Have you saved the date yet for the California Reading Association’s Annual Conference? We will be “Lifting Literacy” with an exceptional lineup of speakers to be announced soon! Join us virtually on October 4-5, 2024! CA Reading Assoc ILA

Not my dad charging a mere 25$ for a super interesting PD opportunity where he imparts a vast career’s worth of pedagogical insights. Don’t miss out, high school maths teachers!

When will society come to this conclusion?

Opening keynote Sonia Cabell acknowledges her bestie researcher Tricia Zucker in her first words 💕, and then reminds us of the need for “conversation counts mindset” in working with all learners. #LitLearn2024 #kpdsbpride

A philosophy term that broadly means 'like me-ness'. I read it last night, didn't write it down, and now it would come in handy. Any takers? I'll recognise it when I see it again.

Another child follows in the wake of the previous child’s play, exploring sliding and aligning shapes.

Some rules of engagement develop:

“All the shapes must be touching”

“Or they can fit inside another one”

“I’ve made waves…

and circles!”

#Montessori #eyfs #draw ing #draw

Eudaimonia in action. Such rich EY practice from jo0L5s
Dr Chris Pascal Helen Moylett Dr Sue Allingham #Birthto5Matters Dr Helen J not moving on Williams 🇪🇺🐦 Ruth Swailes Millie's Garden Cassie Holland

“Children’s responses give Ts the perfect opportunity to challenge or support Ss in their next steps.” Sonia Cabell We need to consider the importance of scaffolding upward or downward to develop child’s oral language skills. #LitLearn2024

Given the questionable neuroscience source citings from SoR Advocates, I encourage you to listen to this brilliant discussion by a legitimate expert in the field of neuroscience.

Dr. Steven L. Strauss MD & PhD.
Debunking SoR Neuroscience Claims

gocabe.org/no_on_ab2222/

Important for all classrooms! The famous James Britton quote comes to mind “reading & writing float on a sea of talk”. Also, Peter Johnston points out that thinking together (conversation) leads to better thinking alone. (from memory- not sure of exact quote).

Have you seen the stunning collage created by RobinRB for her poem 'Orcadia' which will accompany it in the Dirigible Balloon anthology later this year (funds raised going to Juvenile Arthritis Research JAR Project #ThinkJIA )? Wonderful stuff Rachel Burrows!

“All talk is not necessarily conversation…”, Sonia Cabell If just 6% of kindergarten day is spent building oral language skills, we need to think about students as active participants in developing, building , and expanding oral language skills. #LitLearn2024

Leah Mermelstein Consulting (LMC) I love stories that bust the false binary between high expectations and just meeting our kids as people. We don’t have to pick teams. The only side we need to be on is the kids’.

RIP
Kitty Donohoe
Fly high!
#curiositycrew
#G2Great

This is a compelling and interesting collection of threads. It's worth keeping two things in mind as you scroll: 75% of the teaching profession is women and there's a phenomenon in education known as the 'glass escalator.'

Important additions to the discussion here by Kimmi Sorg

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Our op-ed The Perils of Outsourcing Education is in today's paper.
Outsourcing education to private organizations and donors is not in the best interest of our students or schools. We stand in support of a robustly, publicly funded public education system.
winnipeg-can.newsmemory.com/?publink=14dc3…

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Even in a lesson in a particular context students may not learn in exactly the same way. Give teaching back to teachers.

But why this complexity? Because students are human beings, rather than chemicals in labs, subject to replicable treatments with replicable results. 3/3

📚 New research alert! Our latest manuscript in the International Journal of Modern Education Studies explores the impact of an eight-week Artful Thinking curriculum on students' critical thinking abilities. The students have shown significant improvement, particularly in…