Amy W Pento
@amypento
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Instructional Specialist, Spanish teacher, CAS holder, news junkie, SU fan, dabbler in cognitive psychology, wife, mom o' 2. Sleep matters; start school later.
Joined March 2009
Is it really true that K-12 students just don't read full books anymore? Excellent reporting from @SarahDSparks @educationweek
https://t.co/91yBfPqMO8
edweek.org
Measuring whether "whole texts" are vanishing in favor of excerpts isn't clear cut.
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We have all lost our minds. Grown ups need to go back to grownupping
And teachers rarely encourage full sentences in secondary school. Huge praise for one word answers very common. Parents often push back if school does insist on full sentences. Parents often cite ‘anxiety’. Schools often back down. Hoping to avoid negative pr.
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I promise this amazing text will get you rethinking your literacy instruction for the better @Doug_Lemov
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3. Students immediately started answering the questions and they had more time to think about the concepts. I was able to use cold call afterward to build up a class discussion and it went great! Students also commented that they preferred this method of Do Now's.
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In the implementation of MTSS, intervention isn't the starting point. Year one, is all about tier one. Investing there first will pay off in the end. #LeadInclusion #MTSS #UDL #TeacherTwitter #EduSky
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Good read in @TheAtlantic, summarizing a lot of challenges in American education. Lots of similarities in Canada:
theatlantic.com
Declining standards and low expectations are destroying American education.
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Well said @SteveStuWill
"A teacher shouldn’t have to marry a psychologist in order to learn that Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences is wrong." [Link below.]
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Warning ⚠️ True school improvement is not sexy.
This is the book I’ve been waiting for!!! Join the book study on it by registering on Eventbrite. It’s free and good fun. https://t.co/JPqVsLRjT1
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Do parents know that this is the nonsense that teachers are being fed at teachers’ conferences? There is absolutely no way any district should be spending money on programs that promote such obvious snake oil. Great way to ensure kids DON’T succeed in math. ⬇️
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A nice round-up of data/research (such as there is) on an important question. https://t.co/ZvYpFthSch Includes the @SussexUni study showing huge gains for poor readers whose teachers read aloud 2 novels. We need more data on using whole books vs. excerpts. @karenvaites
edweek.org
Measuring whether "whole texts" are vanishing in favor of excerpts isn't clear cut.
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"Around 2013, ... progress began to stall out, and then to backslide dramatically. What exactly went wrong?" You had me at, "a pervasive refusal to hold children to high standards". Bingo https://t.co/wuvhenGoR2
theatlantic.com
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Great teaching starts with understanding how learning happens. Join us Nov 5 or 14 in Maryland for a Learning Science Institute that makes the science of learning come alive. Register here: https://t.co/KpjW8WqF2D
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Retrieval practice is one of the most robust ...
learningscientists.org
Here to help you learn more!
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Yup — no one bats an eye using stuff from TpT, but bring in a knowledge-rich, sequenced curriculum — on a printed page???
Lots of buzz about @HKorbey’s review of the unfortunate curriculum review landscape. Here’s @StamStam193’s reaction:
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I wish Sean had taught my own children
I have a 5th grader who has her heart on going to Law School. I'm creating a "5th grade law school" morphology booklet for her. I will come up with more examples. This is just a start. What roots would you add?
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taught because it ties it all in. Morphology instruction improves decoding of multisyllabic words, spelling, and vocabulary. Every teacher and school leader should ask themselves if what they are doing for the time that they have is best for kids. This is what I do. 9/
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Parents, only 35% of our state's children are reading at a proficient level. Here's how you know if your school is on the right track to fixing this problem and questions you could ask during parent conferences 👇 1. Your school needs to be emphasizing the role of KNOWLEDGE in
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"And whether it is London, Ballarat or Chile, you meet that teacher who feels lonely in their school. They mention Willingham or Rosenshine to colleagues a draw blank faces. Then they come to researchED and feel like they have come home." Yep...🙂 Thank you, @tombennett71
The sheer whiplash of coming on here and seeing haters faux-earnestly questioning where the money from the bargain basement entrance fee to researchED goes and then walking into researchED Santiago and seeing a global grassroots movement empowering teachers in the same way it
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I get why teachers like this paradigm. "Fostering a love of reading" feels more energizing than reaching kids TO read. They haven't experienced joyful reading that is also difficult. But let me tell you, kids can "be readers" when they read grade level text with support. (8/9)
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