“But I was deeply inspired to get in the way. And I got in trouble. It was good trouble. Necessary trouble. People must find a way to get in the way and find a way to get in trouble.” ❤️.

Reading partners are MAGIC! And can be even more so when: 1. They‘re friends 2. They get to choose the books they read 3. They respond to books in authentic and FUN ways that work best for them! @Carlmciara & I made a partner menu that just might add that extra bit of magic. 🤩

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Look at my teachers’ brilliance!! We tried out a whole-class conversation digitally on @yoteachapp and they knocked it out of the park! Teachers— take as many risks virtually as you would in-person. The only way is up 📈☺️ #tcrwp

Lucy opens the TCRWP June Reading Institute with some powerful words: "Where does this moment come from? In America. we come from a legacy of racism and anti-Blackness. From generations of us looking away. From 8 minutes and 45 seconds." #tcrwp.

Thank you so much Sarah! I’m so glad. 🥰 One thing I wish I had mentioned- you are not in this alone! Develop your toolkit alongside your grade team or even just one teacher friend. Your greatest tool, above all, is the knowledge and experience you and others share. 💖 #tcrwp.

So excited to have grown my personal collection of diverse, #ownvoices texts. Here are some of my recent purchases, almost all from Black-owned, Bronx-based @thelitbar and volunteer-run, Latinx community bookshop @WordUpBooks in Washington Heights. 😍📚

I needed to hear this. It is weighing heavily on me, as it should be. I‘ll be sitting with this one for awhile.

Add 👏🏼 this 👏🏼 book 👏🏼 to your classroom libraries. Support and celebrate the Black, teenage (I repeat: TEENAGE 👊🏼😍) authors. Teach into their message. And please consider buying it from a Black-owned bookstore (like @thelitbar - they deliver!) 😌 .

I‘ve been soaking in every ounce of @RachelCargle’s brilliance & I recommend everyone do the work of her social syllabus. There is so much (un)learning to be done. And let me be clear—I get to learn about (and not live) this because of my white privilege.

I’ve appreciated seeing institutions (and individuals) making statements against racism that are LONG overdue. But to my alma mater—this isn’t good enough. Those of us who are racially privileged? The only ‘racially privileged’ group is white folx. Don’t give us a pass. Say it.

“The educator has the duty of not being neutral.” - Paulo Freire. Teaching is political. #BlackLivesMatter.

RT @DrIbram: Protest is the heartbeat of humanity. It is the sound of human rights beating to live.

YES! 🙌🏼 We don’t deliver perfect minilessons in the classroom, why would we (or anyone else) expect that for a recording? It’s important for kids to witness our mistakes as well as our celebration of vulnerability. ❤️.

How are you taking advantage of this unprecedented amount of time at home? Personally, I’m developing a new and improved demo reader’s notebook! 📔🤓 Up first: pages reflecting on my reading life & identity. Here’s a sneak peek! 😍(coming soon—writing about my reading 👏🏼) #tcrwp

My best friend & I 👯‍♀️ are navigating distance learning for students & for ourselves! Continuing our book club was so important to us. 📚 We’re reading Remy Lai’s Pie in the Sky and decided to film one of our Zoom chats. Feel free to use with your students!

Tackling extended response prompts can be tricky! For kids who need support breaking down the prompt & planning, I find making it more concrete & tactile works wonders. 🌟 It’s as simple as cutting up a prompt & a structure tool. Kids place strips—then tap & rehearse! 👏🏼 #tcrwp

Unit charts can be used in small groups to engage kids in deliberate practice & goal-setting! This reader was ecstatic to show off just how many times he tried to let his NF text spark a conversation— he even captured his most ‘sparked’💥 thinking on a sticky! ☺️ #tcrwp

Ah yes, the dreaded part-to-whole 🥴 The progressions are so valuable! If we don’t take the time to really understand them—put them in our own words & try the work in a text we know well—then it’ll make supporting our kids that much harder. Kids’ LPs should be marked up too! 👏🏼.

This is so genius! 🤯 These 3rd grade teachers made bins for parts of the checklist that kids can access independently. On the back of the cards are annotated examples of what the work looks like. AND kids volunteer to include examples of their own work for others to use! #tcrwp

Our specialty group is studying predictable problems with literary essay. When creating supports for these issues, we’re considering the steps writers need to take to 1. identify their pitfall THEMSELVES (if we tell them upfront, how will they monitor thereafter?) & 2. solve it.