LitWitches

We are two English teachers sharing literacy and ed tech resources for our fellow educators to enhance the reading and writing experiences for all students.

[LitWitches @WitchesLit]

@MarieLeveyPabst Employ literacy coaches in high school, which is needed to support all content trained teachers who are do not have a literacy background. Have a solution or actually ask a high school teacher his or her perspective of this issue before posting a broad stroke.

[LitWitches @WitchesLit]

@CKingTeacher @NBCNews Headlines are being used as click bait now. Most read them and they are off text and posting and on and on and on....no critical thinking skills anymore.

[LitWitches @WitchesLit]

@PegLulu2 Do it!!’n

[LitWitches @WitchesLit]

@ValeriaBrownEdu I am in Northern South Carolina and we have been teaching online since middle of March. I hope your conditions improve.

[LitWitches @WitchesLit]

@booktoss @caitteach Not all Canon is homophobic, racist, and sexist. Even if these things are in the book,don’t you think it allows for great discussion around these issues?

[Jo Boaler @joboaler]

Teachers are telling me they read this article to their students with shocked responses - such a great idea. https://t.co/jXKJaOF9Uw

[Hamish Brewer @brewerhm]

Surround yourself with the people that lift you up and make you better! So honored to share the stage with Pedro Noguera at the International Literacy Conference! Much Aroha! Kia Kaha brother!

[LitWitches @WitchesLit]

Loving and learning @ILA2019

[LitWitches @WitchesLit]

Students completing a reading diagnostic- others choosing and reading choice novels. Preparing to teach the close reading method. Learning their reading levels by comparing map scores to several short reading diagnostic assessments. I will use leveled groups in “you do together.”

[LitWitches @WitchesLit]

@chslitscholars So excited for you and your students!! The impact that you will have on the academic lives of your students will have long lasting effects. #fantasticreadingteachers #reachingallstudentsneeds

[LitWitches @WitchesLit]

Students gearing up for To Kill A Mockingbird by considering questions about prejudice. #socialissues #tkamb #tokillamockingbird

[LitWitches @WitchesLit]

@kwilkinstchr @JGTechieTeacher Are you? Making dinner lol

[LitWitches @WitchesLit]

@JGTechieTeacher Loved your session on digital vocabulary. I am a secondary English teacher and the tools translate well with my high schoolers.

[LitWitches @WitchesLit]

Hanging out and learning at #TWTCon2019

[LitWitches @WitchesLit]

OERs are a true blessing for students and teachers. How do you feel about openly sharing your educational creations?

[Open Up Resources @openupresources]

Wanna learn more about the current #OER landscape?

This interview between @karenvaites and @cultofpedagogy is great place to start.

Learn more: https://t.co/mQHKjZXGkR #CurriculumMaters #GoOpen

[LitWitches @WitchesLit]

Another excellent source of reading materials is the following website
https://t.co/lhPVYeWu7i especially for differentiation of texts.

[LitWitches @WitchesLit]

Education Week. #internet #edtech So many students do not have access to wireless internet. In today’s world this is like not having a tv or a telephone. Telecommunication companies need to step up and provide this service to all areas! https://t.co/sh9JQ4Kd42

[LitWitches @WitchesLit]

Close reading attendees: once you give the 4 cycle instruction (Gradual Release of Responsibility) here is a resource for longer texts on all subjects https://t.co/qTT9LptG58