🧵A number of schools I support use aimswebPlus as their universal screening and progress monitoring tool. The company released new norms this fall and there are significant differences, especially with the ORF norms. Schools are struggling to make sense of how
Learning styles is the educational equivalent of leeching—debunked, disproven, and still somehow standard fare in teacher prep. Even when highlighting innovation, we get recycled myths dressed up as best practice.
That class list you just got? It’s not just a list of names. It’s a list of stories. Of dreams. Of fears. Of quirks. Of potential. It’s full of kids who are someone’s everything.
Behind every name is a family that’s trusting you with their whole world. That’s no small thing.
So as you prepare your classroom, your lessons, and your heart for the year ahead, remember this: you’re not just managing a classroom. You’re shaping lives.
Let’s show up with purpose, with compassion, and with the kind of love that changes everything.
Effective Tier 1 instruction is primary prevention. Are you reaching roughly 80% of your students with strong, evidence-aligned core reading instruction? What does Tier 1 look like in your class, school, or board? Let’s build the Tier 1 our students need! #LitLearn2025@sstollar6
📣 We need to teach handwriting, spelling, & how to type. Until those skills become automatic, they interfere with other writing processes like planning, drafting, revising, & editing. 📣 A Path to Better Writing https://t.co/ZxM4SHWa05
When you increase how much students write, comprehension improves (even on norm-referenced tests!). When you teach writing, you become better in phonological awareness, word reading skills, fluency, and comprehension. 💥
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