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oh how I love a scaffolded anchor chart- I use these for my classes who struggle with independence. Here is the teaching point step by step! Now I can confer and work with my small groups without interruption! #TCRWP #kellerliteracy #teachertwitter #4thgrade @HESPanthers

Another proud mom moment! ❤️😊

I spy my guy!

I mean… 🤷🏽‍♀️ We are living a WRITERLY life! ❤️ #truestory #teachertwitter #4thgrade

The @HESPanthers Parade of Nations celebrates the diversity of countries and cultures represented on its campus. Students proudly walked through the halls carrying flags from 33 nations and adorned in clothes honoring their heritage. #CelebrateKISD

10 minute essay challenge!! We proved that we can write MOST (or all) of a literary essay in 10 minutes when we set ourselves up for success…as in: We PLAN AN OUTLINE! Today was empowering! #writing #kellerliteracy #4thgrade

LOVE @cait_rhodes 😍 I’m so trying this one!!!

Harry Potter Club!! We made wands today!!!

We have been reading and growing ideas about the books we’ve been reading! Today we compared notes and found that when we talk to a partner- it confirms our thinking and pushes us to go deeper! #kellerliteracy @HESPanthers #4thgrade

Argumentative essay writing celebrations today!! We had a listening gallery & left feedback for each writer! #heritageishome #kellerLiteracy @HESPanthers

Narrative nonfiction can be SO HARD! But see kids are pros! We analyzed our narrative NF books through two lenses today, and showed off our mastery of this genre! #kellerliteracy #readingteacher #fourthgrade

I think we need to say we love our jobs a lot more. Not only in front of our students but to each other. We need to remember as difficult as this job is there’s still joy in this work.

These writers are working SO HARD on those final revisions & putting the pieces of their persuasive essays together! #soproud #kellerliteracy #writersgonnawrite @HESPanthers @TCRWP

Strategically taught how to use videos as another source of information for our non-fiction reading! Listen for a bit/ pause your video/ note what you learned in your own words! #teachertwitter #readingcommunity #kellerliteracy #4thgrade

Reading a first grader’s “How to be a teacher” was by far the highlight of my day. Young writers have my ❤️! @Miss_KWears @tenilleshade

writing small groups today! Love my personal time with these writers! #kellerliteracy #writingteacher #4thgrade

Read 🎃cover 🎃 jot Today we practiced this strategy to collect notes and interesting facts for our summative project! Read a little bit/ flip your book/ jot an interesting fact in your own words! #4thgrade #teachertwitter #kellerliteracy

Today we learned a strategy for figuring out the main idea! Notice repeated words, phrases or images in the text! Adding it to our tool belt! #nonfiction #Readers #kellerliteracy @HESPanthers

Teacher twitter keeps on giving! Last Fun Friday we tried “Boom/ Clap/ snatch” & the kids LOVE IT! (This was also a great teacher moment for how to be a good winner #teachertwitter

Choosing topics & freewriting today for our argumentative essays! #kellerliteracy #4thgrade #writingteacher