Tai-Nina Castaneda

“I can not wait on institutions to SEE my genius! I must be VALUED for who I am and what I bring to the table. I must be CARED for, even when it causes discomfort for others! I am no imposter in the spaces I take up, I am here for a reason!” @dmarigutierrez 🥳🙌🥹

Today's At-Home Resource: Compound Word Trivia! 🏡🔍 Objective: Identify the meanings of compound words and have fun learning together. Check it out: bit.ly/3VK6nue #AtHomeLearning #FamilyResource

🌟 Pre-K 4 SA is searching for a Professional Learning Special Projects Manager to lead important projects and drive progress. Applications close soon so apply today! 🔗 Apply here: bit.ly/42uR75 #PreK4SA #JobOpening #SanAntonio #EarlyChildhoodEducation

Yay! Another Heggerty PK. Setting up littles for literacy success is essential.

@john_w_moran Keep fighting the good fight! The kids are worth it. They are a great team of advocates & change agents because they have an awesome instructional leader! 👍🏼

Feeling inspired by my team! 🌟 After 3 meetings w 3 dedicated coaches, its clear that our focus remains on teachers we serve. The challenges in pub ed are concerning, but I’m grateful for passionate advocates fighting for our educators. Let’s keep fighting for change! #nisdcoach

We're excited to highlight our free kindergarten digital decodable, "The Big Red Hat!" 🔗 Here is the link to the digital version: bit.ly/3XsGNv2 🏖️ Join Val and her Dad for a fun day at the beach—but what happens when a playful dog snatches her big red hat?

To ensure that teachers do a lot of thinking, coaches need to resist the temptation to give advice. When coaches take a top-down approach, telling teachers what to do, they create dependency and rob teachers of the chance to think for themselves. -ICG ow.ly/lC4h50UgamQ

At-Home Resource of the Day: 'How Many Words?' Explore the different variant correspondences in words with 'How Many Words?' Check it out here: bit.ly/3OQH7yc #athomelearning #familyresource

@MandyCurley I know! 🙋🏻‍♀️

I said, “happy happy joy joy” to my kids today and they looked at me like I was nuts. Anyone remember where that’s from? #90skid

@HeggertyPA She just gained a new follower. Thanks for highlighting her!

@EarlyLitCoach @Preschool_vibes (Jess) is a rockstar! We love how she broke down both pieces of curriculum to better support educators 👏🏼

Setting up kiddos for literacy success in PK! Love it! Phonemic Awareness is completely appropriate because it is sound based play! Love how this teacher knows that early Pk would be appropriate for her 3 yr olds & even works through half day schedules! ❤️🙌

At-Home Resource of the Day: Contraction Bingo! Looking for a fun way to help your students master contractions? Try Contraction Bingo! It's an engaging activity in which students identify and match contractions in a game format. Get started here: bit.ly/41jMUE7

@jeanbien50 Aww, Happy Birthday! 🎂🎈

My coworkers are showing me the birthday love today!

"Everything you ever wanted to know about what your student understands about the English language is in their writing. We can give other assessments until the cows come home and none of them will give us more information. Don’t ignore spelling..." #dyslexia

🤓 Love choice boards? Check out my favorite for enhancing reading strategies Copy + download this free resource: bit.ly/48viVu0 #literacy #engchat #studentled

@BenisonMrs Why do you think this occurs? Could it be more of not trusting the process vs immediate results? Both are research based. These are just questions to open conversation. I completely agree with your viewpoint.

We need knowledgeable leadership at the top of reading instruction decision-making. Teachers need to be led and coached. This week I heard someone state that they wanted to change the scope and sequence of UFLI and someone else that they wanted to recreate OG to fit ELLs-different instances. This is NOT how any of it works. My heart sank, because of the misunderstanding it revealed. The intentions are good, but a lot of harm can be done in the name of good intentions. I was left with the certainty that my 10-minute conversation as to why this was not appropriate/effective/necessary was less than enough. Teachers who do not understand "the what", "the how" and "the why "of what they are doing can both steer ships in the wrong direction and be themselves steered in the wrong direction.

🍂 Fall into Literacy with our FREE Word Sort Pie Activity! 🥧 Just print, laminate, and let your students match pie slice words to the target plates for hands-on practice with concepts like vowel teams or bossy R patterns. Grab yours here: imse.com/digital-resour…

Note: “Before stepping into…kindergarten” If you have programs for littles that support them before kindergarten, then you need to be tracking their progress.