Ms. Benison-
@BenisonMrs
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A mom & passionate teacher. Wilson certified. LETRS local trainer. UFLI, OG & PAF trained. #SOR believer & lifetime learner. My tweets are my personal views.
New York, NY
Joined March 2019
RT @PamelaSnow2: And a system that regularly graduates functionally illiterate students is propped up by initial teacher education programs….
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RT @MrZachG: What is natural isn’t always what feels good. Kids need adults who shape their behavior. This is how our species raises kids.….
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RT @neetu_arnold: 🧵You might’ve heard of restorative justice and how it’s messed up school discipline. But have you heard of PBIS? . For @C….
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RT @MrZachG: Here are some videos of teachers and leaders who use DI, and a new podcast with Robyn Young about the cognitive science of exp….
educationrickshaw.com
I recently joined Robyn Young on her podcast Behind the Educator’s Lens for a conversation that felt refreshingly honest. We talked about cognitive science, instructional clarity, and why sometimes…
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Lucky teachers!.
A first for everything: principals cornering me on break to identify what THEY can de-implement. Off camera? Admin blasting Let It Go while axing ‘I can’ statements + TpT junk and so many teacher cheers ✨ #Deimplementation . Thank YOU Butler SD! @AIMtoLearn
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RT @MissyPurcell: Education research is at a turning point. Cuts to funding & dismantling of the Dept. of Ed threaten the future of reading….
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RT @drheidibc: Another banger from @ehanford dropped today. In her body of brilliant work, this episode is a uniquely valuable gem that shi….
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The latest “Sold a Story” episode is out. For reference, programs like UFLI foundations would not exist without federal reading research funding. Who are these cuts benefitting? .Here is a hint: it is not the students or the teachers.
features.apmreports.org
There's an idea about how children learn to read that's held sway in schools for more than a generation — even though it was proven wrong by cognitive scientists decades ago. Teaching methods based...
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I think there are many reasons why teachers are not vocal about their advocacy efforts for kids within the educational system. I get it. There are many reasons for this and everyone situation is different. But let me tell you this, I think it’s important that teachers start.
@BenisonMrs Thank you!. And after 3 years of arguing with admin that my kids can’t read & graduating non reading 8th graders to HS (😡), my principal is buying the StoryShares program for me. It’s FANTASTIC, especially designed for older students. I am so excited about this year!.
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I was lucky that around my 2nd or 3rd year as a teacher I was partnered with a teacher who knew this and lived this. I learned from her that every behavior I expected from my students needed to be explicitly taught and modeled starting on day one. Without this piece, I don’t.
Some behaviors are more important than others to focus on first. A posture of attention. Walking behaviors in the hallway. Lining up. Packing up. Sitting on the carpet. Participation norms. What people get wrong is you can’t just describe them. You have to teach them explicitly.
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RT @JamieClass5: @BenisonMrs I’m making inroads using retrieval practice for the first time!. On day 6, my SpEd middle schoolers could defi….
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"Nobody is a native speaker of academic language.".Susan Lambert, Ed.D.
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RT @Doug_Lemov: England has transformed its schools using ideas from US educators at exactly the same time the US has foundered (& ignored….
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One could argue that the University of Virginia cognitive psychologist Daniel Willingham is one of the most influential Americans of the 21st century. Willingham has observed that we have learned...
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RT @HistoryMatrs: Want better comprehension?.Teach content. Want better writing?.Teach content. Want better thinking?.You already know the….
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