This is such an important part of our curriculum that should not be undervalued or dismissed. Students are developing identities as readers &thinkers.The magic of falling in love with books doesn’t happen without commitment & efforts from our teachers! @MrsBBakerReads @allenelem

TY @JSerravallo & @TimRasinski1 4 reminders about the importance of fluency. It is the bridge 2 comprehension. When we teach fluency, we are also supporting students with the other aspects of the reading rope.

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about fluency & the role it plays in the sciences of reading: I’ve heard from many that have shifted 2 curriculums largely focused on phonics & decoding that students’ fluency has suffered..

Planning for small groups early on in the unit so that once students are up and running so are we! This teacher is ready to meet his students where they are and give writers targeted feedback to move them forward as writers.

Grades 3-5 new writing units will give kids less time to work on one piece. They don’t needs to spend weeks on one piece. In place they need to rinse & repeat across the unit & produce more. @LucyCalkins

“Time to write daily is what leads to kids growth in writing.”@LucyCalkins

The most effective schools are characterized by having common values and methods around the teaching of writing @LucyCalkins

Thinking about all the ways shared writing can be powerful in the upper grades. We are using an anchor chart from the UOS, providing more prompts when needed, and putting students in the work right away. SW is a great way to immerse students in the new genre prior 2 launch!

What a beautiful way to celebrate and publish. ❤️

Deep into a unit and not sure how to pull small groups? Middle school teachers used the bands of text complexity character strand to do research only conferences. We were ready to pull small groups right away.

These teachers dug in 2 👀 at student writing, planned for small groups, and we made a lab and went for it! The Rally, Try It SG’s support kids with immediate transfer and lots of practice. Keep up the great work @srasteele215

When we know better, we do better.

#newELARTEKS Texas RLA friends! I started making my student & teacher friendly rubrics for the new extended constructed response items based on yesterday's release from TEA. https://t.co/LB6EqAz7lr @Kelslate @tenilleshade @shereegfelan

Stop teaching memorization of high frequency words through chants. Shift to promoting phoneme grapheme relationships so kids understand regular vs irregular parts.

Love how the little shifts In the language used with kids can have a huge impact.

K-2 teachers @BeltonISD going through the writing process. Doing the work we will ask our students to do makes us 💪 teachers. These teachers are going to be superstars for their students! @WarrenINPD

Loved working with these new to workshop teachers today. @BeltonISD they bravely stepped into the work of living writerly lives & are prepped to launch the year building strong writing communities. @WarrenINPD

This right here 👇Teachers matter most for students, not programs! We need to invest in our teachers.

This video serves as a great mentor text for districts& schools 2 promote & advocate the amazing literacy work that is happening inside our schools. We need more of this! With so much negativity in the main stream media,let’s be proactive and control the narrative

Yes! 👏