Tina Lance

@shinboson It’s an allegory. Please read actual literary analysis of the story. It’s a cautionary tale and based on experiences the author had in WW2. This is one of the most misunderstood works by those who take it literally.

@DanWuori It’s more important now than ever for kids to interact with nature, get messy, laugh, and explore! Social skills and creativity are the foundation of strong and happy minds :) ❤️

“They didn’t teach me anything!” Want to evaluate the quality of your child’s preschool? You could hardly ask for a better endorsement than this one, captured at the end of a three-year-old’s first day of school. In fact, if you visit a classroom and find a preschool teacher lecturing - or children hunched over desks, all engaged in the same teacher-directed activity - run for the hills. That’s because young children don’t learn in the same way older children do. They learn through play. They learn through interaction. They learn through discovery and exploration; through trial and error. The best early childhood teachers are rarely the center of attention in their classrooms. They aren’t there to lecture and drill, but to observe, plan, guide, question, and support the needs of each individual child. Never confuse a lack of stereotypical “teaching” in these classrooms for a lack of LEARNING. Or rigor. Indeed, high quality early childhood classrooms are learning laboratories second only to the home in terms of their life-changing potential. And if your child doesn’t come home covered in paint once in a while, or with grass stains on their pants, you’ve probably chosen the wrong program. Instead look for an endorsement like our hero’s: They didn’t teach me anything, but I had fun. And maybe tomorrow there will be more time to talk about possums. This happy little learner was shared to TT by carliewinkels.

@CTUSpecialEd @heymrsbond Yes! I’m getting clear on absolutes- what is a skill I absolutely want my students to master this year and what does it look like for a student who is proficient, less, and least? Also- less talking on my part, less class novels, less grading…

I don’t have much of a teacher following but throwing this out there: What if we ELA teachers taught just one novel over the course of the year and centered our writing units on this one anchor text? ( using supplemental poems, articles, etc…)

@Chickad44472146 @mountiansrocky @MrDanielBuck Yes, or writing!!! ( which often gets overlooked)

@mountiansrocky @MrDanielBuck It just shocks me! I would be so mad about that. I became a reading specialist and that’s when I realized so many teachers weren’t taught HOW to teach reading. Thankfully, there are stellar online training courses, but I ask what their college tuitions provided? It’s a betrayal.

Do parents know that most schools don’t have a coherent curriculum for teachers to follow? Schools instead run on a cottage industry of activities that teachers found on Google or pull from their own often dubious private collection of worksheets

@DocBates2012 @MrDanielBuck Which curriculum do you use for literacy?

@MrDanielBuck Talk about over-generalization. My district has a K-12 curriculum that is analyzed and adjusted regularly horizontally and vertically. I would bet there are lots of others.

@RdngTeach @heymrsbond I’d love to review your resources! Thx in advance.

@heymrsbond Focus on a particular skill and build on that skill as the year progresses- with complexity and specific content knowledge- I’ve used the Writing Revolution sentence stems and they can be adapted for specific subject areas. tomneedhamteach.wordpress.com/2018/02/21/exp…).

@rmeyer4488 @heymrsbond I’d love to review the materials if you are willing to share! Thx!

@teacherquit We want to be part of a community, to infuse our creativity with learning, to provide an environment that we didn’t have, to share our passion and learn from those much younger. Lifelong learning- optimistic thinking- every day is new.

Honest question, why does anyone want to become a teacher?

@vogler3024 ❤️Brene

Happy Friday! #3024daily

@Reginakern10 @AMarch4OurLives Yes- and if teachers, administrators, and others joined too.

It’s not drag queens, it’s not books, it’s not Black history, it’s not trans rights— GUNS are KILLING KIDS. Nashville: JOIN US and #WalkOut of class and to the state capitol to demand gun safety on MONDAY, APRIL 3 at 10:13 AM. Join us: bit.ly/tn-walkout

I lost someone dear to me today in a school tragedy that should never have happened. Wherever you are, hug your people close.

I know I'm supposed to tweet all day about today’s school shooting at The Covenant School in Nashville. With three kids and three adults shot and killed. Just like I was supposed to write about the 11 other school shootings this year alone. But f*ck it. I refuse. We all know damn well who's to blame. You know it's the NRA. You know it's Republicans who are blocking sane gun reform. At best, they ignore these murders. At worst, they LOVE them — because talk of gun reform will come up, and that INCREASES gun sales. Either way, blood is on their hands. And the rest of us are filled with rage. It's always the same. Every. Single. Time. And it must change. WTF more is there to say?

@AlanGratz Thank you so much for helping us educate and entertain our students with your amazing stories. The virtual visit was generous and very appreciated. Write On!!

Tomorrow tomorrow tomorrow! Join me online at 1pm ET on Tuesday, March 21st for a free virtual school visit. Anyone anywhere can watch! Can't watch live? Watch on demand for up to a month later. Get registered here: crowdcast.io/c/tfsr5vr3y9k5

I’m looking to add Asian poets to my March Madness activity for middle grades. Suggestions?

@iproposethis New Amsterdam- Manifest-Heartstopper

What new shows from the last four or five months are you loving?

@colleen_cruz This is interesting. Can you direct me to more resources about teaching this skill? I know it as the impulsive lizard brain vs the discipline to wait and pause.

Confession: when I first started teaching, the way I handled students who spoke out a lot, or students who rarely spoke out, was the same. I made rules and created consequence/reward systems. 1/

@msreid65857288 Hand up and hold up five fingers then four three two one signaling students to reduce voices to silent by the time I get to one

What classroom management strategies work best for you? I like using “clap once if you can hear me” but I’m looking for other strategies to get students attention

@JKarabinas @rickwormeli2 @DebKrygeris @BarefQQt @thereadingzone Agreed

@rickwormeli2 @DebKrygeris @BarefQQt @tinajlance @thereadingzone It’s a basic article… doesn’t address everything by any means