📚 Sheri Sulima 📚

🧵A number of schools I support use aimswebPlus as their universal screening and progress monitoring tool. The company released new norms this fall and there are significant differences, especially with the ORF norms. Schools are struggling to make sense of how

Every moment matters. Every interaction matters. See every kid for who they are and meet them where they are. That’s the super power of a teacher ❤️

Learning styles is the educational equivalent of leeching—debunked, disproven, and still somehow standard fare in teacher prep. Even when highlighting innovation, we get recycled myths dressed up as best practice.

That class list you just got? It’s not just a list of names. It’s a list of stories. Of dreams. Of fears. Of quirks. Of potential. It’s full of kids who are someone’s everything. Behind every name is a family that’s trusting you with their whole world. That’s no small thing. So as you prepare your classroom, your lessons, and your heart for the year ahead, remember this: you’re not just managing a classroom. You’re shaping lives. Let’s show up with purpose, with compassion, and with the kind of love that changes everything.

Effective Tier 1 instruction is primary prevention. Are you reaching roughly 80% of your students with strong, evidence-aligned core reading instruction? What does Tier 1 look like in your class, school, or board? Let’s build the Tier 1 our students need! #LitLearn2025 @sstollar6

Prevention is more effective than intervention! What happens in K-1 matters! Let’s intervene early and prevent reading struggles before they start. #LitLearn2025 #LiteracyMatters @IDA_Ontario @sstollar6

📣 We need to teach handwriting, spelling, & how to type. Until those skills become automatic, they interfere with other writing processes like planning, drafting, revising, & editing. 📣 A Path to Better Writing podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mel…

When you increase how much students write, comprehension improves (even on norm-referenced tests!). When you teach writing, you become better in phonological awareness, word reading skills, fluency, and comprehension. 💥 🎧 Listen to the episode 🎧 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mel…

The schools making the biggest gains are minimizing time on tech and maximizing time with direct instruction from the teacher.

OMG!!! Preach. Say it louder. No student should have to wait to get the instructional support that they need and deserve.

Happy Sunday!! Want to see @UFLiteracy in action in an intervention setting? Check out Goyen Literacy Fellow Erin's latest!