Michelle

Primary school teacher, wife and mum to 2 amazing kids. Lover of all explicit teaching. No longer leaving it to chance. Sharing my own thoughts

[Michelle @meshellek]

Spent a week of my holidays on a greatest hits tours of education in Melbourne. Wonderful schools and A grade educators.
Thank you @rhyssy33 @DaveMorkunas @jettybe3 @StevenCapp

[𝗗𝗿 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗲𝗹 𝗦𝘄𝗮𝗶𝗻 @NathanielRSwain]

Balanced Literacy’s Crumbling Foundation– What We Can Do About It https://t.co/TcpNxv0R3d

[Michelle @meshellek]

Bunnings NZ spreading some kindness during our latest lockdown. 30 minutes of peace.

[Michelle @meshellek]

@JoAnneGross1 Yes please!

[Michelle @meshellek]

Learning about the alphabetic code is fun and the laughter during this game is the proof.

[Sarah @ceraahwd]

A reminder that Nathan Wallis is not a ‘neuroscientist’. He’s an ECE teacher w/ a masters in education (which is great but not neurodevelopment). No regulatory authority to which he is accountable for his advice. NZ media, we are littered with qualified peeps, maybe go find them?

[Michelle @meshellek]

Started my lifeguard duties early. #lovesummer

[Michelle @meshellek]

This video has had and impact on many of the teachers and leaders I work alongside who were not 100% convinced. Exciting things are happening in our corner of Auckland. #scienceofreading https://t.co/nXgJ0t8D03

[Michelle @meshellek]

Miss 5 is extremely lucky to have a teacher so passionate and skilled at teaching with the science of reading. Going above and beyond in lockdown. @AdrienneFTeach ❤️

[Michelle @meshellek]

'They didn't close the deal': New Zealand looks on in horror at Melbourne Covid-19 crisis | New Zealand | The Guardian https://t.co/sFUqPg5D2X

[Michelle @meshellek]

@lizkaneliteracy @belgrave_dr @AdrienneFTeach @ElizabethMRG79 @SharondeCastro7 I needed this win. I really feel like I’m battling most days.

[Michelle @meshellek]

@lizkaneliteracy @AdrienneFTeach @CJEvans77 @belgrave_dr @Sunshine_ERP @SharondeCastro7 @DerekJHopper1 This looks great. Thanks for the tag

[Michelle @meshellek]

@JeanieHertzler @liv2learn @pattanupdates @pattanliteracy I agree! What would you say to rebut the idea that 5 year olds aren’t ready to learn? 😫

[Jeanie @JeanieHertzler]

Teachers must be explicit in structuring deliberate, goal-oriented practice that is consciously devoted to improvement of a skill using success criteria. No student has EVER died from practice! —Dr. Anita Archer ❤️#PaLitSymposium2020 @pattanupdates @pattanliteracy

[Michelle @meshellek]

This young teacher is amazing. Proud to be her colleague. #Black Lives Matter: Auckland teacher goes viral with lesson on racism
https://t.co/HOW0IMDcX7

[Michelle @meshellek]

A review of Reading Recovery in NZ schools. So embarrassed that our Ministry of Education refuses to acknowledge the Science of Reading. https://t.co/sK1kFRzsAX

[Michelle @meshellek]

Four key mistakes and some teachers refuse to acknowledge there is a better way.

[Stephen Parker @ParkerPhonics]

Reading Teachers

Four mistakes in teaching reading:

1) use of analytic phonics rather than synthetic phonics
2) "discovery" learning rather than explicit instruction
3) 3-cueing for unknown words rather than full decoding
4) requiring sight words (1/2)

[Michelle @meshellek]

@lifelonglit thank you for offering webinars, I can’t wait to share your decoding dragon with my class.

[Michelle @meshellek]

@liv2learn you made the right decision. Look forward to hosting you when all this settles down.

[Michelle @meshellek]

@lizkaneliteracy @AdrienneFTeach @belgrave_dr Shared with my teachers. Making lemonade out of the NZ covid19 lockdown.