Spent the day in @MilanElementary yesterday, and yet again found myself marveling at the quality of the student work in districts that use high-quality curriculum.
Second graders, y’all. 👏
#CurriculumMatters #Reading360 @MSSD_Director @1rTammy @hopperj1982
Second graders, y’all. 👏
#CurriculumMatters #Reading360 @MSSD_Director @1rTammy @hopperj1982
“I am proud. I belong here.”
Students are writing first-person narratives from the point of view of Ruby Bridges or Sylvia Mendez, after reading about their experiences as school desegregation pioneers.
#TNReadingForAll
Students are writing first-person narratives from the point of view of Ruby Bridges or Sylvia Mendez, after reading about their experiences as school desegregation pioneers.
#TNReadingForAll
This approach, in which writing flows from the reading/study students have been doing in English Language Arts, is a hallmark of high-quality curriculum.
Here’s more about this unit of the curriculum (@WitWisdomELA), in a @BaltCitySchools parent guide.
baltimorecityschools.org/sites/default/…
Here’s more about this unit of the curriculum (@WitWisdomELA), in a @BaltCitySchools parent guide.
baltimorecityschools.org/sites/default/…
Giving kids writing assignments based on topics they have studied has many benefits.
It optimizes working memory for writing, allowing kids to focus on writing craft, rather than brainstorming ideas to write about. It allows kids to apply new knowledge; helps to make it stick.
It optimizes working memory for writing, allowing kids to focus on writing craft, rather than brainstorming ideas to write about. It allows kids to apply new knowledge; helps to make it stick.
Centering reading and writing lessons on history, science, & art topics is also an intentional design principle of high-quality ELA curricula.
Why? It builds kids’ knowledge about the world, which fuels reading comprehension.
@natwexler explains here:
theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…
Why? It builds kids’ knowledge about the world, which fuels reading comprehension.
@natwexler explains here:
theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…
And giving writing assignments based on common learning is a key equity move. All kids have access to similar background knowledge because they just read the same book!
When we ask kids to write personal narratives about own lives or things they already know, privileged kids+
When we ask kids to write personal narratives about own lives or things they already know, privileged kids+
https://twitter.com/amypento/status/1511803218862518286
start out ahead.
Notoriously, the @TeachersCollege Reading Workshop curriculum gives kids lots of assignments along the lines of “write about a time you took a great trip with your family!”
Guess which kids have more to write about?
#TCImpactDay
Notoriously, the @TeachersCollege Reading Workshop curriculum gives kids lots of assignments along the lines of “write about a time you took a great trip with your family!”
Guess which kids have more to write about?
#TCImpactDay
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