Today in class I said “In the words of A Tribe Called Quest… can I kick it”
And without missing a literal beat a student echoed back “YES YOU CAN” and now it’s our class anthem and his parents are my favorite

The end.

I have some significant behavior needs in my class this year and it was suggested that I try a Kindness challenge so anyway…. Instead I naturally spent my weekend writing an SEL curriculum 😏

But I did incorporate that idea as an end activity so 🥰

Striking to me that the state mandates to counter the damage done by one curriculum have done absolutely nothing other than replace the bad w arguably worse

We should be addressing the root of the problems which all circle back to
-Attracting and retaining talent
-small class sizes
-true HQIM

The over focus on *just* Lucy as we move away from “balanced literacy” will be the downfall of reading instruction over the next decade. While methods given focus in her program where indeed bad practice there are equally damaging (but in the opposite direction) programs dominating the market now

Teachers in year two of Into Reading are expressing concerns over seeing the lowest iReady growth scores they have ever seen

It’s almost as if all of the teachers expressing concerns over bloated basals were right all along 😬💔

My 4 yr old son just now: Mom I’m sick!
Me: You’re sick?
Son: Yes!! I’m sick of going to school!!
😅🫠

Anyone else feel like they are living in a dystopian Marvel movie or…?

Who are these lawyers and are they down for future lawsuits involving other false advertising curriculum programs and companies 👀

www.edweek.org/teaching-lea...

The social app algorithms have my sense of humor down, I’m rather impressed.

I often come across suggestions that teachers need to be experts in children's literature and, crucially, that significant amounts of professional development time should be devoted to achieving this aim.

Let's explore this idea a little because I think aspects of it are problematic. 🧵🪡