The ARI Data Inquiry Protocol is in action at Sun Valley! Way to go, LRS Mrs. Aaron, for brilliantly using this protocol to guide data conversations with K-3 teachers. @Alabama_Reading

LRS, Mrs. Aaron, she micro-modeled the sentence anagrams strategy to help build students’ syntactic awareness. Next, she supported students with the completion of an extended sentence builder chart & answering sentence-level comprehension questions. @Alabama_Reading

It was a powerful day of professional learning at Sun Valley. Participants delved into their vocabulary standards from the COS; learned why vocabulary is important; and observed an explicit vocabulary lesson from their regional support. @Alabama_Reading @AnjulenaJ_ARI

Family Literacy Night at Sun Valley was a huge success! LRS, Mrs. Aaron, provided parents with information regarding the Alabama Literacy Act and methods to support scholars with literacy at home! @Alabama_Reading @Aaron4Literacy

Today @CFPExtraYard and @Birmingham_Bowl surprised Jackson-Olin’s Dr. Sarah Moland, BCS Secondary Teacher of the Year and finalist for Alabama Teacher of the Year with its Extra Yard for Teachers award! #BigDayforTeachers #ExtraYardWeek

Representatives from @CFPExtraYard & the @Birmingham_Bowl surprised Sun Valley's Sharya Aaron, BCS Elementary Teacher of the Year and Finalist for Alabama Teacher of the Year, with the Extra Year for Teachers award on Friday. #SuccessStartsHere #ExtraYardWeek #BigDayForTeachers

Shoutout to LRS, @Aaron4Literacy, for launching her full coaching cycle with 1st grade teacher, Ms. Molette! I'm excited about the gains they'll see in student data as a result of this partnership. @Alabama_Reading

2021 ELA Courses of Study + LETRS manuals + CKLA Teacher Editions = a powerful planning session at Sun Valley! @Alabama_Reading

Day 2 of grade-level planning was so productive! Teachers built syllable sorting folders for each of their 2nd and 3rd graders to engage in syllable work during the upcoming school year. @Alabama_Reading

What a wonderful day of teaching and learning at Sun Valley. Pictured are our scholars engaging word webs; reading decodable text; sorting targeted words; and chaining words. @Alabama_Reading

How it Started vs. How it's Going UPDATE!! Remember back in 2022, when Counting Collections made their debut at Sun Valley??? Now they'll be in every K-2 room beginning the 2024-25 school year! Whoot, Whoot! #Aaron4Literacy #Aaron4theWholeChild

Summer learning is off to a great start at Sun Valley. Students had an opportunity to practice their understanding of the floss spelling rule by building words with grapheme tiles. For accountability, students recorded the words they'd built. @Alabama_Reading

Shout out to Sun Valley for an amazing day of EOY data discussions. K-3 teachers celebrated their successes; analyzed historical data over the past three years; identified strengths and needs; and set goals for the upcoming school year. @Alabama_Reading

At Sun Valley, we spent the day tying it all together. Teachers tied the strands of Scarborough’s Rope together and developed a deeper understanding of all the components required for students to become skilled readers. @Alabama_Reading

Happy Teacher Appreciation Week to all the incredible educators in Alabama! Your dedication and hard work do not go unnoticed. You pour your heart and soul into shaping the minds of our future generation. We are grateful! Keep shining, making a difference every single day!

The #ALBOE also approved resolutions commending each of the District Teacher Teachers of the Year

https://t.co/bUnbfyIb0E

District 4 with Dr Yvette Richardson

Congrats again to Sharya Aaron of Sun Valley Elem. & Dr. Sarah Moland of Jackson-Olin H.S.! Last night, our BCS & State District 4 Teachers of the Year were honored among the 16 finalists for State Teacher of the Year. We're proud of you ladies! #BCSstrong #SuccessStartsHere

I love how data is always at the forefront of staff meetings at Sun Valley. We got to analyze historical data; celebrate growth; anticipate even more growth by the end of this school year; and discuss the importance of Tier 1 instruction. @Alabama_Reading