Happy Friday!
My deep profound thoughts for you today....
Pot of Positivity - Today is your last day!
Last day to get a shamrock in for your acts of positivity! Spread that positive energy!
Drawing will be Monday at 2:45pm in the library! You do NOT need to be present to win!
Blog Winner!
Last week, there was a hidden message in the bottom of the blog that said to email me if you had read that far. We had many people enter - linked below is a drawing for the person who won either a lunch or 30 min prep. Click here to watch the drawing - Video
Inclusive Schools Week - next Week!
Next Friday, March 21 is World Down Syndrome Day. Join me in wearing colorful, bold, or mismatcheed socks on this day. Linked is a website which provides resources for teachers if you'd like to do something with your classroom.
As we are doing our amazing Science of Reading learning work, the idea of small group and leveled readers has come up. It will continue to come up as you move into the comprehension module, too. Even outside of this work, I am hearing about how leveled readers and small groups are not beneficial in a literacy block. I want to clarify, as I've been struggling with this one - leveled readers are the concern, not small group instruction. The basic concerns with leveling readers comes down to the fidelity of the leveling (it's hard to find exactly where a student is due to the word choice, complexity, and themes in a story), as well as the idea we never get them into grade level text. This was a big a-ha to me. When we only program at their level, they never experience challenging, complex text. That creates a gap that is almost impossible to close after 4th grade.
I put this in the blog to remind you that we have an opportunity to make great impact with our MTSS/small group time for students left in your classroom. This is a great time to reteach a skill, pull kids to challenge them in text, or just confer with readers. This is the prime time to provide differentiation, which will always have a great impact on learning. Differentiaton is powerful.
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