Laura Jackson

Consistently reminding students that refining their skills comes from attempting tasks and learning from errors can serve as a potent motivator for sustained focus. #StudentLearning

Zaretta Hammond | Culturally-Responsive Teaching / Leading & the Brain #VirtualAPLeadershipAcademy #WEEK161 twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…

Repeated reading is not the only option for building fluency. Reading lots of texts only once, often w/ an adult or peer listening, correcting, defining words, &/or asking comprehension ?s, also has pos effects on fluency & comprehension in a # of studies. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/07…

"Slavery is the institution that made racism a part of our nation’s foundation." This NEW article provides recommendations for parents about discussing the history and legacy of slavery along with age-appropriate information to emphasize in conversations.lfj.pub/3RELvRR

This week we put out the final episode of Crash Course Black American History. We worked on this series for over 3 years and put out 51 episodes spanning the transatlantic slave trade to the Black Lives Matter movement. I’m so proud of what we made. youtube.com/playlist?list=…

Students in a highly effective classroom average a cumulative 90 minutes of daily reading. We cannot teach reading effectively without ensuring we are creating time and opportunity for our students to have their eyes on text. ow.ly/VokY50LriHx #TeachingReading

@KristaPodolny @dantey114 Amazing! It is wonderful to read these letters that show such deep knowledge and appreciation of an incredible story, author and graphic novel!

1/2 K - 3: If you agree with the statement below, a next step is to ask yourself: Do we devote a significant amount of time to science & social studies instruction every day (e.g., an average of 45 mins/day EACH & led by Sc & SS, not ELA)? @ClassroomWonder knowledgematterscampaign.org/statement-from…

“But for students to learn the lessons that #civilrightshistory has to offer, they have to learn more than the ‘Master Narrative,’ the version of the movement that reduces the struggle to Rosa Parks sitting down & Martin Luther King Jr. standing up.” Read:learningforjustice.org/magazine/fall-…

Today, @dcpublicschools unveiled DCPS Readers Next Door, a special new book series written and illustrated by DCPS educators in collaboration with Dr. @JuliabLindsey. Based on the science of reading, the series will include 100+ books feat. 10 characters attending school in DC.

It has been a GREAT two days of writing trainings with 3-5 grade teachers! We love getting teachers excited about teaching writing! @SyracuseSchools @SCSDPD @SCSDwrites #teachingwriting

Each day I will share 1 of the 70+ recorded sessions from the 2022 PaTTAN Literacy Symposium!! First up, the brilliant Dr. Glaser: Morphological Awareness: What Is It? How to Teach It! Click on session 1: pattan.net/Training/Confe…

@KristaPodolny @DrWeeksSCSD These pics bring me joy!

@KristaPodolny @DanielleGuiffre @DrWeeksSCSD I loooove this! What an amazing way to bring this character to life for our students. Lucky kiddos!

@KristaPodolny @DanielleGuiffre @kffliteracy Love this!

What do writing teachers do at writing training? Write! Preparing for our Grade 5 informational writing unit with fabulous new text sets to support students as they build knowledge and write research reports on Westward Expansion. @SyracuseSchools #SCSDSuccess

Talk about a persuasive speech!

Sharing out our personal narratives is more fun with a microphone! 🎤 @LeMoyneES @SyracuseSchools @SCSDwrites

What focused and engaged 5th writers @PorterElemSCSD! Writing long and strong after a brief minilesson on generating ideas for personal narratives.They begged their teacher for more writing time! #SCSDWrites #SCSDSuccess @SyracuseSchools