Thankful for an exciting, empowering two days of professional learning alongside @apsupdate educators 🧑‍🏫. Armed with new understandings about how the science of reading impacts secondary readers, we examined new ELA standards to imagine responsive approaches to complex texts.

Middle School ELA! @CatoosaSchools Teachers were in the midst of a dystopian short stories unit 😳 focusing on identifying theme. We chose not to replace original texts w/ abridged versions, but instead offered supportive and scaffolded oral readings of complex texts to tee up

Take a 👀 at the new website, and reach out if you are curious about the powerful collaboration happening in classrooms across the country.

LAST CHANCE! Secure your spot in Jennifer Serravallo's exclusive online institute and master teaching reading across all subjects. Time is running out - register now! https://t.co/DVgMcL2zIz

This is THE book that we all need! It's a timely balm for for our teacher hearts. @JSerravallo offers wise, practical advice for implementing research-driven practices and structures across the day! Also, don't sleep on the amazing VIDEOS that accompany this newest resource!

A Word Ladder for Teacher Appreciation Week! 1. Teachers 2. Teach 3. Beach 4. Peach 5. Peak 6. Peck 7. Pack 8. Sack 9. Sock 10. Rock ! Teachers Rock! Thank you Teachers for all you do!

TOMORROW! Last chance to register... https://t.co/DaJvIwNpEU (it will be recorded and shared, too, for anyone registered)

New on the blog today (with new posts planned every couple of weeks!) Hope it's helpful. Would love to hear your thoughts.

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The researchers estimated: If a student spends 10 hours reading in print in their free time, their ability to comprehend will likely be six to eight times higher than if they read on digital devices for the same amount of time. https://t.co/CZxamRh12E (6/8)

My six year old is LOVING the newest pigeon book!

🧵1/? This is a cautionary tale. Throwing out one curriculum and swapping it in for a new one is not it. Leaders....are you listening? https://t.co/BU7vDy3tGn

Talented teachers in @PikeGASD are expanding their reading small grp practice to include skill based groups. Ts explored ways to explicitly and effectively offer strategies. Next, their peers noticed engagement was high and we could teach more kids in less time. 💥 @JSerravallo

A powerful day with @GrowingRdrsGA where we role played supportive, intentional debriefing sessions that honor teachers’ time and goals. @JSerravallo

Another fascinating conversation! This time @TimRasinski1 and @JSerravallo cover fluency, teacher agency and best practices. Their talk reminds us to lean on our most current reading model and shows how kids could have JOYful interactions with text! ❤️

An inspiring conversation full of science, reason, compassion and humility to help us start the school year with intention and hope.

This is important reading for all us as we consider evidence-based practices in our classrooms. Teacher expertise matters and being able to respond -- in the moment -- matters. This resource helps us do that very thing. https://t.co/Uavo0xSktA

What tool helps with reading, writing, small groups, conferring and whole class instruction? Read Aloud! ⁦@darvictory⁩ and I loved planning powerful Read Alouds to launch the year with ⁦@glynncoschools⁩ teachers! ⁦@JSerravallo⁩

I ❤️ summer PD! W/o the hustle and bustle of the school year, teachers can slow down, reflect and (re)imagine next year's curriculum. A lot of discussion and data diving led to smart, engaging, jointly created writing units to kick off the next school year! @JSerravallo