Erica Reardon

@HelenProulx2 @mrbgilson I wonder if she has monogrammed towels? Did I just write that out loud?

@mrbgilson So she makes more for one speaking engagement than some teachers in the US do in a year?

This is such an important part of our curriculum that should not be undervalued or dismissed. Students are developing identities as readers &thinkers.The magic of falling in love with books doesn’t happen without commitment & efforts from our teachers! @MrsBBakerReads @allenelem

TY @JSerravallo & @TimRasinski1 4 reminders about the importance of fluency. It is the bridge 2 comprehension. When we teach fluency, we are also supporting students with the other aspects of the reading rope.

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about fluency & the role it plays in the sciences of reading: I’ve heard from many that have shifted 2 curriculums largely focused on phonics & decoding that students’ fluency has suffered.. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/to-…

Planning for small groups early on in the unit so that once students are up and running so are we! This teacher is ready to meet his students where they are and give writers targeted feedback to move them forward as writers.

Grades 3-5 new writing units will give kids less time to work on one piece. They don’t needs to spend weeks on one piece. In place they need to rinse & repeat across the unit & produce more. @LucyCalkins

“Time to write daily is what leads to kids growth in writing.”@LucyCalkins

The most effective schools are characterized by having common values and methods around the teaching of writing @LucyCalkins

Thinking about all the ways shared writing can be powerful in the upper grades. We are using an anchor chart from the UOS, providing more prompts when needed, and putting students in the work right away. SW is a great way to immerse students in the new genre prior 2 launch!

@KateRBPS @srasteele215 Shoot me your email and I will share it with you!

@ericareardon @srasteele215 I love the planning sheet for the rally try it try it small group structure! Did you make them?

These teachers dug in 2 👀 at student writing, planned for small groups, and we made a lab and went for it! The Rally, Try It SG’s support kids with immediate transfer and lots of practice. Keep up the great work @srasteele215

What a beautiful way to celebrate and publish. ❤️

Deep into a unit and not sure how to pull small groups? Middle school teachers used the bands of text complexity character strand to do research only conferences. We were ready to pull small groups right away.

When we know better, we do better.

#newELARTEKS Texas RLA friends! I started making my student & teacher friendly rubrics for the new extended constructed response items based on yesterday's release from TEA. smore.com/gtm6k @Kelslate @tenilleshade @shereegfelan

@MrsBBakerReads @allenelem @FISD_Libraries TY for your support of our fundraiser! You rock!

Prep for our Grand Land Adventure Fun Run @allenelem with a great read! @MrsBBakerReads @FISD_Libraries #FISDmadetoshine #OurAllenLegacy

Stop teaching memorization of high frequency words through chants. Shift to promoting phoneme grapheme relationships so kids understand regular vs irregular parts.

@trustingreaders @CarolJago Yes!!! 👏

Quote from @CarolJago We need to teach readers, not standards.

@_MicheleLott @allenelem TY for bringing the energy back to Allen today! Both of my kids came home pumped!!!

@teachgoodspeed @allenelem Couldn’t love this more! ❤️