Elementary School Principal, Book Lover, and International Adventurer.
San Francisco, CA
Joined April 2014
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Teachers, I am giving away 2 more free Zooms, 30 minutes each, to share I Survived, writing strategies, knowledge & anything else you would like.
@LisaLiss22 & @teamcourage, I loved being with your kids so much I'm doing this again!
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Today’s activity is to design your own Zoom reactions cards. Made with scraps of upcycled cardboard, these cards allow you to express your thoughts and reactions even while on mute. Looking forward to seeing what my students come up with!
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Could we turn our reading strategies into a game? Think about what has to come at the beginning of a book, the middle and the end as well as what happens throughout! Using the 4th grade interp characters charts to build transference for HF. #tcrwp
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A1: For literary essay, sentence stems can be helpful to help kids who are new to lit essay writing try out different kinds of claims. These options can help them to see more in texts than they would otherwise! #tcrwp
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Tired of run-on sentences that overuse “and,” “so,” “then”?
Create semantic webs around each of these repeat offenders—and teach writers to use more sophisticated transitions in their place.
#ELLInstitute @TCRWP
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To support schools in adding appropriate quality graphic novels to their collections, I’ve created the padlet below. Every book listed is the first in a series. I’ll add to it periodically as I read and collect more titles. #tcrwp enjoy! #handpickedGN
padlet.com/eric_hand/GNbands
“Your expectations are their ceiling. Be the lone nut dancing in the meadow. Be out there with absolute conviction that this will be the most amazing year ever.” -@LucyCalkins #tcrwp
Check out the great work being done at @MESBlueDevils!
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Kids’ tip for short responses & extended response intros: rehearse “in the air” AT LEAST 6 times with a partner—3 times each, back & forth, improving each time—as we coach into them. Getting an in-the-mouth felt sense of a good response can embed a language pattern into memory. – at Manhattan, NY
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Ever have a minilesson go great on the rug only to wonder if kids are on the same planet when you send them off to work independently?😂One way to support transfer is to show kids there are MULTIPLE strategies to achieve a skill. Teachers at PS 449 in the S Bronx practice this
A10: Students keep a special section in the back of their readers notebook to record the titles and authors they loved and why. Students are encouraged to return to the books on their list for inspiration and to use as mentor texts. #tcrwp
A9: You can create a special section in the classroom library to display the picture books you read in class. You can also keep a folder in the Writing Center with various student samples from Writing Pathways that matched the genre you are studying. #tcrwp
A8: A great place to start is by looking at recent award-winning childrens books. @nytimesbooks, @wearealsc and @diversebooks “Where to find…” list are good places to look. #tcrwp
A5: Encourage kids to choose texts that move them as readers and try out the craft moves of that author. You can model how to markup a mentor text using a checklist technique to support student independence. #tcrwp
A4: Prior to each unit, the kids "speed date" with pre-selected short stories or typed picture books. They have 5 minutes to "meet" (read) each text and then choose one they love. I then teach them how to use it as a mentor text using these steps. #tcrwp
A2: Two great mentors texts for writing are: Jabari Jumps for narrative writing and Elephants for non-fiction. #tcrwp
