

HERE 👏 FOR 👏 THIS 👏

Shoutout to @GavinNewsom for signing the universal dyslexia screening bill and @Portantino for advocating for this for years. Early intervention breaks the school to prison pipeline!

[CA Parent Power @CAParentPower]

👏👏👏👏👏

https://t.co/YkooNsLhgO

[Melanie Brethour @melbrethour]

This is from Hansberry Educational Consulting. As a teacher, I was never taught these terms in my university program...

[Emily Paschall @EmilyAPaschall]

There’s something so exciting about brand new teachers’ classrooms and watching them get it ready all summer long. So much wonder. So much self-drive. So much innocence.

The sad part is when we see a new teacher lose that because they don’t feel supported during their first year.

Support your new teachers.
🔺Check on them daily.
🔸Model lessons for them.
🔺Provide them an automatic coaching cycle with the instructional coach on day 1.
🔸Provide specific feedback.
🔺Model the first phone call home.
🔸Pre-plan their first parent conf and do it with them.
🔺Simply ask, “How can I help?” And ask often.

Teachers will be more likely to stay in the profession when they feel supported. Plain and simple.

What did I miss?

[Meredith Branch @meredithjbranch]

All of your Kinders will be readers by the end of the year if you do this. I speak from experience.

[@haemesmer @haemesmer]

Just say no to “letter of the week,”
but how many letter should you teach? Quick compilation of 3 studies that addressed pace and rate of introduction in K.

[Meredith Branch @meredithjbranch]

@phonicbooks @VoyagerSopris @LoveLiteracyAU @hand2mind @IMSEOG @ExpressReaders @PressDaffodil @GreatMindsEd

[Meredith Branch @meredithjbranch]

I asked my local library why they don't carry decodable books. They said there are very few publishing companies that make hardcover decodables. Publishing companies, make them & libraries will buy them. They want decodables in their collection! @JuniorLearning @JustRightReader

[Meredith Branch @meredithjbranch]

@HighNoonBooks @FlyleafBooks @BOB_BOOKS @Scholastic @KJWinEducation @levarburton @reading_league @LindsayKemeny

[Meredith Branch @meredithjbranch]

2 trailblazers for the price of 1!

[Pam Kastner @liv2learn]

It's LIVE!! Dr. Louisa Moats and Dr. Anita Archer! Why the ‘Science of Reading’ Needs the ‘The Science of Teaching’—A Conversation Between 2 Literacy Leaders https://t.co/OdCGGoXU41

[Meredith Branch @meredithjbranch]

Dad goals :)

[Dan Wuori @DanWuori]

Would love an update on this little guy - who went viral in 2019 after being filmed in conversation with his attentive dad. My prediction: as a rising kindergartner, his language and literacy skills are off the charts.

[Meredith Branch @meredithjbranch]

For all the educators like me out there who can't draw to save their life....

[Robert Cobbs M.Ed @cobbsclass]

My favorite new website of the day. Your class should be using this. https://t.co/uDBJ8HmYzw #AI #EdTech #Thisiscool #newstuff

[Meredith Branch @meredithjbranch]

Looking forward to this session on Sat!

[Jan Hasbrouck, Ph.D. @janhasbrouck]

Join colleagues from over 40 countries! Last few hours to register for a FREE webinar (recording will be sent to you). Learn about some of the "organized systems" that can help get schools to 95% success with reading (Vaughn & Fletcher, 2020-21). https://t.co/7xKc722FBw

[The Right to Read @RightToReadFilm]

THREAD: WATCH THE RIGHT TO READ ON NATIONAL READ ACROSS AMERICA DAY.

In celebration of National Reading Month, The Right to Read will be available to all audiences for free online for one week.

[Meredith Branch @meredithjbranch]

Eradicating illiteracy is one of the greatest civil rights issues of our time.

[Kareem J. Weaver @KJWinEducation]

For Black History month, I'm posting Maya Angelou's words on illiteracy, then sitting back and thinking about that last sentence...
@TheBlackCaucus @WeAreCTA @LDH_ed @RightToReadFilm @NAACP @NEAToday @BlackCaucusNEA @AFTunion @CFTunion @NationalAction

[Clay Cook @DrClayCook]

When Tier 1 is weak, lots of students look like they need intervention.
When Tier 2 is weak, lots of students look like they need Tier 3 or special education.
Strong investments in Tier 1 & Tier 2 is a critical starting place for prevention.

Access gaps = outcome gaps.