Whitney Whealdon

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Check out my updated post on wonder and curiosity for kids and learning! whitneywhealdon.substack.com/p/the-world-wi…

New post on Substack and Medium: whitneywhealdon.substack.com/p/let-the-kids… and Let the Kids Play! medium.com/secret-life-of…

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After a long hiatus, I'm back! Check out my latest on Substack or Medium... open.substack.com/pub/whitneywhe… or medium.com/secret-life-of…

@tbeasleyjr What are LDOE’s plans for supporting districts in both hurricane preparation and response? Since students might be displaced from their homes or have no power and they won’t have a school building to go to for their learning, how will they continue to learn?

A pandemic and now a pair of storms in the Gulf. School communicators are going the extra mile to keep families informed. You got this!

Just released - draft of the new Reading Framework for the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), assessment; aka Nation’s Report Card. NOW READY for public feedback! naepframeworkupdate.org/framework-draft

How to Develop Culturally Responsive Teaching for Distance Learning kqed.org/mindshift/5594…

@EmmaRadford4 @blueegg3r @ReadingShanahan Strategies for AP Lang would serve you well. Also, learnzillion.com/resources/1341…. Skip to Close Reading in the Guidebooks. The circles provide a schema for tackling “accordances” in complex text.

@blueegg3r @ReadingShanahan I was wondering the same. Do you have any recommendations on where I can read further on this idea of affordances in reading comprehension, especially on suggested strategies? A really thought-provoking blog. Thank you.

Are we teaching reading comprehension? I don't think so and here is how we can change that to be more effective. shanahanonliteracy.com/blog/why-not-t…

@rpondiscio You can take it one step further! google.com/amp/s/www.thed…

@natwexler @readingwriter12 @ClassroomD4 @TorreyPalmer1 Ooo—I think I’ll be there, too! I hope to see both of you!

@readingwriter12 @whealdon @ClassroomD4 @TorreyPalmer1 I think I'll be there too!

Revisiting and reflecting on 7 years of work was both affirming and thought provoking. Thanks @natwexler for challenging all of us to do better for our kids! And thanks for the mini-reunion with @ClassroomD4 @TorreyPalmer1 and @readingwriter12—wish it were in person not writing!

Another thoughtful and immensely practical read! The education profession is made better because of your brains @MJLiben @LibenDavid and my life is enriched by your mentorship!

I’ve accepted a challenge from @ToniAnnVroom to post 7 covers of books I love: No explanations - or reviews, only covers.

@JulieStephenson @EmilyNHowell I want to know more about this one!

@martinhalfdozen @ESmileyELA See—now I got to read this!

I’ve accepted a challenge from @whealdon to post 7 covers of books I love: No explanations - or reviews, only covers. Each time I post a cover, I’ll ask someone to take up the challenge. 1 cover a day for a week. Challenge goes to @ESmileyELA.

@martinhalfdozen @ToniAnnVroom I knew you would ;)

@whealdon @ToniAnnVroom I’m in!

I’ve accepted a challenge from @ToniAnnVroom to post 7 covers of books I love: No explanations - or reviews, only covers. Each time I post a cover, I’ll ask someone to take up the challenge. 1 cover a day for a week. Challenge goes to @martinhalfdozen