@ehanford @ShawnaCoppola @ReadOrPrison @npr_ed When those who promote social justice deliberately keep the science of reading out of tchrs’ hands, that is the grossest social *injustice* they can perpetrate. The science of reading in tchrs’ hands is the most powerful tool we have to combat inequality by tching ALL to read.
“Teachers knew what they were getting into!”
Actually, I didn’t.
I didn’t know that my teacher paid for the supplies I was using in class.
I didn’t know that my teacher was working extra jobs to survive.
And I didn’t see all of the unpaid hours of work they did at home.
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"Making our classrooms culturally responsive and relevant doesn’t end with posters of diverse scientists on our classroom walls. It's a commitment to ensure that every child feels seen and represented in the curriculum,” writes @Anjali_Joshi_. https://t.co/6HS3mI1YYf
I have updated my list of free SOR based resources. It now includes programs, resources for phonics, morphology, decodeables, and blogs that I have a high degree of confidence in.
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No one should care how a kindergartener compares on a standardized test with kindergarteners around the country. They should care if the kindergartener feels cared for, valued, and actually enjoys coming to school to learn. Its Kindergarten!
Goodbye, raised hands. Hello, thumbs up—a participation strategy that enables *all* students to join the conversation, not just the fastest or most vocal ones. 👍🏾 #HowLearningHappens
You see it all the time: students (and parents) who are obsessed with grades. *4 strategies* that can shift the focus from "What grade did I get?" to "What did I learn?"
When a 1st grader has 10,000 words in their heritage lang & 1,000 words in an additional lang (English), we label them as behind their monolingual peer w/ 10,000 words in only 1 lang, “the chosen one.” That’s not a child’s deficit. That’s a deficit of our system/way of thinking.