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A fine pocket chart with high frequency words right behind the guided reading table in Ms. Vitale’s kindergarten classroom at Creighton Elementary.

Birnham Woods Elementary debuted a beautiful book vending machine today! Can’t wait to see the kids earning the coveted tokens.

@Rcharrison17 @Cubs @PatandRon670 @WatchMarquee Fly the W!

Checking out Globe Life for my first @Cubs game of the season! @PatandRon670 @WatchMarquee

Sally K. Ride celebrated 40 years with generations of former students and educators walking the building and reminiscing.

I don’t venture into the secondary world very often, but when I do, I always appreciate the little touches that promote literacy. This cozy reading nook is at the end of a hallway at Peet JH.

A fun and informative literacy night at Houston Elementary. Lots of creative planning and a huge, well deserved turnout.

Join us on Saturday for a fun, informative event. It was a blast last year!

Gabby Juarez and Libby Smith of the Bilingual ESL and ELA departments respextively co-presenting on guided reading with emergent bilingual students.

Guided Reading Modeling @ConroeISD @masmith1914

I spy the syllable types handy on a classroom wall at Coulson Tough K-6.

Excited to support this Big Picture planning day with @PattersonCISD and @masmith1914 ! What a great group of amazing educators!

@mikiajbarnes New Albany in the house!

Just two Mississippi girls trying to make a difference in the world!

Love the flexibility built into this system! It invites a wide range of critical thinking.

Mr. Cera and Ms. Rogers teaching short vowel sounds during a phonics labsite at Veterans Memorial Intermediate.

Sneak Peek! Joint collaboration with @CISD_Connects and @conroeela for some micro PD on integrating technology throughout the Language Arts classroom! #ProfessionalLearning #Choice #Multimodal

Curriculum writing begins at the first Conroe ISD Instructional Coaching Symposium of 2024. Megawatt brainpower in this room!

The 2023 ELA holiday photo. Don’t ask.

Travis Leech, co-author of Patterns of Power Grades 6-8, presenting to Conroe ISD literacy coaches on extended constructed response. The necessity of modeled writing. Using a simple, flexible essay structure. Lots of insights from our guest presenter.

Students at @buckalewbears celebrated the conclusion of their nonfiction unit by hosting a Reading Museum! The students were tour guides as other students visited their Reading Museum to learn about their special topics.