Sarah Higgins

Grade 1/2 Teacher @ LSK Elementary School - Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation

[Montreal Expos @Montreal_Expos]

“It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone. You count on it, rely on it to buffer the passage of time, to keep the memory of sunshine and high skies alive, and then just when the days are all twilight, when you need it most, it stops. Today, November 2, a Sunday of rain and broken branches and leaf-clogged drains and slick streets, it stopped, and summer was gone.”

- A. Bartlett Giamatti (with a small change from October to November)

[Blake Harvard @effortfuleduktr]

Obviously, this is not true. You don't have to have fun to learn. Teachers...please do not feel the pressure to make every lesson a show or event or entertainment.

Just teach well.

https://t.co/NwkCAe343a

[Kate Winn @thismomloves]

“I know we all believe in social-emotional learning. I do as well. But what I have found is that sometimes if you just teach children to read and write and give them the academic skills, behavior decreases.”

🎤 drop from @MitchellBrookns

https://t.co/2w3P5Fajoy

[NWAC @NWAC_CA]

Monday is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation (#NDTR), also known as #OrangeShirtDay. It's a time for us to reflect and remember: Every Child Matters.

Artwork shared from @morning.star.designs on IG

[Sarah Higgins @slphiggins]

@MrFerguson85 @researchEDBelf Yes, please! [email protected]

[Sarah Higgins @slphiggins]

@thismomloves @IDA_Ontario @amandavande1 @sstollar6 It was awesome. We are piloting Spring Math this year!

[Sarah Higgins @slphiggins]

@MelindaHinch @unamalcolm @ONlit_social Any update on this, @unamalcolm ? 🙂

[Sarah Higgins @slphiggins]

@MelindaHinch I am going through my LitLearn notes (finally!) and I have your name scribbled beside "Mentor Texts for each grade - ask for book list!!!" Can you help a girl out? :)

[Sarah Higgins @slphiggins]

@thismomloves It’s in my cart. You’ve convinced me to buy it!

[Sarah Higgins @slphiggins]

A little late - but have been slowly digesting #LitLearn2024 and all the amazing learning. Here’s some of our team fangirling over Anita Archer😍

[Kate Winn @thismomloves]

❤️Kate's Favourite Things Giveaway!❤️

Enter to win 2 books in the SoR in Practice series from Scholastic: Big Words For Young Readers & Know Better, Do Better Comprehension

1. Follow me and @ScholasticEdu
2. Retweet this post

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Giveaway ends Tues Apr 16 @ 8 pm EDT

[Kate Winn @thismomloves]

❤️ Kate's Favourite Things Giveaway! ❤️

Enter to win a Full Series Bundle (single title set - 70 books) & Yellow Series DECKodables from @SyllaSense!

(Value $435 CAD)

1. Follow me & @SyllaSense
2. Retweet this post

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Giveaway ends Tues Apr 9 @ 8 pm EDT

[Kate Winn @thismomloves]

❤️Kate's Favourite Things Giveaway! ❤️

Enter to win 1 free @thinkSRSD online course registration (valued at $199 USD) to learn about evidence-based writing instruction for K-12!

1. Follow me & @thinkSRSD
2. Retweet this post

Giveaway ends Thurs Apr 4 @ 8 pm EDT

Good luck!

[Sarah Higgins @slphiggins]

@sheri_ainslie Data doesn’t lie!!! Amazing work. 🥰

[Sarah Higgins @slphiggins]

So proud of my wonderful coworker, mentor and friend. 🥰

[IDA Ontario @IDA_Ontario]

🎙️Catherine Shawana, @ONlit team member, joins #ReadingRoadTrip to unpack how her school is shifting to structured literacy. @thismomloves & Catherine chat about reading science and Indigenous education. Don't miss this thought-provoking episode!
🎧https://t.co/XwwcfhVspu

[Sarah Higgins @slphiggins]

@KervinAmy @Glenburnie_ldsb @LimestoneDSB Would you mind sharing your template?

[Pam Kastner @liv2learn]

Vocabulary knowledge is 1 of the largest contributors to reading comprehension (RC). According to Stahl & Nagy(2006),vocabulary knowledge contributes 50-60% of the variance in RC. A consistent vocab instructional routine is a powerful tool every teacher needs in their tool box!

[Sarah Higgins @slphiggins]

Why I love reading and sharing that with my students. 🥰 #languagecomprehension #buildingbackgroundknowledge