Melissa Wienands Guinto

So proud of the 14--14!--@SMWestOffice teachers who are presenting virtually in @theSMSD iFair today. . .because sometimes the best PD is from the teacher down the hall. . .or down the street.

Educators: want to reduce your stress levels? Nurture relationships with your colleagues 👉🏻 bit.ly/4fYBnyO

Want to get your students reflecting and talking? 🎲 Try these dicebreakers and debrief activity templates for some classroom fun! sbee.link/avt9gfmjew #edutwitter #teachingideas #k12

We hear about scaffolding a lot in education, but what does it really look like in the classroom? Here are *5 ways* to build it into your practice.

Encourage your students to engage with texts before, during, & after reading! Get an active reading strategy for any learning landscape now: bit.ly/3zUIcB9 #engchat #litchat #literacy

1st #womeninleadership meeting @SMWestOffice this morning! What a great group of leaders we have this year! @SMSDWiL

🏗️ Scaffolding Think, Pair, Share can help facilitate deep discussions and drive thinking from ALL students. This handy resource is designed to help students master the WHAT, WHY, and HOW of the process. 👊 Support my work by tapping REPOST and grab a FREE high-quality copy here: jamieleeclark.com/graphics

This is what leadership looks like! Up bright and early cleaning up our home away from home. @SMWestOffice @SMSDWiL

This is a fantastic post with tips for avoiding teacher burnout!

One page overview of sentence structures from The Writing Revolution douglaswise.co.uk/blog/writing-r… ✍️

📙 EXPLICIT INSTRUCTION! This new A3 poster captures some of the main ideas from the excellent book ‘Explicit Instruction: Effective & Efficient Teaching’ by Anita L. Archer & Charles A. Hughes. Highly recommend you pick up a copy! 🫵 REPOST and download a FREE HQ copy here: jamieleeclark.com/graphics 📙 READ MORE: explicitinstruction.org

Kenna is so missed! She would love this so much!

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🙌🏻 Want to put some new small-group instructional strategies into action in the new school year? Use my template: “5 Strategies for the Teacher-led Station” ➡️ bit.ly/48ZxDtt #StationRotation #EdChat #EduTwitter #EduChat #EdTech

Prepping for fall PLC discussions with your math team? Bookmark this strategy, including a ready-to-use math interview protocol! (Via @edutopia) edutopia.org/video/simple-s…

Disciplinary literacy - The way that a historian reads, writes and thinks is different to how a mathematician operates. Each subject context has different needs and requirements. It's useful to point this out and have students (and even teachers!) reflect on this.

I have some plans for the first day of school. I would love to hear yours! What are your 5 acts? jaywamsted.medium.com/the-first-day-…

@principalplewis @theSMSD Two of the best right there, @Bclaypool63 @dreiling_grant . Can’t wait to see the impact you all have working together!

Champion for Kids, shout out to #IndianWoods admin above and beyond! Giving their time and putting their ❤️ into the work. @theSMSD #AllinSMSD #BecauseKids

@flyingmonkey13 My (unpopular) opinion is to NOT skip the icebreakers - but make sure they’re purposeful. A friend and I were nerdy enough about the topic to write about it: ascd.org/el/articles/wh…