Krista Rakovan

Secondary ELAR Coordinator, GISD

[Krista Rakovan @rakovank]

Today we kick off a week of appreciation for all of our GISD teachers. May you enjoy a week of gratitude for all you give to your students and colleagues each day, knowing that your gifts keep giving far beyond the end of the school year. #Tier1Day1 @GISDTLD @GISDLiteracy

[Krista Rakovan @rakovank]

Shout out to @Bussey_owlets and the GISD middle school RLA team for doing whatever it takes to Rock STAAR! @GISDTLD @ambermhope @EGrindele @SKReeves_GISD @Aleahcr

[Krista Rakovan @rakovank]

Awesome afternoon using the GISD CLC planning document to facilitate making teacher exemplars and toolkits for active monitoring. ⁦@Bussey_Owlets⁩ are progressing every class period!

[Krista Rakovan @rakovank]

@Bussey_owlets have stations and rotations going strong in their reading classrooms! @ambermhope @GISDTLD

[Krista Rakovan @rakovank]

@Bussey_Owlets collaborating to brainstorm keywords used to master argumentative writing today. What an inspiring classroom! #amplifyinaction #GISDeffect

[Krista Rakovan @rakovank]

Awesome #AmplifyinAction Chat with the Admin team at @sms_falcons. We’re super excited to see your rockstars in their Amp’ed Classrooms! #amplify #amplifyinaction #GisdEffect

[Krista Rakovan @rakovank]

@MsJasmineMN @annebeninghof I’m looking forward to this doc! Thank you in advance!!

[Krista Rakovan @rakovank]

@debrasbaker The alchemist by Paulo coelho or rich dad poor dad

[Krista Rakovan @rakovank]

@jarredamato Consistent, predictable time for it, knowing their reading level to match them with the right book for them, and giving it purpose by relating it to what they learn each day.

[Amber Widmier @MrsWidmier_KMS]

Some interesting ideas for setting up your secondary classroom. Big kids deserve an interesting and welcoming environment, too!
https://t.co/EOB3bYdjPA

[L Tilley @tilleylcfb]

Students are huddling up in Language Arts classes! Don't you want to join? @TPMSJournalism @PolkMSPrincipal

[Krista Rakovan @rakovank]

Seniors using learning progressions to raise the level of their writing! #TCRWP #cfbisd #togetherwecan #betheexception

[Amy Steadman @SteadmanAmy]

In my 14th year of teaching, I finally realized the power of telling my students they are the true reason I come to work every single day. Their responses are surprising as I assume they just know they are why teachers are here, but they don't and they need to. @teacher2teacher

[Cornelius Minor @MisterMinor]

I got a chance to chat with Olivia Ramirez to talk about literacy for @brooklynmag, my hometown magazine! ❤️🏙️🙂 Check out the article here! https://t.co/JksE1U4SDK

[Bored Teachers @Bored_Teachers]

Don't try to be perfect, just be you.

[Alfred W. Tatum @AlfredTatum]

Providing meaningful literacy exchanges with texts is my single, central, organizing principle to help students protect themselves and avoid surrendering their life chances before they realize their life choices. This is the power of literacy. AWT

[Krista Rakovan @rakovank]

What’s measured grows. So let’s encourage students to measure their daily reading progress, then celebrate as the volume grows! https://t.co/4XZtlcSmNz

[Schuyler Kidd @mrs_kidd_qv]

When people ask how we teach middle school ...

[Berit Gordon @beritgordon]

Wondering how to help more districts automatically tie school IDs to public library cards. Lack of access to library resources is yet another disparity when undocumented families are understandably reluctant to show ID to get their kids access.

[Krista Rakovan @rakovank]

These sweet readers gave me my favorite compliment today. “What?! It’s time to go already?? NO! Why does this class always go so FAST??!” 😊🤸‍♂️ ⁦@BlalackMS⁩ #bmsbears #letthemread #tcrwp