#G2Great Archive
This chat is dedicated to continuing the conversation about teacher reflection it's based on Dr. Mary Howard's book Good to Great Teaching.
Thursday April 20, 2017
8:30 PM EDT
hayhurst3
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 8:30 PM EDT
Welcome to
#G2Great
@brennanamy
@DrMaryHoward
& I are so pleased to have
@VickiVintonTMAP
&
@dorobarn
w/us!
DrMaryHoward
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 8:30 PM EDT
Welcome
#G2Great
friends. We are so excited to have an amazing DUO tonight - Dorothy & Vicki. Get ready to be inspired!
participatechat
Apr 20 @ 8:30 PM EDT
Participate in the upcoming
#G2Great
by sharing resources and collaborating at
https://t.co/FB8JlXMi8b
LRobbTeacher
Apr 20 @ 8:30 PM EDT
Thanks, Mary! Such an important topic!
#G2Great
In reply to @DrMaryHoward
hayhurst3
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 8:30 PM EDT
Basking in the brilliance of
#G2Great
PLN we cover ALL the bases!
franmcveigh
Apr 20 @ 8:29 PM EDT
Love, love, love when the brilliance rubs off!
@LRobbTeacher
@hayhurst3
@DrMaryHoward
@VickiVintonTMAP
@tara_smith5
#G2great
#WRRD
In reply to @hayhurst3, @LRobbTeacher, @VickiVintonTMAP, @dorobarn, @DrMaryHoward, @brennanamy, @LRobbTeacher, @hayhurst3, @DrMaryHoward, @VickiVintonTMAP, @tara_smith5
btkissel
Apr 20 @ 8:30 PM EDT
YES! I'm excited!
#G2Great
In reply to @hayhurst3, @VickiVintonTMAP
tara_smith5
Apr 20 @ 8:30 PM EDT
My next hour is going to be spent with the amazing
#G2Great
community &
@VickiVintonTMAP
@dorobarn
. How lucky am I?
#G2Great
DrMaryHoward
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 8:31 PM EDT
So happy you are Hilary. The questions are for ALL of us and will help you envision this amazing book,.
#G2Great
hilarym99
Apr 20 @ 8:29 PM EDT
These look like great questions! I haven't read yet but am definitely going to listen in!
In reply to @hayhurst3, @VickiVintonTMAP, @dorobarn, @brennanamy, @DrMaryHoward
VickiVintonTMAP
Apr 20 @ 8:31 PM EDT
#G2Great
I think we’re the lucky ones. It’s an honor to be part of this community
tammylani
Apr 20 @ 8:31 PM EDT
Tweets for the next hour will be devoted to
#G2Great
.
drmcgaughy
Apr 20 @ 8:31 PM EDT
Hello! I'm Jonna from GA and I teach Kindergarten.
#G2great
ElisaW5
Apr 20 @ 8:31 PM EDT
Looking forward to
#G2Great
tonight, but will be bouncing in and out. I know this chat is going to be fast and furious!
d_parella
Apr 20 @ 8:31 PM EDT
#G2great
Chats are ultimate PD and build connections - so inspiring and rejuvenating
hayhurst3
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 8:32 PM EDT
Hi Tara I've been missing your voice. How are you?
#G2Great
Would love to catch up on your year so far.
In reply to @tara_smith5, @VickiVintonTMAP, @dorobarn
brettelockyer
Apr 20 @ 8:32 PM EDT
Hi there thinker-friends! Brette from Perth, Western Australia.
#wrrd
#wrrdchat
#G2Great
LittyMathai
Apr 20 @ 8:32 PM EDT
Hello Reading Gurus! Litty from Mason, OH
#G2Great
DrMaryHoward
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 8:32 PM EDT
We’re all so lucky Tara (and hi friend!)
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tara_smith5
Apr 20 @ 8:30 PM EDT
My next hour is going to be spent with the amazing
#G2Great
community &
@VickiVintonTMAP
@dorobarn
. How lucky am I?
#G2Great
hayhurst3
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 8:32 PM EDT
Come join us on
#G2Great
we do think better together.
VickiVintonTMAP
Apr 20 @ 8:31 PM EDT
#G2Great
I think we’re the lucky ones. It’s an honor to be part of this community
btkissel
Apr 20 @ 8:32 PM EDT
AGREED!
#G2Great
In reply to @d_parella
MrsLisaMc
Apr 20 @ 8:32 PM EDT
Love
#g2great
!!! Inspiring every single week! Hi from NJ!
hayhurst3
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 8:33 PM EDT
This is one reason why I love teaching. It's the wonder and discovery of sitting down next to a S & asking "What do you think?"
#G2Great
hayhurst3
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 8:33 PM EDT
Hi Tammy so happy to have you with us.
#G2Great
In reply to @tammylani
VickiVintonTMAP
Apr 20 @ 8:33 PM EDT
#G2Great
Hello
@ElisaW5
! AND
@brettelockyer
! We’ve got Ecuador & Australia with us!
ShelfieTalk
Apr 20 @ 8:33 PM EDT
Hi from Kim and Jill joining from Fredericton NB. Looking forward to a wonderful hour of learning with the
#G2Great
community.
mindi_r
Apr 20 @ 8:33 PM EDT
#g2great
Mindi here. Third grade teacher in the Chicago suburbs. Spent my afternoon in a PD meeting with
@SweeneyDiane
. Ready to think!
DrMaryHoward
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 8:33 PM EDT
You’re so right Danielle. Thursday night is my favorite night of the week because of that!
#G2Great
d_parella
Apr 20 @ 8:31 PM EDT
#G2great
Chats are ultimate PD and build connections - so inspiring and rejuvenating
jerhende
Apr 20 @ 8:33 PM EDT
Hello all! I am Jeremiah, third grade teacher from NM. Happy to be here!
#g2great
teachjanderson
Apr 20 @ 8:33 PM EDT
Hello everyone. Tyler from KC. Excited to learn with everyone tonight.
#g2great
LRobbTeacher
Apr 20 @ 8:33 PM EDT
A1 A huge challenge is Time for choice, ind. reading at school. Worksheets rear their pointless heads too often.
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jhaylett16
Apr 20 @ 8:33 PM EDT
Hi. Jenn here, K teacher in South Florida.
#G2Great
DrMaryHoward
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 8:33 PM EDT
Hey Jeremiah. Always so good to see you!
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jerhende
Apr 20 @ 8:33 PM EDT
Hello all! I am Jeremiah, third grade teacher from NM. Happy to be here!
#g2great
hayhurst3
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 8:34 PM EDT
#G2Great
chrisp16
Apr 20 @ 8:34 PM EDT
Hello! Glad to see you here tonight!
#g2great
In reply to @ElisaW5
franmcveigh
Apr 20 @ 8:34 PM EDT
So good to see you, Brette!
@brettelockyer
#WRRD
#G2Great
trevorabryan
Apr 20 @ 8:34 PM EDT
Trevor. Art teacher from NJ. Huge fan of
#WRRD
. Thanks
@dorobarn
&
@VickiVintonTMAP
Your work has influenced me tremendously
#G2Great
tara_smith5
Apr 20 @ 8:34 PM EDT
Yes! This is what teaching is all about. For our kids and for us-wonder&discovery=learning
#G2Great
hayhurst3
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 8:33 PM EDT
This is one reason why I love teaching. It's the wonder and discovery of sitting down next to a S & asking "What do you think?"
#G2Great
maryannesacco
Apr 20 @ 8:34 PM EDT
Teaching 2nd graders and excited for
#G2Great
with
@dorobarn
and
@VickiVintonTMAP
!
Teachr4
Apr 20 @ 8:34 PM EDT
Hi everyone! Leigh Anne 6th grade ELA from Indiana.
#g2great
DrMaryHoward
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 8:34 PM EDT
If we ever stop asking questions & collaborating with others, we stop growing - and that’s never in the best interest of kids!
#G2Great
hayhurst3
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 8:34 PM EDT
Great
#G2Great
In reply to @hilarym99, @VickiVintonTMAP, @dorobarn, @brennanamy, @DrMaryHoward
tammylani
Apr 20 @ 8:34 PM EDT
Thanks,
@hayhurst3
! Excited tolerant alongside all of you!
#G2Great
In reply to @hayhurst3, @hayhurst3
hayhurst3
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 8:35 PM EDT
Q1
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btkissel
Apr 20 @ 8:35 PM EDT
Hi All! Brian here, professor from North Carolina.
#G2Great
JCrossedu
Apr 20 @ 8:35 PM EDT
Hi everyone! Jill,Dir of Teaching & Learning from FL
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KinneyCourts
Apr 20 @ 8:35 PM EDT
#G2Great
Tweeting from beautiful SoCal & this amazing view tonight
@DrMaryHoward
@hayhurst3
@brennanamy
DrMaryHoward
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 8:35 PM EDT
Be sure to add to your PLN tonight
#G2Great
friends. So many incredible dedicated educators here!
flynn_catherine
Apr 20 @ 8:35 PM EDT
Hi, everyone! Catherine, K-8 literacy specialist from CT, excited to talk about one of my favorite books!
#G2great
hayhurst3
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 8:35 PM EDT
@tara_smith5
is my people.
#g2Great
tara_smith5
Apr 20 @ 8:34 PM EDT
Yes! This is what teaching is all about. For our kids and for us-wonder&discovery=learning
#G2Great
hayhurst3
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 8:33 PM EDT
This is one reason why I love teaching. It's the wonder and discovery of sitting down next to a S & asking "What do you think?"
#G2Great
mollienye72
Apr 20 @ 8:35 PM EDT
Hello! Mollie from soggy central Ohio.
#G2Great
LittyMathai
Apr 20 @ 8:35 PM EDT
@johnnydowney
Awesome that we can meet here on Twitter & talk shop and may never meet in our city!! Crazy, right?!
#G2Great
ShelfieTalk
Apr 20 @ 8:35 PM EDT
Hello there friend! How are you?
#g2great
In reply to @chrisp16, @g2great
DinaMWeiss
Apr 20 @ 8:35 PM EDT
Joining in for a bit... Enjoy this group...
#G2Great
DrMaryHoward
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 8:35 PM EDT
Hey there friend - gorgeous view!
#G2Great
KinneyCourts
Apr 20 @ 8:35 PM EDT
#G2Great
Tweeting from beautiful SoCal & this amazing view tonight
@DrMaryHoward
@hayhurst3
@brennanamy
mollienye72
Apr 20 @ 8:36 PM EDT
Hello! Mollie from soggy central Ohio. Glad to be here tonight!
#G2Great
hayhurst3
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 8:36 PM EDT
Hey Courtney that's a lovely shot. So glad you are with us.
#G2Great
In reply to @KinneyCourts, @DrMaryHoward, @brennanamy
LisaEickholdt
Apr 20 @ 8:36 PM EDT
Excited to spend the next hour chatting with
#G2Great
and
@VickiVintonTMAP
&
@dorobarn
VickiVintonTMAP
Apr 20 @ 8:36 PM EDT
#G2Great
A1
@LRobbTeacher
@RonRitchhart
says we need to be masters of time not victims of it! Love that!
2ndgradebadgers
Apr 20 @ 8:36 PM EDT
Hi, Casey here from NE. 2nd grade is my world! Hanging around as long as my battery lasts!
#G2Great
DrMaryHoward
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 8:36 PM EDT
Q1
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hayhurst3
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 8:35 PM EDT
Q1
#G2Great
johnnydowney
Apr 20 @ 8:36 PM EDT
A1 too many books I want to share with my intervention groups not enough time. Also choice within intervention.
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brettelockyer
Apr 20 @ 8:36 PM EDT
Yep, and worksheets don't always look like worksheets any more either.
#G2Great
In reply to @LRobbTeacher
DrMaryHoward
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 8:36 PM EDT
Great to see you tonight Jill
#G2Great
JCrossedu
Apr 20 @ 8:35 PM EDT
Hi everyone! Jill,Dir of Teaching & Learning from FL
#G2Great
ElisaW5
Apr 20 @ 8:36 PM EDT
A1 2 many mandates. 2 much focus on levels as way 2 determine Ss need. 2 scripted (thought those days were over!). Not enough time.
#G2Great
trevorabryan
Apr 20 @ 8:37 PM EDT
This thinking can easily be applied to viewing art as well.
#G2great
hayhurst3
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 8:33 PM EDT
This is one reason why I love teaching. It's the wonder and discovery of sitting down next to a S & asking "What do you think?"
#G2Great
DrMaryHoward
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 8:37 PM EDT
A1 Time is always a challenge if the goal is deeper vs wider so we MUST spend that time in the best possible ways!
#G2Great
hayhurst3
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 8:37 PM EDT
A1 Challenges I face are that there are many potential aspects of the process to lean into groups of Ss have diverse ongoing needs.
#G2Great
franmcveigh
Apr 20 @ 8:37 PM EDT
A1: SAD = People who think a formulaic "close reading" every day is the way to go! Soooooo missing the point of reading!
#G2Great
jhaylett16
Apr 20 @ 8:37 PM EDT
The challenge I am thinking about the most lately is how to keep the love of reading going over the summer.
#G2Great
brettelockyer
Apr 20 @ 8:37 PM EDT
Maaaate!
#G2Great
In reply to @franmcveigh
hayhurst3
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 8:37 PM EDT
Absolutely love this saying going to put it up in my room.
#G2Great
like tomorrow. No time like the present.
VickiVintonTMAP
Apr 20 @ 8:36 PM EDT
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A1
@LRobbTeacher
@RonRitchhart
says we need to be masters of time not victims of it! Love that!
johnnydowney
Apr 20 @ 8:37 PM EDT
It truly is! Our city isn't that big!!
#g2great
love this PLN and opportunities it presents
In reply to @LittyMathai
VickiVintonTMAP
Apr 20 @ 8:37 PM EDT
#G2Great
So maybe the ? is how can we find space & time within mandates to still do good work?
mindi_r
Apr 20 @ 8:37 PM EDT
#g2great
My biggest question is really about how to fit it all in. You would think that 90 minutes would be enough, but it never is.
LauraSarsten7
Apr 20 @ 8:37 PM EDT
A1: Readers often don't look up and notice the beauty of their own thinking..we must celebrate when they do!
#G2Great
JCrossedu
Apr 20 @ 8:37 PM EDT
A1: I think differentiation continues to be a struggle for many Ts I work with. Mostly the organization and resources required
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btkissel
Apr 20 @ 8:37 PM EDT
A1: As a university professor, I struggle to get students (mostly undergrads) to read weekly readings--even though I give choice!
#G2Great
jerhende
Apr 20 @ 8:37 PM EDT
A1: Prescribed curriculum
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hayhurst3
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 8:38 PM EDT
Welcome to
#G2Great
I'm Jenn one of the co-creators moderators of the chat I'm tweeting out the questions tonight.
In reply to @JCrossedu
franmcveigh
Apr 20 @ 8:38 PM EDT
So awesome to see you! Maaaaate!
#g2great
@brettelockyer
In reply to @brettelockyer, @brettelockyer
mindi_r
Apr 20 @ 8:38 PM EDT
#g2great
A1: I carve out the largest chunks of time in my lit studio for independent reading and writing, and I hate to interrupt flow.
VickiVintonTMAP
Apr 20 @ 8:38 PM EDT
#G2Great
@LauraSarsten7
YES to celebrating thinking & having Ss thinking visible in rooms!
DrMaryHoward
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 8:38 PM EDT
Jenn Amy & I are grateful to be at that table with you Dorothy & Vicki. So excited to learn from you once again!
#G2Great
dorobarn
Apr 20 @ 8:36 PM EDT
I am so thankful for this table that Mary has created for us to gather around.
@G2Great
In reply to @DrMaryHoward, @g2great
tara_smith5
Apr 20 @ 8:38 PM EDT
Cutting out whatever gets in the way of reading and reading talk. One way to master time.
#G2Great
VickiVintonTMAP
Apr 20 @ 8:36 PM EDT
#G2Great
A1
@LRobbTeacher
@RonRitchhart
says we need to be masters of time not victims of it! Love that!
chrisp16
Apr 20 @ 8:38 PM EDT
A1: wanting to just slow down and spend time w/ the rdrs as opposed to getting completing everything else. Time is a challenge.
#g2great
PegGrafwallner
Apr 20 @ 8:38 PM EDT
A1 While I agree, Fran, some Ts don't know. They think they are teaching a strategy that will support Ss in ALL aspects of rdg
#G2Great
In reply to @franmcveigh
Teachr4
Apr 20 @ 8:38 PM EDT
A1 Teaching kids to think on their own. We are good at telling them what to think!
#g2great
hayhurst3
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 8:38 PM EDT
Just think is it authentic... no? Then it's no good.
#G2Great
In reply to @dorobarn, @brettelockyer, @LRobbTeacher, @g2great
brettelockyer
Apr 20 @ 8:38 PM EDT
Hmm, I wonder if us teachers can't do this alone, n maybe need help of family and community?
#G2Great
In reply to @jhaylett16
MrsLisaMc
Apr 20 @ 8:38 PM EDT
A1 big challenge - how to "convince" upper elem Ss they are real Readers & motivate them after yrs of feeling they can't read
#g2great
DrMaryHoward
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 8:38 PM EDT
Amazing message and one we all need to keep in minds. I love that!
#G2Great
VickiVintonTMAP
Apr 20 @ 8:36 PM EDT
#G2Great
A1
@LRobbTeacher
@RonRitchhart
says we need to be masters of time not victims of it! Love that!
DrMaryHoward
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 8:39 PM EDT
A1 Sts are so inundated w/right vs. wrong they don’t TRUST themselves. We must help kids rediscover THEIR OWN thinking!
#G2Great
teachjanderson
Apr 20 @ 8:39 PM EDT
A1: Yes! Balancing readers from K skills to 7th in one room.
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hayhurst3
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 8:37 PM EDT
A1 Challenges I face are that there are many potential aspects of the process to lean into groups of Ss have diverse ongoing needs.
#G2Great
JCrossedu
Apr 20 @ 8:39 PM EDT
I know! I always loved just chatting about reading. Time is a challenge
#G2Great
In reply to @chrisp16
ElisaW5
Apr 20 @ 8:39 PM EDT
A2 Need time 2 explore ideas, collaborate wi/others. Experiment. Too many "have to do's" that don't meet Ss where they are.
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ShelfieTalk
Apr 20 @ 8:39 PM EDT
A1 A big challenge in secondary grades is fitting everything into 55 minute periods.
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angela_schroden
Apr 20 @ 8:39 PM EDT
A1
#G2great
How to make it all meaningful.Is it inquiry,units,social justice issues?A way to organize instruction&choose titles.
btkissel
Apr 20 @ 8:39 PM EDT
A1: I am worried about the overemphasis of leveled texts.
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tammylani
Apr 20 @ 8:39 PM EDT
A1: Many of the teachers I work with struggle with time & the confines of reading programs.
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dorobarn
Apr 20 @ 8:39 PM EDT
And keeping authenticity on the front burner to help us decide what to spend our time on.
#G2Great
In reply to @tara_smith5
franmcveigh
Apr 20 @ 8:39 PM EDT
A1: "Would Ss be better off reading?" from
@nellkduke
Ts cannot squander precious R & W time for students to do the work!
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drmcgaughy
Apr 20 @ 8:39 PM EDT
A1: The time to fit in: GR, Shared Reading, Read Alouds...basically all of the Balanced Literacy components.
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VickiVintonTMAP
Apr 20 @ 8:39 PM EDT
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@MrsLisaMc
Helping Ss build identity & sense of agency as readers is always at the top of my list
JCrossedu
Apr 20 @ 8:39 PM EDT
Yes! We definitely need to move away from those surface level Qs too!
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In reply to @Teachr4
mollienye72
Apr 20 @ 8:39 PM EDT
A1:less control of being able to teach in the moment.
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teachjanderson
Apr 20 @ 8:39 PM EDT
A1: Balancing skill work (and collecting evidence/self-motivated) with building passion towards reading.
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btkissel
Apr 20 @ 8:40 PM EDT
Fran--Agree! Agree! Agree!
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franmcveigh
Apr 20 @ 8:37 PM EDT
A1: SAD = People who think a formulaic "close reading" every day is the way to go! Soooooo missing the point of reading!
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massignmenthelp
Apr 20 @ 8:40 PM EDT
#delachat
#G2Great
#precalcchat
#jerdchat
10 Benefits of Meditation to Students
https://t.co/ZVTqWzPGBA
AssignmentHelpN
Apr 20 @ 8:40 PM EDT
#delachat
#G2Great
#precalcchat
#delachat
A Beginner’s Guide on How to Make Mind Maps
https://t.co/HMbTauQCs5
chrisp16
Apr 20 @ 8:40 PM EDT
was thinking the same thing today. it is as if they leech onto to the latest and overkill as a cure-all.
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In reply to @franmcveigh
mindi_r
Apr 20 @ 8:40 PM EDT
#g2great
That’s why I carve out so much reading time and let kids make choices about what to read. Build confidence then go from there.
In reply to @MrsLisaMc
LittyMathai
Apr 20 @ 8:40 PM EDT
A1: Challenges would be the time for independent Rdg conferences, building in more small group time with ALL kids.
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hayhurst3
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 8:35 PM EDT
Q1
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DrMaryHoward
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 8:40 PM EDT
THat’s always a challenge Jeremiah. And we need even more to bring ourselves to the mix & not leet it control the path
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jerhende
Apr 20 @ 8:37 PM EDT
A1: Prescribed curriculum
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LRobbTeacher
Apr 20 @ 8:40 PM EDT
Yes! All students deserve choice.
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In reply to @johnnydowney
jerhende
Apr 20 @ 8:40 PM EDT
A1: Students not using strategies independently. I am doing a lot of hand holding this year.
#g2great
VickiVintonTMAP
Apr 20 @ 8:40 PM EDT
#G2Great
Teaching in the moment is so important. Its where the teaching is most impactful!
tara_smith5
Apr 20 @ 8:40 PM EDT
Agree.But our kids need reading time most in these grades. That's the challenge
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ShelfieTalk
Apr 20 @ 8:39 PM EDT
A1 A big challenge in secondary grades is fitting everything into 55 minute periods.
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dorobarn
Apr 20 @ 8:40 PM EDT
And that is time well spent.
#G2Great
In reply to @DrMaryHoward
franmcveigh
Apr 20 @ 8:40 PM EDT
A1: Any "program" that requires mindless obedience w/o thoughtful implementation based on Ss in room is a problem!
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DrMaryHoward
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 8:41 PM EDT
A1 I find scripts have become even MORE popular in recent years. If we want kids to trust their thinking we must trust ours
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hayhurst3
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 8:41 PM EDT
@brennanamy
@DrMaryHoward
and I are so dedicated to our
#G2Great
PLN bc it has evolved into this amazing event that happens every week 2yrs+
In reply to @dorobarn, @DrMaryHoward, @g2great, @brennanamy, @DrMaryHoward
flynn_catherine
Apr 20 @ 8:41 PM EDT
This is key, Dorothy! Also, start where kids are, and build from there.
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dorobarn
Apr 20 @ 8:39 PM EDT
And keeping authenticity on the front burner to help us decide what to spend our time on.
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In reply to @tara_smith5
DrMaryHoward
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 8:41 PM EDT
I think sometimes we have to celebrate the gift of time and let SLOW lead the way!
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chrisp16
Apr 20 @ 8:38 PM EDT
A1: wanting to just slow down and spend time w/ the rdrs as opposed to getting completing everything else. Time is a challenge.
#g2great
tysonkimberly
Apr 20 @ 8:41 PM EDT
Joining late - looking forward to this chat. Author, long-time educator in Indianapolis.
#g2great
mindi_r
Apr 20 @ 8:41 PM EDT
Wish I could claim that.
@EllinKeene
brought that language to our district. Refinement & combination of reading & writing wkshps.
#g2great
In reply to @LisaEickholdt, @EllinKeene
dorobarn
Apr 20 @ 8:41 PM EDT
I am too. This takes away from authenticity.
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In reply to @btkissel
ElisaW5
Apr 20 @ 8:41 PM EDT
Exactly
@DrMaryHoward
. Just tweeted that as A2 not A1. 'Cause I want 2 go deeper, surface requirements of schools don't cut it!
#G2Great
DrMaryHoward
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 8:37 PM EDT
A1 Time is always a challenge if the goal is deeper vs wider so we MUST spend that time in the best possible ways!
#G2Great
maryannesacco
Apr 20 @ 8:41 PM EDT
A1: a challenge is managing a balance between groups and 1-1 conferences. I prefer Indiv. It's hard w 27 kids
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brettelockyer
Apr 20 @ 8:41 PM EDT
Love this! Sounds like you are enabling Ss to flourish rather than squeezing it out of them!
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In reply to @mindi_r
room1325
Apr 20 @ 8:41 PM EDT
Me too!
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In reply to @jerhende
tara_smith5
Apr 20 @ 8:41 PM EDT
Yes! It's not what's in our lesson plan for the day, but what our kids bring up/need in the moment.
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VickiVintonTMAP
Apr 20 @ 8:40 PM EDT
#G2Great
Teaching in the moment is so important. Its where the teaching is most impactful!
ShelfieTalk
Apr 20 @ 8:41 PM EDT
So true! Protecting time to read and write for extended periods is essential.
#G2Great
In reply to @tara_smith5
DrMaryHoward
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 8:41 PM EDT
It makes for a much more interesting (and inspiring journey Brette)
#G2Great
brettelockyer
Apr 20 @ 8:38 PM EDT
Hmm, I wonder if us teachers can't do this alone, n maybe need help of family and community?
#G2Great
In reply to @jhaylett16
hayhurst3
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 8:42 PM EDT
#G2Great
brenkrupp
Apr 20 @ 8:42 PM EDT
Absolutely. They do amazing things with me during read aloud but not on their own.
#G2great
jerhende
Apr 20 @ 8:40 PM EDT
A1: Students not using strategies independently. I am doing a lot of hand holding this year.
#g2great
btkissel
Apr 20 @ 8:42 PM EDT
Love how you phrased this, Laura!
#G2Great
LauraSarsten7
Apr 20 @ 8:37 PM EDT
A1: Readers often don't look up and notice the beauty of their own thinking..we must celebrate when they do!
#G2Great
mindi_r
Apr 20 @ 8:42 PM EDT
#g2great
I mean really… how often do you reread that newspaper article three times with a different color highlighter each time?
In reply to @btkissel
Christi75263226
Apr 20 @ 8:42 PM EDT
#G2Great
A1: for me-balancing time spent assessing Ss with time enjoying what we're reading together. Being in relationship with them more.
tammylani
Apr 20 @ 8:42 PM EDT
My thoughts EXACTLY! Thank you,
@franmcveigh
!
#G2Great
In reply to @franmcveigh, @franmcveigh
johnnydowney
Apr 20 @ 8:42 PM EDT
A script takes all the passion out of the career. Who decided it would be a good idea in the first place?!?
#g2great
In reply to @DrMaryHoward
cvarsalona
Apr 20 @ 8:42 PM EDT
Hi
#g2great
friends, Carol ELA Consultant from Long Island here.
lmhawkhill
Apr 20 @ 8:42 PM EDT
A1: The challenge for me is trying to instill a PASSION for Reading.
#g2great
hayhurst3
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 8:35 PM EDT
Q1
#G2Great
JCrossedu
Apr 20 @ 8:42 PM EDT
I feel the same about formulaic scripted reading curriculum
#G2Great
In reply to @franmcveigh
ElisaW5
Apr 20 @ 8:42 PM EDT
Boom!!! That's what happens when people jump on bandwagons w/out understanding purpose. Not readers/writers themselves sometimes.
#G2Great
franmcveigh
Apr 20 @ 8:37 PM EDT
A1: SAD = People who think a formulaic "close reading" every day is the way to go! Soooooo missing the point of reading!
#G2Great
chrisp16
Apr 20 @ 8:42 PM EDT
so true. focus needs on getting the Ts informed, prepared, and confident as opposed to confused & doubting themselves.
#g2great
DrMaryHoward
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 8:41 PM EDT
A1 I find scripts have become even MORE popular in recent years. If we want kids to trust their thinking we must trust ours
#G2Great
VickiVintonTMAP
Apr 20 @ 8:42 PM EDT
#G2Great
@mindi_r
We don’t. But we do think as we read, which sometimes we don’t really ask kids to do.
CharlotteButle9
Apr 20 @ 8:42 PM EDT
Greetings from Denver tonight!
#G2Great
hayhurst3
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 8:42 PM EDT
Great points - the environment we set is built around the systems we maintain right? It's a balance.
#G2Great
@VickiVintonTMAP
@dorobarn
In reply to @LittyMathai, @VickiVintonTMAP, @dorobarn
lmhawkhill
Apr 20 @ 8:42 PM EDT
Lenette from Louisiana joining in!
#g2great
hayhurst3
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 8:43 PM EDT
Q2
#G2Great
jerhende
Apr 20 @ 8:43 PM EDT
A1: Students not having access to books outside our school
#g2great
dorobarn
Apr 20 @ 8:43 PM EDT
Choice is so important! So many programs are one-text-for-all, one task for all.
#G2Great
In reply to @mindi_r, @MrsLisaMc
DrMaryHoward
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 8:43 PM EDT
Great point Lisa, and I think that means we have to have a school wide culture of joyful reading and be sure we’re ALL on board!
#G2Great
MrsLisaMc
Apr 20 @ 8:38 PM EDT
A1 big challenge - how to "convince" upper elem Ss they are real Readers & motivate them after yrs of feeling they can't read
#g2great
tara_smith5
Apr 20 @ 8:43 PM EDT
I love this.We need to celebrate what our kids can do-value&empower their thinking
#G2Great
LauraSarsten7
Apr 20 @ 8:37 PM EDT
A1: Readers often don't look up and notice the beauty of their own thinking..we must celebrate when they do!
#G2Great
VickiVintonTMAP
Apr 20 @ 8:43 PM EDT
#G2Great
Oh Charlotte! You’re here!
JCrossedu
Apr 20 @ 8:43 PM EDT
And when people don't truly understand what makes better readers
#G2Great
In reply to @ElisaW5
franmcveigh
Apr 20 @ 8:43 PM EDT
YAY!
@mindi_r
TY for cutting to the chase!
#G2Great
mindi_r
Apr 20 @ 8:42 PM EDT
#g2great
I mean really… how often do you reread that newspaper article three times with a different color highlighter each time?
In reply to @btkissel
btkissel
Apr 20 @ 8:43 PM EDT
Love the concept of a literacy studio--especially since are students are reading/writing across many different platforms and modes.
#G2Great
mindi_r
Apr 20 @ 8:38 PM EDT
#g2great
A1: I carve out the largest chunks of time in my lit studio for independent reading and writing, and I hate to interrupt flow.
morales1stgrade
Apr 20 @ 8:43 PM EDT
Jumping in a little late. Hello to all! Sandra from NJ- literacy interventionist K-5
#G2Great
teachjanderson
Apr 20 @ 8:43 PM EDT
A1: Transferring the skills and transferring background knowledge to a text. Applying
#SOLOTaxonomy
#g2great
mindi_r
Apr 20 @ 8:43 PM EDT
#g2great
I see value in teaching kids about deep thinking and close reading, I’ve just seen too many packets of daily work that kill it.
In reply to @VickiVintonTMAP
ReneeDHouser
Apr 20 @ 8:43 PM EDT
Makes me think of assessment VS evaluation...assessment as a way of being rather than accumulating more papers! :)
#G2Great
Christi75263226
Apr 20 @ 8:42 PM EDT
#G2Great
A1: for me-balancing time spent assessing Ss with time enjoying what we're reading together. Being in relationship with them more.
DrMaryHoward
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 8:43 PM EDT
So important Danielle!
#G2Great
d_parella
Apr 20 @ 8:42 PM EDT
We want Ss to see feedback as a way to make their work even better - we need to undo past practices of "correcting" work
In reply to @DrMaryHoward
hayhurst3
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 8:43 PM EDT
This is the challenge that we all should be taking on LOVE this answer
#G2Great
lmhawkhill
Apr 20 @ 8:42 PM EDT
A1: The challenge for me is trying to instill a PASSION for Reading.
#g2great
hayhurst3
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 8:35 PM EDT
Q1
#G2Great
hayhurst3
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 8:44 PM EDT
A2 My reading process is mainly driven by enjoyment, and curiosity that guides my teaching.
#G2Great
brettelockyer
Apr 20 @ 8:44 PM EDT
A1 challenge for me is helping tchrs choose the right text.
#G2Great
btkissel
Apr 20 @ 8:44 PM EDT
PREACH!
#G2Great
franmcveigh
Apr 20 @ 8:40 PM EDT
A1: Any "program" that requires mindless obedience w/o thoughtful implementation based on Ss in room is a problem!
#G2Great
DrMaryHoward
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 8:44 PM EDT
I can’t even imagine letting someone else TELL me what kids need! (and love your new Twitter picture friend)
#G2Great
johnnydowney
Apr 20 @ 8:42 PM EDT
A script takes all the passion out of the career. Who decided it would be a good idea in the first place?!?
#g2great
In reply to @DrMaryHoward
JCrossedu
Apr 20 @ 8:44 PM EDT
Amen!
#G2Great
In reply to @franmcveigh
btkissel
Apr 20 @ 8:44 PM EDT
I've noticed the same, Mary. Scripts written by one person on a grade-level team. It's missing student voices!
#G2Great
DrMaryHoward
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 8:41 PM EDT
A1 I find scripts have become even MORE popular in recent years. If we want kids to trust their thinking we must trust ours
#G2Great
VickiVintonTMAP
Apr 20 @ 8:44 PM EDT
#G2Great
Re: Passion. I think we have 2 help kids feel the thrill of thinking. Its not just reading, it’s thinking about reading that’s gr84
DrMaryHoward
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 8:45 PM EDT
A2 I gravitate toward books I love so choice is HUGE for me. We can’t minimize the personal role of student reading.
#G2Great
franmcveigh
Apr 20 @ 8:45 PM EDT
A2: Publicly talk about reading and writing process on my blog and in PD (ad nauseum) A thinking reader can help other readers!
#G2Great
LRobbTeacher
Apr 20 @ 8:45 PM EDT
Ugh! Comprehension Q's--so boring. How many adults read & answer Q's or summarize chapters? Ask would I do it? If no, don't.
#G2Great
In reply to @dorobarn, @brettelockyer, @g2great
tara_smith5
Apr 20 @ 8:45 PM EDT
A2 I read to know about life. I want my kids to know the value of this, the meaning of this.
#G2Great
MrsLisaMc
Apr 20 @ 8:45 PM EDT
A2 ❤reading but am so more "tuned in" to what authors do now - "Oohh, look at how he/she wrote that! I have to share it with Ss"
#g2great
ElisaW5
Apr 20 @ 8:45 PM EDT
Maybe not find space w/in mandates
@VickiVintonTMAP
, but how 2 work around them.
#greenbelt
writing comes to mind.
@FletcherRalph
#G2Great
VickiVintonTMAP
Apr 20 @ 8:37 PM EDT
#G2Great
So maybe the ? is how can we find space & time within mandates to still do good work?
DrMaryHoward
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 8:45 PM EDT
And that is always a choice - no matter what dictates and mandates may surround us. Love that Dorothy!
#G2Great
dorobarn
Apr 20 @ 8:39 PM EDT
And keeping authenticity on the front burner to help us decide what to spend our time on.
#G2Great
In reply to @tara_smith5
LauraSarsten7
Apr 20 @ 8:45 PM EDT
A2: Noticing more the intricacies of my own reading life and sharing those openly with students. Vulnerability is key!
#G2Great
drmcgaughy
Apr 20 @ 8:45 PM EDT
A1:Time is an issue-but I believe that Ss become better readers by actually reading. Indep reading is a priority & happens everyday
#G2great
brenkrupp
Apr 20 @ 8:45 PM EDT
A2: Absolutely. I push myself to read books that make me struggle to find strategies I use & can teach.
#G2great
franmcveigh
Apr 20 @ 8:45 PM EDT
Thanks, Brian!
@btkissel
#G2Great
In reply to @btkissel, @btkissel
VickiVintonTMAP
Apr 20 @ 8:46 PM EDT
#G2Great
@LauraSarsten7
Agree completely that vulnerability is key. We must be real: confused, uncertain, open
brettelockyer
Apr 20 @ 8:46 PM EDT
Is this spreading with the widening of the socioeconomic gap? I think it is here in AUS.
#G2Great
In reply to @jerhende
johnnydowney
Apr 20 @ 8:46 PM EDT
A2 I have a better understanding of the strategies I teach because I use my metacognition every time read.
#G2Great
KinneyCourts
Apr 20 @ 8:46 PM EDT
#G2Great
A2:I found my ❤ of rding at age 16,I just hadn't found the genre that moved my soul until then. So for me patience&the gift of time
chrisp16
Apr 20 @ 8:46 PM EDT
A2: share my rdg life w/ Ss so they know the struggles & successes I have as a rdr. Need to know we all have the same rdg journey.
#g2great
btkissel
Apr 20 @ 8:46 PM EDT
HA! NEVER!
#G2Great
mindi_r
Apr 20 @ 8:42 PM EDT
#g2great
I mean really… how often do you reread that newspaper article three times with a different color highlighter each time?
In reply to @btkissel
DinaMWeiss
Apr 20 @ 8:46 PM EDT
A2: As a Doctoral candidate, research reading and writing is my focus & it offers me authentic hooks and tools to share w my Ss.
#G2Great
tammylani
Apr 20 @ 8:46 PM EDT
A2: I read what interests me, choice & matching books to readers is important.
#G2Great
ElisaW5
Apr 20 @ 8:46 PM EDT
Exactly,
@franmcveigh
! And anyone who speaks up is seen as the problem instead.
#G2Great
franmcveigh
Apr 20 @ 8:40 PM EDT
A1: Any "program" that requires mindless obedience w/o thoughtful implementation based on Ss in room is a problem!
#G2Great
DrMaryHoward
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 8:46 PM EDT
We love to take an idea and blow it out of proportion. Balanced literacy also means balanced perspectives & broader view!
#G2Great
btkissel
Apr 20 @ 8:39 PM EDT
A1: I am worried about the overemphasis of leveled texts.
#G2Great
mindi_r
Apr 20 @ 8:46 PM EDT
#g2great
@EllinKeene
has really pushed us to capitalize on the reciprocity of reading and writing, and I’m loving the new structure.
In reply to @btkissel, @EllinKeene
Christi75263226
Apr 20 @ 8:46 PM EDT
#G2Great
A2: Making sure I find out what Ss like/want to read and bringing it to them-in their zpd -so they love it AND can read it!
tara_smith5
Apr 20 @ 8:46 PM EDT
Once we buy into this, it clears the way for what we truly need to do. How we spend our time is a choice, after all
#G2Great
dorobarn
Apr 20 @ 8:39 PM EDT
And keeping authenticity on the front burner to help us decide what to spend our time on.
#G2Great
In reply to @tara_smith5
JCrossedu
Apr 20 @ 8:46 PM EDT
A2: I blogged about this the other day.
https://t.co/ERrr3ykAGJ
#G2Great
jerhende
Apr 20 @ 8:46 PM EDT
A2: Books are for enjoyment!As a teacher,I remove any activity that is an arbitrary barrier to enjoyment so they Ss will read more!
#g2great
DrMaryHoward
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 8:47 PM EDT
A2 I enjoy deep conversations w/others @ reading. I believe kids deserve the same respect (not questions/worksheets)
#G2Great
ElisaW5
Apr 20 @ 8:47 PM EDT
Yes. What's that about
@DrMaryHoward
?
#G2Great
DrMaryHoward
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 8:41 PM EDT
A1 I find scripts have become even MORE popular in recent years. If we want kids to trust their thinking we must trust ours
#G2Great
dorobarn
Apr 20 @ 8:47 PM EDT
Deep engagement in a good book spreads passion; we can’t install it.
#G2Great
In reply to @hayhurst3
btkissel
Apr 20 @ 8:47 PM EDT
So, so, so true!
#G2Great
In reply to @ElisaW5
hayhurst3
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 8:47 PM EDT
Hahhaha
#G2Great
In reply to @mindi_r, @btkissel
chrisp16
Apr 20 @ 8:47 PM EDT
A2: find my writing life has informed my tchng of rdg and writing. When rdg look for message & has Ss focus on that as well.
#g2great
mindi_r
Apr 20 @ 8:47 PM EDT
#g2great
A2: My own reading is the foundation of my work with students. If I didn’t rd, I wouldn’t know which books 2 use or 2 give 2 kids.
trevorabryan
Apr 20 @ 8:47 PM EDT
A2 I try 2help Ss 2find entry points into texts, so they can settle in &then do the work 2grow ideas &meaning thru conversations
#G2great
franmcveigh
Apr 20 @ 8:47 PM EDT
I ALWAYS know WHY I am a problem . . . Something I've said for sure!
#G2Great
@ElisaW5
In reply to @ElisaW5, @ElisaW5
LittyMathai
Apr 20 @ 8:47 PM EDT
A2: For me, I have to annotate to understand the text..something about the writing that forces synthesizing & thinking!
#G2Great
tammylani
Apr 20 @ 8:47 PM EDT
So important to share our reading lives with students.
#G2Great
In reply to @LauraSarsten7
DrMaryHoward
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 8:47 PM EDT
And when we acknowledge that reading and writing is the work we place in high esteem our choices have to reflect it
#G2Great
franmcveigh
Apr 20 @ 8:39 PM EDT
A1: "Would Ss be better off reading?" from
@nellkduke
Ts cannot squander precious R & W time for students to do the work!
#G2Great
LiteracyCoachKS
Apr 20 @ 8:47 PM EDT
#G2Great
Hello all! Kasey, Literacy Coach in TX joining a little late to the party, can't wait to learn more😊
Teachr4
Apr 20 @ 8:47 PM EDT
A2 My own reading allows me to have authentic conversations about books with my students. If I didn't read, I couldn't do that.
#g2great
LauraSarsten7
Apr 20 @ 8:47 PM EDT
YES! accessing those underground reading strategies that have become automatic for us as adult readers...& rediscovering them
#G2Great
In reply to @brenkrupp
angela_schroden
Apr 20 @ 8:47 PM EDT
A2"Let me show you one way I..." insert finding meaning strategy here. 😊I am hyper-aware of how I read and make sense of text
#G2great
brenkrupp
Apr 20 @ 8:47 PM EDT
Been watching this unfurl in my class. 4 girls leading their own thinking about "The Doll People" series.
#G2Great
VickiVintonTMAP
Apr 20 @ 8:44 PM EDT
#G2Great
Re: Passion. I think we have 2 help kids feel the thrill of thinking. Its not just reading, it’s thinking about reading that’s gr84
mollienye72
Apr 20 @ 8:48 PM EDT
A2:choice, varied genres and mini lessons about my readerly life that give Ss permission to abandon books.
#G2Great
tara_smith5
Apr 20 @ 8:48 PM EDT
This is what we need to model/make time for every day. Our teaching counts when we respect our kids' learning time.
#G2Great
DrMaryHoward
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 8:47 PM EDT
A2 I enjoy deep conversations w/others @ reading. I believe kids deserve the same respect (not questions/worksheets)
#G2Great
ShelfieTalk
Apr 20 @ 8:48 PM EDT
A2 Reflecting on our own lives as readers helps us make decisions about authentic reading in the classroom.
#G2Great
VickiVintonTMAP
Apr 20 @ 8:48 PM EDT
#G2Great
We need to let students notice whatever they do & help them see what they can do with that.
In reply to @trevorabryan
johnnydowney
Apr 20 @ 8:48 PM EDT
Oh yes! Gets me so fired up!!! And thank you, it was time for an update my hair is completely different now!
#g2great
#stylematters
😉
In reply to @DrMaryHoward
franmcveigh
Apr 20 @ 8:48 PM EDT
EXACTLY! Be readers and writers! AND share our passion w/ Ss!
#G2Great
tammylani
Apr 20 @ 8:47 PM EDT
So important to share our reading lives with students.
#G2Great
In reply to @LauraSarsten7
DrMaryHoward
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 8:48 PM EDT
And I think it’s also missing the teachers voice - agency and identify has to begin with us right Brian?
#G2Great
btkissel
Apr 20 @ 8:44 PM EDT
I've noticed the same, Mary. Scripts written by one person on a grade-level team. It's missing student voices!
#G2Great
DrMaryHoward
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 8:41 PM EDT
A1 I find scripts have become even MORE popular in recent years. If we want kids to trust their thinking we must trust ours
#G2Great
chrisp16
Apr 20 @ 8:48 PM EDT
2 great reasons to read! Ss need to know why we read!
#g2great
hayhurst3
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 8:44 PM EDT
A2 My reading process is mainly driven by enjoyment, and curiosity that guides my teaching.
#G2Great
LisaEickholdt
Apr 20 @ 8:48 PM EDT
A2: I'm a plot junkie. I hate pausing to write about reading. Knowing this has helped me a lot when working with Ss on responding.
#g2great
DrMaryHoward
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 8:49 PM EDT
A2 My passion is for kids who lag behind peers. I believe we owe them the same high level thinking afforded ALL kids.
#G2Great
cvarsalona
Apr 20 @ 8:49 PM EDT
@d_parella
How about turning the table so that Ss learn how to effectively give feedback to each other-build community & ownership.
#G2great
In reply to @DrMaryHoward, @d_parella
mindi_r
Apr 20 @ 8:49 PM EDT
#g2great
This is where modeling is so powerful. When we show them what is possible, they will begin to do this work. They need to see!
In reply to @VickiVintonTMAP
maryannesacco
Apr 20 @ 8:49 PM EDT
A2: that I need and cherish the time and space to read
#G2Great
btkissel
Apr 20 @ 8:49 PM EDT
A2: The same way my teaching is informed by my writing. I bring my process front and center in my lessons and conferences.
#G2Great
brettelockyer
Apr 20 @ 8:49 PM EDT
Yeah, but, give Ss choice n then teachers lose control! Well, I exaggerate here. Choice = trust, a great investment!
#G2Great
In reply to @dorobarn, @mindi_r, @MrsLisaMc
VickiVintonTMAP
Apr 20 @ 8:49 PM EDT
#G2Great
I don’t write about my reading often either.
In reply to @LisaEickholdt
trevorabryan
Apr 20 @ 8:49 PM EDT
Great books (fiction and nonfiction) are great works. This why comprehension skills can apply to visual & written texts
#g2great
btkissel
Apr 20 @ 8:43 PM EDT
Love the concept of a literacy studio--especially since are students are reading/writing across many different platforms and modes.
#G2Great
mindi_r
Apr 20 @ 8:38 PM EDT
#g2great
A1: I carve out the largest chunks of time in my lit studio for independent reading and writing, and I hate to interrupt flow.
tara_smith5
Apr 20 @ 8:49 PM EDT
Teachers as readers. We spread passion for reading by living a reading life.
#G2Great
dorobarn
Apr 20 @ 8:47 PM EDT
Deep engagement in a good book spreads passion; we can’t install it.
#G2Great
In reply to @hayhurst3
franmcveigh
Apr 20 @ 8:49 PM EDT
YES! AND then we match TIME and PRIORITIES!
@DrMaryHoward
#G2Great
DrMaryHoward
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 8:47 PM EDT
And when we acknowledge that reading and writing is the work we place in high esteem our choices have to reflect it
#G2Great
franmcveigh
Apr 20 @ 8:39 PM EDT
A1: "Would Ss be better off reading?" from
@nellkduke
Ts cannot squander precious R & W time for students to do the work!
#G2Great
teachjanderson
Apr 20 @ 8:49 PM EDT
A2: I'm more prone to read deeply in the company of others. When I can talk, share, create for and with an audience.
#g2great
KymHarjes
Apr 20 @ 8:49 PM EDT
Kym from NJ jumping in late after tucking my 3 boys into bed...ready to chat!
#G2Great
@DrMaryHoward
PrincipalNyberg
Apr 20 @ 8:49 PM EDT
a2.
@FrGregBoyle
describes education as sometimes doing the "slow work of God". This helps me when I run across those tough kids.
#G2Great
ElisaW5
Apr 20 @ 8:49 PM EDT
All the time said no teacher ever!
@mindi_r
#G2Great
LOL!
mindi_r
Apr 20 @ 8:42 PM EDT
#g2great
I mean really… how often do you reread that newspaper article three times with a different color highlighter each time?
In reply to @btkissel
tysonkimberly
Apr 20 @ 8:49 PM EDT
A2 Being transparent about our own reading lives - choices we make - seems important.
#G2Great
drmcgaughy
Apr 20 @ 8:49 PM EDT
A2: In my reading life, I am motivated to read texts that interest me and it's no different for my kids.
#G2great
mindi_r
Apr 20 @ 8:49 PM EDT
#g2great
I talk about my reading ALL THE TIME. EVERYWHERE. My students even know which books have the best new book smell.
In reply to @franmcveigh
dorobarn
Apr 20 @ 8:49 PM EDT
A2: Why do I read? So many reasons; not just a novel. Celebrate ALL reading with ALL kids. (Video game hacker sites?)
#G2Great
JCrossedu
Apr 20 @ 8:49 PM EDT
A2: I am always on the hunt for beautiful writing as I read so I can share with others
#G2Great
hayhurst3
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 8:50 PM EDT
#G2Great
DrMaryHoward
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 8:50 PM EDT
yes Fran and SO giving kids a mixed message of what reading is really all about!
#G2Great
franmcveigh
Apr 20 @ 8:37 PM EDT
A1: SAD = People who think a formulaic "close reading" every day is the way to go! Soooooo missing the point of reading!
#G2Great
cvarsalona
Apr 20 @ 8:50 PM EDT
A2 I have always championed the struggling reader. Made a career of advocacy. Reward: watching Ss grow as learners.
#G2Great
In reply to @DrMaryHoward
mollienye72
Apr 20 @ 8:50 PM EDT
A2:time is too precious and scarce to spend reading a book that you're just not "feeling".
#G2Great
johnnydowney
Apr 20 @ 8:50 PM EDT
A2 most importantly my reading shows that I walk the walk so I can talk the talk.
#G2Great
ShelfieTalk
Apr 20 @ 8:50 PM EDT
Great model for your students. This is what we want for students...curious readers!
#G2Great
In reply to @hayhurst3
angela_schroden
Apr 20 @ 8:50 PM EDT
A2Most of the time I can remember to ask Ss"what did you see me do today?"Then ask them how did YOU understand today?
#G2great
VickiVintonTMAP
Apr 20 @ 8:50 PM EDT
#G2Great
I do, too, read for beauty of language and hope my passion will rub off on others!
In reply to @JCrossedu
chrisp16
Apr 20 @ 8:50 PM EDT
A2: the reasons we read should carry over to our clsrms. We don't read to pass a test.
#g2great
MrsLisaMc
Apr 20 @ 8:50 PM EDT
Love this ! When is the last time you summarized or answered Qs on something? Stick with modeling authentic responses to reading
#G2great
In reply to @LRobbTeacher, @dorobarn, @brettelockyer, @g2great
KinneyCourts
Apr 20 @ 8:50 PM EDT
Authenticity really is so critical, Dorothy, and can guide our intentions around time so beautifully!
#G2great
In reply to @dorobarn, @tara_smith5
pmgmcgee
Apr 20 @ 8:50 PM EDT
We often write about your writing after reading.
#G2Great
In reply to @VickiVintonTMAP, @LisaEickholdt
btkissel
Apr 20 @ 8:50 PM EDT
YES! Me too!
#G2Great
chrisp16
Apr 20 @ 8:47 PM EDT
A2: find my writing life has informed my tchng of rdg and writing. When rdg look for message & has Ss focus on that as well.
#g2great
LRobbTeacher
Apr 20 @ 8:50 PM EDT
Sad but true. Many Ts of reading don't read. How can they transmit the passion? The book love?
#G2Great
In reply to @teachjanderson, @dorobarn, @brettelockyer, @g2great
DrMaryHoward
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 8:50 PM EDT
So good to see you Kym! Glad they cooperated :]
#G2Great
KymHarjes
Apr 20 @ 8:49 PM EDT
Kym from NJ jumping in late after tucking my 3 boys into bed...ready to chat!
#G2Great
@DrMaryHoward
franmcveigh
Apr 20 @ 8:50 PM EDT
And
#NewBookSmell
trumps
#NewCarSmell
!
@mindi_r
#G2Great
In reply to @mindi_r, @mindi_r
jhaylett16
Apr 20 @ 8:50 PM EDT
Knowing I have choice in my reading fuels my desire to read. I have made this a focus in my classroom as well-it's all about choice
#G2Great
hayhurst3
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 8:51 PM EDT
Q3
#G2Great
mindi_r
Apr 20 @ 8:51 PM EDT
#g2great
When I started reading like a writer it changed MY writing life. Now I can’t turn it off. My kids are starting to do this too!
In reply to @MrsLisaMc
btkissel
Apr 20 @ 8:51 PM EDT
Yes, Yes, Yes!
#G2Great
dorobarn
Apr 20 @ 8:47 PM EDT
Deep engagement in a good book spreads passion; we can’t install it.
#G2Great
In reply to @hayhurst3
DrMaryHoward
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 8:51 PM EDT
YES and so important for us to have a rich reading life. We can’t teach reading unless we are Readers (same for writing)
#G2Great
tammylani
Apr 20 @ 8:47 PM EDT
So important to share our reading lives with students.
#G2Great
In reply to @LauraSarsten7
MrsLisaMc
Apr 20 @ 8:51 PM EDT
Great to model our own struggles. Kids think we magically know how to read and make meaning. Share the magic!
#G2Great
In reply to @brenkrupp
cvarsalona
Apr 20 @ 8:51 PM EDT
Agree, Vicki. Self-efficacy
#G2Great
In reply to @VickiVintonTMAP, @trevorabryan
jerhende
Apr 20 @ 8:51 PM EDT
This a question for the ages...
#G2Great
.
LRobbTeacher
Apr 20 @ 8:50 PM EDT
Sad but true. Many Ts of reading don't read. How can they transmit the passion? The book love?
#G2Great
In reply to @teachjanderson, @dorobarn, @brettelockyer, @g2great
flynn_catherine
Apr 20 @ 8:51 PM EDT
A2 My reading helps me connect kids w/ books. Telling a Ss I thought of them as I read a book is a powerful hook for them.
#G2great
spiraledu
Apr 20 @ 8:51 PM EDT
@DinaMWeiss
#g2great
just read how invented spelling in writing is best predictor of reading in K. The two process are so interconnected!
spiraledu
Apr 14 @ 7:45 PM EDT
We are author's first! Oral story telling followed by pictures & invented spellings lead to reading :)
#kinderchat
#ecechat
#earlyedchat
northpoleteach
Apr 14 @ 10:39 AM EDT
Sight Words Are So 2016: New Study Finds the Real Key to Early Literacy
https://t.co/rCkvhPxMQP
via
@helloparentco
brettelockyer
Apr 20 @ 8:51 PM EDT
A2 To understand, I often need to talk. Staffrm coffee-machine convos help me, along with dinner-table ones - tolerant husband!
#G2Great
hayhurst3
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 8:51 PM EDT
Awe thanks (blushing)
#g2Great
In reply to @ShelfieTalk
pmgmcgee
Apr 20 @ 8:51 PM EDT
Flaws and all! The best way to show writers the true road writers take.
#g2great
In reply to @btkissel
DrMaryHoward
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 8:52 PM EDT
A3 We need to learn to listen more than talk. Open-ended Qs & generating Qs invite ALL readers to the talk table.
#G2Great
hayhurst3
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 8:52 PM EDT
A3 I grow my understanding of reading process through prof. books,
@Twitter
blogs dialogue w/Ss & other Ts. It's a constant search.
#G2Great
VickiVintonTMAP
Apr 20 @ 8:52 PM EDT
#G2Great
Q2: Always try to carve out time to read w/ the teachers I work with so they can feel the power of that
Teacher_AWebb
Apr 20 @ 8:52 PM EDT
A2: I was re-inspired to read everything at
#nErdCampMI
this year. I read children's lit, middle grade and ya
#G2Great
DrMaryHoward
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 8:52 PM EDT
Me too Carol. My 45 years has been focused on kids who have so much to teach me. THEY are my teachers & I'm a wide eyed learner!
#G2Great
cvarsalona
Apr 20 @ 8:50 PM EDT
A2 I have always championed the struggling reader. Made a career of advocacy. Reward: watching Ss grow as learners.
#G2Great
In reply to @DrMaryHoward
lmhawkhill
Apr 20 @ 8:52 PM EDT
A3: We read several pages together & I have checkpoints for discussion. As we read independently we hv conversations about the text
#g2great
hayhurst3
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 8:51 PM EDT
Q3
#G2Great
ShelfieTalk
Apr 20 @ 8:52 PM EDT
Yes! Being able to rec books and talk about our reading lives is essential. Also ss love it when we take their recs too!
#g2great
In reply to @mindi_r
ElisaW5
Apr 20 @ 8:52 PM EDT
A2 Need 2 talk about what I read. Sometimes I write about it. I recommend bks. I take recommendations. Read bks by authors I like.
#G2Great
dorobarn
Apr 20 @ 8:52 PM EDT
A2 Model the joys of thinking about texts — and the wide variety of texts in the world.
#G2Great
JCrossedu
Apr 20 @ 8:52 PM EDT
Ts need to read the latest titles too. Classics are great, but let's not ignore the great new stuff
#G2Great
KymHarjes
Apr 20 @ 8:52 PM EDT
A3: body language & discussing how a text makes them "feel" are always indicators of the invisible magic going on in their minds
#G2Great
mindi_r
Apr 20 @ 8:52 PM EDT
#g2great
And the time to read instead of doing other things that keep them from reading. And let them choose what to read.
In reply to @DrMaryHoward
brettelockyer
Apr 20 @ 8:52 PM EDT
Love this! Will now be used in an Aussie classroom!
#G2Great
In reply to @angela_schroden
hayhurst3
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 8:53 PM EDT
Just as we can't open up someone's mind to learning, we can only try to inspire and invite motivation comes from w/in
#G2Great
In reply to @dorobarn
KatKrepps
Apr 20 @ 8:53 PM EDT
I love that quote! Working with my k-2 struggling readers is definitely doing the "slow work of God" !!
#G2Great
PrincipalNyberg
Apr 20 @ 8:49 PM EDT
a2.
@FrGregBoyle
describes education as sometimes doing the "slow work of God". This helps me when I run across those tough kids.
#G2Great
franmcveigh
Apr 20 @ 8:53 PM EDT
A3: Model for them what goes on in my head (some days it's a tornado) and give them TIME - talk, jot, draw & decide which works!
#G2Great
LauraSarsten7
Apr 20 @ 8:53 PM EDT
A3: We must be patient when uncovering readers processes...commit and promise to enjoy the journey!
#G2Great
jerhende
Apr 20 @ 8:53 PM EDT
A3: I'll tell you what I DON'T & WON'T do: Give them a multiple choice quiz after every book they read... *cough cough* AR *cough*
#g2great
btkissel
Apr 20 @ 8:53 PM EDT
A2:I gave myself a 52 bk challenge this year.I learned I have to talk about the books I'm reading in order to make sense of them.
#G2Great
DrMaryHoward
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 8:53 PM EDT
I love that - underground doesn’t mean missing in action - just beneath the surface waiting for us to bring it back to life
#G2Great
LauraSarsten7
Apr 20 @ 8:47 PM EDT
YES! accessing those underground reading strategies that have become automatic for us as adult readers...& rediscovering them
#G2Great
In reply to @brenkrupp
flynn_catherine
Apr 20 @ 8:53 PM EDT
A3 By watching them & letting them experience "productive struggle," I can draw some conclusions abt what they're thinking.
#G2great
chrisp16
Apr 20 @ 8:53 PM EDT
A3: confer w/ them abt their rdg. Ss will often make comments as they read & jot them down for discussion as well as insight.
#g2great
VickiVintonTMAP
Apr 20 @ 8:53 PM EDT
#G2Great
@dorobarn
& I are both committed to writing down kids thinking as verbatim as possible as a way of honoring their thoughts
LindaMRief
Apr 20 @ 8:53 PM EDT
When I ask Ss to tell me what helps them most as readers&writers they say "U read with us;U write with us."
#G2Great
@LRobbTeacher
LRobbTeacher
Apr 20 @ 8:50 PM EDT
Sad but true. Many Ts of reading don't read. How can they transmit the passion? The book love?
#G2Great
In reply to @teachjanderson, @dorobarn, @brettelockyer, @g2great
hayhurst3
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 8:53 PM EDT
That sounds amazing.
#G2great
In reply to @lmhawkhill
jdsniadecki
Apr 20 @ 8:53 PM EDT
LATE AGAIN! Jennifer from IN here. 6th gr/PD Facil. Hi there! A3: I watch the faces; I ask ?s; I read reflections when they write.
#G2Great
hayhurst3
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 8:51 PM EDT
Q3
#G2Great
Teacher_AWebb
Apr 20 @ 8:53 PM EDT
A3:
#BookSnaps
are a great option, ask questions, share ideas
#G2great
hayhurst3
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 8:51 PM EDT
Q3
#G2Great
JCrossedu
Apr 20 @ 8:53 PM EDT
Preach! My son hates those! And he is a book junkie
#G2Great
In reply to @jerhende
franmcveigh
Apr 20 @ 8:53 PM EDT
Hey! Welcome, original
#WRRD
chatter
@jarhartz
#G2Great
In reply to @jarhartz, @azajacks, @rscalateach, @VickiVintonTMAP, @jarhartz
tara_smith5
Apr 20 @ 8:53 PM EDT
A3 We confer, talk as a class, and confer some more. I can only know how they think if I make time for talk
#G2Great
Teachr4
Apr 20 @ 8:53 PM EDT
A3 Ss saw me annotating a PD book while we were reading outside. One S says, look she is annotating! They need to see what we do.
#g2great
johnnydowney
Apr 20 @ 8:53 PM EDT
A3 I like to ask my readers to sketchnote
#readsketchthink
to make their thinking visible!
#G2Great
lmhawkhill
Apr 20 @ 8:54 PM EDT
It forces them to FOCUS!
#g2great
In reply to @hayhurst3
morales1stgrade
Apr 20 @ 8:54 PM EDT
A3 I watch them read. You can learn a lot. Are they are speeding through or taking time to look at pictures and "think"?
#G2Great
cvarsalona
Apr 20 @ 8:54 PM EDT
Champions together, Mary.
#KidsCANteachus
as
#thelivbits
tells me.
#G2Great
In reply to @DrMaryHoward
teachjanderson
Apr 20 @ 8:54 PM EDT
I'd argue it's the reality. Ts need to know going in this job requires being a reader &a learner yourself.
#G2great
In reply to @jerhende
LRobbTeacher
Apr 20 @ 8:54 PM EDT
Perfect! Student-led conversations & students compose the questions.
#G2Great
In reply to @ZohrinM, @LindaMRief, @dorobarn, @brettelockyer, @g2great
chrisp16
Apr 20 @ 8:54 PM EDT
I just don't understand how this happens. How can u teach what u do not have a passion for?
#g2great
In reply to @LRobbTeacher, @teachjanderson, @dorobarn, @brettelockyer, @g2great
VickiVintonTMAP
Apr 20 @ 8:54 PM EDT
#G2Great
drawing is another great tool
In reply to @johnnydowney
hayhurst3
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 8:54 PM EDT
Welcome Jen you're never too late for a great party.
#G2Great
In reply to @jdsniadecki
DrMaryHoward
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 8:54 PM EDT
I think if we created classrooms that are designed to do what we do naturally as readers and writers - we would have magic!
#G2Great
VickiVintonTMAP
Apr 20 @ 8:49 PM EDT
#G2Great
I don’t write about my reading often either.
In reply to @LisaEickholdt
KinneyCourts
Apr 20 @ 8:54 PM EDT
#G2Great
A3: observe them in action, rd artifacts, then ask for consent to engage in a convo abt the thinking work going on while they rd.
jazzmeister2013
Apr 20 @ 8:54 PM EDT
Hey
#G2Great
leaders! Just checking in briefly to say hello. Can't stay tonight. Have a great week on purpose!
btkissel
Apr 20 @ 8:54 PM EDT
A3: Talk, draw, write. Three ways to get insight into their reading.
#G2Great
dorobarn
Apr 20 @ 8:54 PM EDT
A3 Teach the thinking, not the text: ‘what made you think that?’ ‘Where did you get that idea?’
#G2great
ShelfieTalk
Apr 20 @ 8:54 PM EDT
A3 We truly get to know our readers through conversations and kid-watching.
#G2Great
brenkrupp
Apr 20 @ 8:54 PM EDT
A3: Lately I've been sitting next to readers & saying, "So what are you thinking about Now at this point in your book?" Great chats
#G2great
tammylani
Apr 20 @ 8:54 PM EDT
A3: Understanding the "invisible", in the head actions of sts helps inform next steps.
#G2Great
DrMaryHoward
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 8:55 PM EDT
A3 I am CURIOUSITY INSPIRED. It’s the fuel that drives me to really listen to their thinking w/MY mouth closed).
#G2Great
JCrossedu
Apr 20 @ 8:55 PM EDT
A3: Model metacongnition while I read so they can practice the same in reading conferences. Then I can hear their thinking
#G2Great
tysonkimberly
Apr 20 @ 8:55 PM EDT
A3: Watching...talking...asking...real conversations help you learn about what Ss do as they read.
#G2Great
brettelockyer
Apr 20 @ 8:55 PM EDT
At the moment I am on a mission to help my tchrs find authentic purposeful texts. Want to ditch the laminated card sets!
#G2Great
In reply to @KinneyCourts, @dorobarn, @tara_smith5
johnnydowney
Apr 20 @ 8:55 PM EDT
So engaging, even for the most reluctant readers and writers.
#g2great
In reply to @VickiVintonTMAP
LauraSarsten7
Apr 20 @ 8:55 PM EDT
A3: Ignite an interest in listening to your inner conversations while reading..students will then try this & share it w/others too!
#G2Great
franmcveigh
Apr 20 @ 8:55 PM EDT
A3: Make sure there are 0 test questions and NO right answers. Focus on Ss asking questions, talking, thinking, sketching!
#G2Great
#WRRD
ElisaW5
Apr 20 @ 8:55 PM EDT
A2 I teach my Ss it's OK 2 abandon books. Try 2 read at least 50 pgs before giving up. I tell them we can come back 2 these books.
#G2Great
LRobbTeacher
Apr 20 @ 8:55 PM EDT
A great strategy for all who coach!
#G2Great
In reply to @VickiVintonTMAP
morales1stgrade
Apr 20 @ 8:55 PM EDT
A3 Confer of course...Ask a simple question to get them talking. Let them do the work.
#G2Great
NancyHagerty2
Apr 20 @ 8:55 PM EDT
A3 I love to watch their facial expressions as they read and then I'll go and talk to them about it later during a conference.
#G2great
jdsniadecki
Apr 20 @ 8:55 PM EDT
I like the dramatic entrance, I guess. LOL
#G2Great
In reply to @hayhurst3
jerhende
Apr 20 @ 8:55 PM EDT
A3: mini conferences that last about a minute or so. "Tell me about this part" "what are you reading about?"
#G2Great
Teachr4
Apr 20 @ 8:55 PM EDT
It's a choice we must make!
#g2great
chrisp16
Apr 20 @ 8:54 PM EDT
I just don't understand how this happens. How can u teach what u do not have a passion for?
#g2great
In reply to @LRobbTeacher, @teachjanderson, @dorobarn, @brettelockyer, @g2great
MsAPlusTeacher
Apr 20 @ 8:55 PM EDT
Jumping in as I watch Playoff hockey! I'm Amanda from Cincinnati, Ohio - 5th grade ELA!
#g2great
spiraledu
Apr 20 @ 8:55 PM EDT
A3 love
#booksnaps
for students to take a picture & comment on what's going as they read
#g2great
check out
@BookSnapsREAL
&
@TaraMartinEDU
In reply to @hayhurst3, @BookSnapsREAL, @TaraMartinEDU
LiteracyCoachKS
Apr 20 @ 8:55 PM EDT
#G2Great
A3 Lean in, watch closely, listen carefully and ask, "How did u do that?!"
flynn_catherine
Apr 20 @ 8:56 PM EDT
A3 I'll point out where they navigated a tricky spot & talk them through what they did. Ss can't always articulate their thinking.
#G2great
MrsLisaMc
Apr 20 @ 8:56 PM EDT
So agree! My question to any T - what are you reading? You can't teach what you don't live and love
#G2Great
In reply to @LRobbTeacher, @teachjanderson, @dorobarn, @brettelockyer, @g2great
DrMaryHoward
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 8:56 PM EDT
I’d call that more misconstrued CONTROLLED reading with very little research basis. Our hearts should be breaking
#G2great
LiteracyCoachKS
Apr 20 @ 8:53 PM EDT
Amen, truly 💜breaking when I observe a student's book box filled with leveled decodables and restricted to discussions only on GR level😔
In reply to @DrMaryHoward
chrisp16
Apr 20 @ 8:56 PM EDT
My Ss will often ask what I am rdg or writing abt.
#g2great
It bring such joy to have these conversations.
In reply to @LindaMRief, @LRobbTeacher
d_parella
Apr 20 @ 8:56 PM EDT
And when you give them time - they can share their insights and give others a chance to build on ideas
#G2great
In reply to @morales1stgrade
angela_schroden
Apr 20 @ 8:56 PM EDT
A3 Conferring,writing,discussing w/ each other.
@ctovani
What Do They Really Know&
@smokeylit
Written Conversations are go-to's
#G2Great
pmgmcgee
Apr 20 @ 8:56 PM EDT
A3: I often ask kids about their reading processes. "What thinking work have you done..."
#G2Great
hayhurst3
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 8:56 PM EDT
I know
@FountasPinnell
Wheel of Strategic Actions is an amazing tool for Ts to be more responsive to their Ss
#G2Great
In reply to @tammylani, @FountasPinnell
VickiVintonTMAP
Apr 20 @ 8:56 PM EDT
#G2Great
Also love
@danfeigelson
’s trick: Keep asking kids, Can you say more?
tara_smith5
Apr 20 @ 8:56 PM EDT
This is it! It's the thinking about text that moves kids into more texts & the joy of discovery through a reading life
#G2Great
dorobarn
Apr 20 @ 8:54 PM EDT
A3 Teach the thinking, not the text: ‘what made you think that?’ ‘Where did you get that idea?’
#G2great
cincyliz
Apr 20 @ 8:56 PM EDT
Just checked out book snaps! Can't wait to try them now w/Ss and for me!
#G2great
In reply to @Teacher_AWebb
mollienye72
Apr 20 @ 8:56 PM EDT
A3:LOTS of 1:1 conferences and informal conversations. Ss digital journals have started giving me some insight, too.
#G2Great
mindi_r
Apr 20 @ 8:56 PM EDT
#g2great
I write verbatim and put their names after their ideas on our co-constructed anchor charts. Kids love to see their contributions.
In reply to @VickiVintonTMAP, @dorobarn
dorobarn
Apr 20 @ 8:56 PM EDT
A3
#G2Great
Listen to students as they read; not just after they read.
ShelfieTalk
Apr 20 @ 8:56 PM EDT
This truly one of the best ways to tell our students we care about them as readers and people!
#G2Great
In reply to @flynn_catherine
ElisaW5
Apr 20 @ 8:56 PM EDT
A3 Have conversations. Ask probing questions. Listen in on their convos w/classmates.
#G2Great
DinaMWeiss
Apr 20 @ 8:56 PM EDT
A3:
#G2Great
Never under estimate the power of informal conferences.
brettelockyer
Apr 20 @ 8:56 PM EDT
Aha moment here. I need to model my love of reading and delicious words w tchrs as well as students! Thanks!
#G2Great
In reply to @LRobbTeacher, @teachjanderson, @dorobarn, @g2great
susanclaireb
Apr 20 @ 8:56 PM EDT
A3: my ss just did book recommendations like you see at a bookstore by staff; they are now posted around the class
#G2Great
DrMaryHoward
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 8:57 PM EDT
A3 I find that stepping back can invite thinking to the experience. Listening in on peer conversations @ books is powerful.
#G2Great
btkissel
Apr 20 @ 8:57 PM EDT
I feel like I committed instructional malpractice when I taught math as an ELED teacher. I had no passion for it! YIKES!
#G2Great
chrisp16
Apr 20 @ 8:54 PM EDT
I just don't understand how this happens. How can u teach what u do not have a passion for?
#g2great
In reply to @LRobbTeacher, @teachjanderson, @dorobarn, @brettelockyer, @g2great
KymHarjes
Apr 20 @ 8:57 PM EDT
A3: discussion & dialogue occurring around whole class read alouds, often gives me insight into their approach to independent rding
#G2Great
LittyMathai
Apr 20 @ 8:57 PM EDT
You guys are amazing! Learning so much & I'm learning so much!
#G2Great
mindi_r
Apr 20 @ 8:57 PM EDT
#g2great
I rarely read PD books where kids can see (mostly because I get too distracted) but I’ve shown them my annotations
In reply to @Teachr4
girlworld4
Apr 20 @ 8:57 PM EDT
I'm late too!! Dramatic entrance #2
#G2Great
In reply to @jdsniadecki, @hayhurst3
cincyliz
Apr 20 @ 8:57 PM EDT
Liz from Ohio, 4th grade GIS, excited to jump in to this chat
#g2great
VickiVintonTMAP
Apr 20 @ 8:57 PM EDT
#G2Great
Absolutely, you get a window into how kids think
In reply to @KymHarjes
KatKrepps
Apr 20 @ 8:57 PM EDT
A2 How many books are you reading at once? I'm usually in the middle of 1 or 2 prof books, a forpleasure book & a kid's book or 2!
#G2great
d_parella
Apr 20 @ 8:57 PM EDT
Great idea. Ss tend to have a way to coach peers that is effective while building community and responsiveness
#g2great
In reply to @cvarsalona, @DrMaryHoward
LauraSarsten7
Apr 20 @ 8:57 PM EDT
YES Patty! by showing them a genuine interest in their thinking they will open up and share this with us!
#g2great
In reply to @pmgmcgee
dorobarn
Apr 20 @ 8:57 PM EDT
A3 Don’t ask them about their book; ask them about their thinking in the book. “What are you thinking when you read that word?”
#G2Great
MsAPlusTeacher
Apr 20 @ 8:57 PM EDT
A:3 Conferring is HUGE & quick stop & jots. Also check ins w Ss & just ask how they're feeling or what they're thinking
#g2great
brenkrupp
Apr 20 @ 8:58 PM EDT
Hoping to try this with
@seesaw
#G2great
In reply to @spiraledu, @hayhurst3, @BookSnapsREAL, @TaraMartinEDU, @Seesaw
hayhurst3
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 8:58 PM EDT
#G2Great
drmcgaughy
Apr 20 @ 8:58 PM EDT
A3: We do stop and jots. In this pic Ss were using emojis and words to describe a character's feelings.
#G2Great
DrMaryHoward
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 8:58 PM EDT
YES! I learned to read with Archie Veronica Jughead & Betty and I STILL love comic books to this day!
#G2great
dorobarn
Apr 20 @ 8:49 PM EDT
A2: Why do I read? So many reasons; not just a novel. Celebrate ALL reading with ALL kids. (Video game hacker sites?)
#G2Great
tara_smith5
Apr 20 @ 8:58 PM EDT
Book talk is part of so many interactions-this shows our kids the importance of their reading lives
#G2Great
In reply to @DinaMWeiss
hayhurst3
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 8:58 PM EDT
I love you Dani lol you make me laugh
#G2Great
In reply to @girlworld4, @jdsniadecki
btkissel
Apr 20 @ 8:58 PM EDT
I think many of the classics are soooooo boring. They turned me off reading for a year or two in high school. Bronte sis! YUCK!
#G2Great
JCrossedu
Apr 20 @ 8:52 PM EDT
Ts need to read the latest titles too. Classics are great, but let's not ignore the great new stuff
#G2Great
cvarsalona
Apr 20 @ 8:58 PM EDT
A3 Talk-learner to learner. Guide, coach them once I've got their trust. Find their passions-provide choices on their journey
#G2Great
In reply to @lmhawkhill
DrMaryHoward
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 8:58 PM EDT
Welcome Amanda!
#G2great
MsAPlusTeacher
Apr 20 @ 8:55 PM EDT
Jumping in as I watch Playoff hockey! I'm Amanda from Cincinnati, Ohio - 5th grade ELA!
#g2great
homoelles
Apr 20 @ 8:58 PM EDT
A3: Understanding the reading process means looking for clues from Ss. Errors become windows to understanding.
#g2great
morales1stgrade
Apr 20 @ 8:58 PM EDT
Yes! We must always keep this in mind. It's about the thinking, not the book.
#G2Great
dorobarn
Apr 20 @ 8:57 PM EDT
A3 Don’t ask them about their book; ask them about their thinking in the book. “What are you thinking when you read that word?”
#G2Great
ElisaW5
Apr 20 @ 8:58 PM EDT
The mom of a Ss said her daughter loved having a T who reads! Wow! That says so much more about her previous Ts than me. Tragic.
#G2Great
jerhende
Apr 20 @ 8:51 PM EDT
This a question for the ages...
#G2Great
.
LRobbTeacher
Apr 20 @ 8:50 PM EDT
Sad but true. Many Ts of reading don't read. How can they transmit the passion? The book love?
#G2Great
In reply to @teachjanderson, @dorobarn, @brettelockyer, @g2great
Teachr4
Apr 20 @ 8:58 PM EDT
It was a spur of the moment decision to read outside on a nice day and that was the first thing I grabbed!
#g2great
In reply to @mindi_r
jhaylett16
Apr 20 @ 8:58 PM EDT
A3 Listening in as Ss talk about books. What they talk about tells me where they're at.
#G2Great
teachjanderson
Apr 20 @ 8:58 PM EDT
A3: It's important we make these invisibles visible. Let learners see what readers do. Make the success criteria very clear.
#g2great
hayhurst3
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 8:59 PM EDT
Q4
#G2Great
angela_schroden
Apr 20 @ 8:59 PM EDT
1 of my favs is
@EllinKeene
"but if u DID know what would you say? " 😂 I ❤ the thoughtful pause from a S when asked that
#G2great
In reply to @dorobarn, @EllinKeene
chrisp16
Apr 20 @ 8:59 PM EDT
which game?
#g2great
I assume Columbus.
In reply to @MsAPlusTeacher
suzrolander
Apr 20 @ 8:59 PM EDT
Hello
#G2Great
! Susie joining late from NYC
mindi_r
Apr 20 @ 8:59 PM EDT
#g2great
What are you reading? should be a question in every tech interview. I answered “In the Middle by Nancie Atwell.” I got the job.
In reply to @MrsLisaMc, @LRobbTeacher, @teachjanderson, @dorobarn, @brettelockyer, @g2great
ElisaW5
Apr 20 @ 8:59 PM EDT
Me too!
@brettelockyer
#G2Great
brettelockyer
Apr 20 @ 8:51 PM EDT
A2 To understand, I often need to talk. Staffrm coffee-machine convos help me, along with dinner-table ones - tolerant husband!
#G2Great
DrGLK
Apr 20 @ 8:59 PM EDT
Love this topic! Signing in from Sacramento.
#G2Great
DrMaryHoward
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 8:59 PM EDT
I never cease to be surprised when see we’re halfway through the chat. Truly inspiring dialogue when time disappears!
#G2great
brenkrupp
Apr 20 @ 8:59 PM EDT
And love when reading partners say that to each other.
#G2great
VickiVintonTMAP
Apr 20 @ 8:56 PM EDT
#G2Great
Also love
@danfeigelson
’s trick: Keep asking kids, Can you say more?
LittyMathai
Apr 20 @ 8:59 PM EDT
A3: Conferences, responses, of course. Recently tried a reading check-in every 5 minutes for a total of 15 minutes. Interesting!
#G2Great
cvarsalona
Apr 20 @ 8:59 PM EDT
Yes, we need to be kidwatchers to watch this happen.
#G2Great
In reply to @d_parella, @DrMaryHoward
btkissel
Apr 20 @ 8:59 PM EDT
Yes Vicki! Make the reader do the important thinking work! :)
#G2Great
VickiVintonTMAP
Apr 20 @ 8:56 PM EDT
#G2Great
Also love
@danfeigelson
’s trick: Keep asking kids, Can you say more?
spiraledu
Apr 20 @ 8:59 PM EDT
Sketchnoting is a great active listening process! I want to try shared Padlet or google doc to share live thoughts
#g2great
In reply to @johnnydowney
MsAPlusTeacher
Apr 20 @ 8:59 PM EDT
A3:quick post it or question at the end of workshop gives info. I've also recently started using
@flipgrid
to capture thinking
#G2great
hayhurst3
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 8:59 PM EDT
We create tools to make their learning visible naming and knowing then transferring
#G2Great
In reply to @teachjanderson
DrMaryHoward
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 9:00 PM EDT
A4 Meaning-making requires us to dig beneath the surface. There’s no list of prescribed questions or tasks that can do that.
#G2Great
hayhurst3
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 9:00 PM EDT
A4 My mentor
@DrMaryHoward
w/tell you that everything is in the service of meaning making - it's a game changer. Think of it.
#G2great
LRobbTeacher
Apr 20 @ 9:00 PM EDT
I'm with you! But love Vicki's suggestion of bringing Ts we coach into the reading life.
#G2Great
In reply to @chrisp16, @teachjanderson, @dorobarn, @brettelockyer, @g2great
LauraSarsten7
Apr 20 @ 9:00 PM EDT
A4: making meaning looks different for every reader..make sure students have space to find their own pathway to it!
#G2Great
Teachr4
Apr 20 @ 9:00 PM EDT
Q4 My new favorite question from this book is "How do you know?" rates up there with "Can you tell me more?"
#g2great
hayhurst3
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 8:59 PM EDT
Q4
#G2Great
drmcgaughy
Apr 20 @ 9:00 PM EDT
Booksnaps with
@Seesaw
revealed my Ss understanding of how a character feels.
#G2Great
https://t.co/r0Xb9HnTN2
tammylani
Apr 20 @ 9:00 PM EDT
Yes, analyzing errors helps us understand the systems a child employs while reading.
#G2Great
In reply to @homoelles
suzrolander
Apr 20 @ 9:00 PM EDT
I agree
@angela_schroden
I LOVE that line! I use it with my own kids too. It helps kids dig deep!
#G2Great
!
angela_schroden
Apr 20 @ 8:59 PM EDT
1 of my favs is
@EllinKeene
"but if u DID know what would you say? " 😂 I ❤ the thoughtful pause from a S when asked that
#G2great
In reply to @dorobarn, @EllinKeene
spiraledu
Apr 20 @ 9:00 PM EDT
I've used skitch with my younger students. It works really well offline too
#g2great
In reply to @brenkrupp, @hayhurst3, @BookSnapsREAL, @TaraMartinEDU, @Seesaw
mindi_r
Apr 20 @ 9:00 PM EDT
#g2great
This is my first year in 3rd after 22 as middle school lit. TRYING to develop passion for math. It’s rough going! :-)
In reply to @btkissel
DrMaryHoward
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 9:00 PM EDT
YES absolutely. We can model what we don’t live and breathe and it sends a terrible message to kids!
#G2great
LRobbTeacher
Apr 20 @ 8:50 PM EDT
Sad but true. Many Ts of reading don't read. How can they transmit the passion? The book love?
#G2Great
In reply to @teachjanderson, @dorobarn, @brettelockyer, @g2great
tara_smith5
Apr 20 @ 9:00 PM EDT
This "trick" helps kids understand that there is always more-it gives them space to think deeper
#G2Great
VickiVintonTMAP
Apr 20 @ 8:56 PM EDT
#G2Great
Also love
@danfeigelson
’s trick: Keep asking kids, Can you say more?
Jeux_Solution
Apr 20 @ 9:00 PM EDT
Great Wall Treasure Escape walkthrough First Escape Games.
#G2Great
https://t.co/vNGXOLfFtk
girlworld4
Apr 20 @ 9:00 PM EDT
Tell me about it. My HS daughter barely survived Crime & Punishment
#KillTheLoveOfReading
#G2great
In reply to @btkissel
hayhurst3
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 9:00 PM EDT
What makes you say that?
#G2Great
In reply to @Teachr4
lmhawkhill
Apr 20 @ 9:01 PM EDT
A4: Making the text meaningful & relevant to Ss lives. Providing opportunities to allow Ss to make connections. Inspire Thinking
#g2great
hayhurst3
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 8:59 PM EDT
Q4
#G2Great
susanclaireb
Apr 20 @ 9:01 PM EDT
A4: Meaning Making is teaching a student how to navigate their way through a text as opposed to teaching the text
#G2Great
johnnydowney
Apr 20 @ 9:01 PM EDT
I've done this! It's so great. They can comment back and forth during small group reading or you can. Love padlet!
#g2great
In reply to @spiraledu
LauraSarsten7
Apr 20 @ 9:01 PM EDT
A4: Making-meaning is also making the choice to live differently after reading something.
#G2Great
KymHarjes
Apr 20 @ 9:01 PM EDT
A4: making meaning often develops 1st in readers, yet it risks getting taught into last...this is where the power of RA fits
#G2Great
Teacher_AWebb
Apr 20 @ 9:01 PM EDT
A4: Making connections to prior knowledge and applying it
#G2great
KinneyCourts
Apr 20 @ 9:01 PM EDT
@teachjanderson
You're reading The Hate U Give, Tyler?! Just picked it up today & can't wait to dive in tonight! 😀
#G2great
lmhawkhill
Apr 20 @ 9:01 PM EDT
Absolutely!
#G2Great
In reply to @mollienye72, @cvarsalona
morales1stgrade
Apr 20 @ 9:01 PM EDT
A4I always ask my Ss to think about what makes sense here. Doesn't matter what they are stuck on.Reading is nothing without meaning.
#G2Great
franmcveigh
Apr 20 @ 9:01 PM EDT
A4: I have to work at NOT being a "plot junkie". What does the author want me to know/understand as and after I read? HUGE!
#G2Great
hayhurst3
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 8:59 PM EDT
Q4
#G2Great
Teachr4
Apr 20 @ 9:01 PM EDT
You mean the questions on the side of the story in the teacher's manual don't do that? (sarcasm added.)
#g2great
DrMaryHoward
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 9:00 PM EDT
A4 Meaning-making requires us to dig beneath the surface. There’s no list of prescribed questions or tasks that can do that.
#G2Great
mindi_r
Apr 20 @ 9:01 PM EDT
#g2great
The Scarlett Letter was the first book I fake read in high school. Paid money for the Cliff Notes back in 1984.
In reply to @btkissel
btkissel
Apr 20 @ 9:02 PM EDT
Kathy...I usually have 2-3 books going at once. Just like I have about 2-3 writing pieces going at once.
#G2Great
In reply to @KatKrepps
suzrolander
Apr 20 @ 9:02 PM EDT
I agree
@cvarsalona
Kidwatching is at the heart of all great teaching!
#G2Great
!
cvarsalona
Apr 20 @ 8:59 PM EDT
Yes, we need to be kidwatchers to watch this happen.
#G2Great
In reply to @d_parella, @DrMaryHoward
MrsLisaMc
Apr 20 @ 9:02 PM EDT
A4 always do a lesson on the big secret about reading - you are supposed to think when you read! Sadly some Ss write it down
#g2great
hayhurst3
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 9:02 PM EDT
Absolutely text should be a mirror.
#G2Great
as well as a means to uncover new experiences.
In reply to @lmhawkhill
ElisaW5
Apr 20 @ 9:02 PM EDT
@dorobarn
I also ask what their feeling as they're reading. What emotions come up as they're reading. Very revealing!
#G2Great
dorobarn
Apr 20 @ 8:57 PM EDT
A3 Don’t ask them about their book; ask them about their thinking in the book. “What are you thinking when you read that word?”
#G2Great
cvarsalona
Apr 20 @ 9:02 PM EDT
@DrMaryHoward
Love the term curiosity inspired. Glad that you are going to be the guest moderator on
#WonderChat
#G2great
@Wonderopolis
DrMaryHoward
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 8:55 PM EDT
A3 I am CURIOUSITY INSPIRED. It’s the fuel that drives me to really listen to their thinking w/MY mouth closed).
#G2Great
YCSTeach
Apr 20 @ 9:02 PM EDT
#G2Great
Chat: Teaching of reading is informed by research and by watching Ss read (different kind of research.Learn from Ss every day.
DrLMaucione
Apr 20 @ 9:02 PM EDT
Hi
#g2great
friends! Disappointed to miss the 1st half of chat, but glad to make it for the 2nd half! Lisa, literacy specialist, from MA.
jerhende
Apr 20 @ 9:02 PM EDT
A4: To me it can be as simple as "I understand what I read"
#g2great
DrMaryHoward
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 9:02 PM EDT
I worry when I visit schools to do a lesson kids answer with a ? mark as if waiting for my affirmation. That’s has been taught
#G2great
pmgmcgee
Apr 20 @ 8:56 PM EDT
A3: I often ask kids about their reading processes. "What thinking work have you done..."
#G2Great
flynn_catherine
Apr 20 @ 9:02 PM EDT
A4 Without making meaning, reading is just word-calling. How could anyone be passionate about that?
#G2great
hayhurst3
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 9:02 PM EDT
Here's to not being a "plot junkie" Cheers!
#G2Great
franmcveigh
Apr 20 @ 9:01 PM EDT
A4: I have to work at NOT being a "plot junkie". What does the author want me to know/understand as and after I read? HUGE!
#G2Great
hayhurst3
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 8:59 PM EDT
Q4
#G2Great
DrMaryHoward
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 9:03 PM EDT
A4 Meaning-making requires students to step inside a text to savor words & ideas. TIME + OPPORTUNITY = GIFT
#G2Great
mindi_r
Apr 20 @ 9:03 PM EDT
#g2great
That pause can get quite long some times.
In reply to @angela_schroden, @dorobarn, @EllinKeene
suzrolander
Apr 20 @ 9:03 PM EDT
And meaningmaking requires a student's perspective....what is going on in their lovely brain as they read the text!
#G2Great
!
DrMaryHoward
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 9:00 PM EDT
A4 Meaning-making requires us to dig beneath the surface. There’s no list of prescribed questions or tasks that can do that.
#G2Great
btkissel
Apr 20 @ 9:03 PM EDT
LOVE this. Just did a reflection session with K kiddos this week where they used emojis to reflect on their writing.
#G2Great
drmcgaughy
Apr 20 @ 8:58 PM EDT
A3: We do stop and jots. In this pic Ss were using emojis and words to describe a character's feelings.
#G2Great
dorobarn
Apr 20 @ 9:03 PM EDT
A4
#G2Great
Teach students to construct rather than identify. This teaches them to be strategic, not just to know strategies.
brettelockyer
Apr 20 @ 9:03 PM EDT
Yes, n such a good reference when meeting w parents, who feel proud and informed about what thinking looks like in today's clsrm.
#G2Great
In reply to @mindi_r, @VickiVintonTMAP, @dorobarn
girlworld4
Apr 20 @ 9:03 PM EDT
A4: Think time. Give plenty of think time that promotes rich discussion w/ Ss doing most of the talking
#G2Great
tara_smith5
Apr 20 @ 9:03 PM EDT
A4 Meaning making is the intersection of many pathways of thinking.Our kids need to know this/practice this.
#G2Great
LauraSarsten7
Apr 20 @ 9:03 PM EDT
Yes! :) We can ask students, "How might I live differently having read & experienced this book!" Reading has impact on our lives!
#G2Great
In reply to @franmcveigh
DrMaryHoward
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 9:03 PM EDT
Really looking forward to it Carol. Hope to see you there :]
#G2great
cvarsalona
Apr 20 @ 9:02 PM EDT
@DrMaryHoward
Love the term curiosity inspired. Glad that you are going to be the guest moderator on
#WonderChat
#G2great
@Wonderopolis
DrMaryHoward
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 8:55 PM EDT
A3 I am CURIOUSITY INSPIRED. It’s the fuel that drives me to really listen to their thinking w/MY mouth closed).
#G2Great
DinaMWeiss
Apr 20 @ 9:03 PM EDT
A4:
#G2Great
Meaning-making is not teacher jargon it's grounded in Vygotsky's theoretical work and the power of self- reflection
MrsLisaMc
Apr 20 @ 9:03 PM EDT
Great answer! Dislike when Ts say they are doing a book - you are doing thinking, the book is the vehicle
#G2Great
In reply to @susanclaireb
cincyliz
Apr 20 @ 9:03 PM EDT
A3: blogging! Ss blog letters to the author of the books they've read. First year in and it's amazing- authentic thinking shines
#g2great
KymHarjes
Apr 20 @ 9:03 PM EDT
A4: love to tap into the incredible work of
@Stephharvey49
@annegoudvis
Comprehension Toolkit when it comes to making meaning
#G2Great
LittyMathai
Apr 20 @ 9:03 PM EDT
A4: Meaning Making is impacted by schema. Our job to enrich Ss by having rich conversations, experiences, sharing in community.
#g2Great
ElisaW5
Apr 20 @ 9:03 PM EDT
There are so many wonderful books out there,
@btkissel
and
@JCrossedu
. George is making the rounds in my class right now.
#G2Great
btkissel
Apr 20 @ 8:58 PM EDT
I think many of the classics are soooooo boring. They turned me off reading for a year or two in high school. Bronte sis! YUCK!
#G2Great
JCrossedu
Apr 20 @ 8:52 PM EDT
Ts need to read the latest titles too. Classics are great, but let's not ignore the great new stuff
#G2Great
chrisp16
Apr 20 @ 9:04 PM EDT
A3: making meaning reminds me of Rosenblatt. Need to have that connection, intimacy w/ the material. Choice is critical.
#g2great
VickiVintonTMAP
Apr 20 @ 9:04 PM EDT
#G2Great
A4: Also think it’s about continually growing ur thinking as you read, not waiting till you’re done. Drafting & revising
mindi_r
Apr 20 @ 9:04 PM EDT
#g2great
Those are my two favorite questions as well. My kids have started adding the “because….” to their answers b/c they know I’ll ask
In reply to @Teachr4
Teachr4
Apr 20 @ 9:04 PM EDT
Yes! How has this book changed you? Not what happened in the book?
#G2Great
LauraSarsten7
Apr 20 @ 9:01 PM EDT
A4: Making-meaning is also making the choice to live differently after reading something.
#G2Great
DrMaryHoward
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 9:04 PM EDT
Welcome Lisa. Just happy you made it tonight
#G2great
DrLMaucione
Apr 20 @ 9:02 PM EDT
Hi
#g2great
friends! Disappointed to miss the 1st half of chat, but glad to make it for the 2nd half! Lisa, literacy specialist, from MA.
hayhurst3
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 9:04 PM EDT
So glad you are with us Lisa I was looking for ya!
#G2Great
In reply to @DrLMaucione
drmcgaughy
Apr 20 @ 9:04 PM EDT
A4: To me it means how a S interacts with the text. Not a linear process, but more circular as the student revisits, rethinks....
#G2great
franmcveigh
Apr 20 @ 9:04 PM EDT
A4: Biggest AHA is that if truly focused on "meaning-making" . . . there cannot be one right answer! Life-changing!
#G2Great
#WRRD
btkissel
Apr 20 @ 9:04 PM EDT
Oh...this is a smart response to this question!
#G2Great
susanclaireb
Apr 20 @ 9:01 PM EDT
A4: Meaning Making is teaching a student how to navigate their way through a text as opposed to teaching the text
#G2Great
tara_smith5
Apr 20 @ 9:04 PM EDT
Yes. Think time/wait time. Great thinking just needs quiet time...our willingness to make space for this.
#G2Great
girlworld4
Apr 20 @ 9:03 PM EDT
A4: Think time. Give plenty of think time that promotes rich discussion w/ Ss doing most of the talking
#G2Great
LauraSarsten7
Apr 20 @ 9:04 PM EDT
Yes! Keeping reading an active exploration!
#G2Great
In reply to @VickiVintonTMAP
KinneyCourts
Apr 20 @ 9:04 PM EDT
#G2Great
A4:Meaning-making is so personal. It's the lens w/in which I gaze to tackle the essence of anything I read. It's my filter &compass
cvarsalona
Apr 20 @ 9:04 PM EDT
T-Directed teaching doesn't allow 4 kidwatching, Susie so yes Kidwatching is the tool to guide our thinking in S-directed settings.
#G2great
In reply to @suzrolander
angela_schroden
Apr 20 @ 9:04 PM EDT
For sure!Asked Ts last week 2 work thru text&describe their process 2 think aloud.I got crickets&nervous laughter
#G2great
In reply to @VickiVintonTMAP
LiteracyCoachKS
Apr 20 @ 9:04 PM EDT
#G2Great
A4 Reading is active, personal, and when we find meaning, we cling to it, because it gives us a voice, it changes us, moves us
DrMaryHoward
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 9:05 PM EDT
A4 Model meaning-making including challenges WE face and how we can meander our way back to meaning.
#G2Great
hayhurst3
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 9:05 PM EDT
#G2Great
YCSTeach
Apr 20 @ 9:05 PM EDT
#G2Great
Chat: Process of meaning-making means their is a sequence or trajectory for learning to comprehend.
dorobarn
Apr 20 @ 9:05 PM EDT
A4 Meaning making is actively investing in the process of discovery. From ‘huh' to ‘oh!'
#G2Great
DrMaryHoward
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 9:05 PM EDT
Yes and when we celebrate the lovely work in those amazing brains we learn SO much in the process
#G2great
suzrolander
Apr 20 @ 9:03 PM EDT
And meaningmaking requires a student's perspective....what is going on in their lovely brain as they read the text!
#G2Great
!
DrMaryHoward
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 9:00 PM EDT
A4 Meaning-making requires us to dig beneath the surface. There’s no list of prescribed questions or tasks that can do that.
#G2Great
teachjanderson
Apr 20 @ 9:05 PM EDT
How do you help Ss with making meaning or deeper meanings when you haven't read the book yet? Kids reading lives move fast.
#g2great
Teachr4
Apr 20 @ 9:05 PM EDT
Yes! Much of that one answer thinking comes from basals.
#g2great
franmcveigh
Apr 20 @ 9:04 PM EDT
A4: Biggest AHA is that if truly focused on "meaning-making" . . . there cannot be one right answer! Life-changing!
#G2Great
#WRRD
Teacher_AWebb
Apr 20 @ 9:05 PM EDT
Super curious...what is everyone reading right now?
#G2great
franmcveigh
Apr 20 @ 9:05 PM EDT
PERFECT!
@Teachr4
EVERY one of those questions . . . GAG!
#G2Great
Teachr4
Apr 20 @ 9:01 PM EDT
You mean the questions on the side of the story in the teacher's manual don't do that? (sarcasm added.)
#g2great
DrMaryHoward
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 9:00 PM EDT
A4 Meaning-making requires us to dig beneath the surface. There’s no list of prescribed questions or tasks that can do that.
#G2Great
LittyMathai
Apr 20 @ 9:05 PM EDT
What a great question
@tara_smith5
!
#G2Great
tara_smith5
Apr 20 @ 9:00 PM EDT
This "trick" helps kids understand that there is always more-it gives them space to think deeper
#G2Great
VickiVintonTMAP
Apr 20 @ 8:56 PM EDT
#G2Great
Also love
@danfeigelson
’s trick: Keep asking kids, Can you say more?
chrisp16
Apr 20 @ 9:05 PM EDT
This is key. Too many struggle w/ the application to construct meaning.
#g2great
dorobarn
Apr 20 @ 9:03 PM EDT
A4
#G2Great
Teach students to construct rather than identify. This teaches them to be strategic, not just to know strategies.
cvarsalona
Apr 20 @ 9:05 PM EDT
I will absolutely be there as one of the Wonder Lead Ambassadors.
#G2great
In reply to @DrMaryHoward
tammylani
Apr 20 @ 9:05 PM EDT
With this focus, readers can be strategic in multiple contexts with a variety of texts. Teaching readers vs. teaching reading.
#G2Great
In reply to @dorobarn
teachjanderson
Apr 20 @ 9:05 PM EDT
can you say more on construct vs identify?
#G2great
In reply to @dorobarn
girlworld4
Apr 20 @ 9:05 PM EDT
Would love to know more
@btkissel
.. leading Ks to deeper meaning making can be challenging
#G2Great
In reply to @btkissel, @btkissel
KymHarjes
Apr 20 @ 9:05 PM EDT
A4: rich character talk, real world connections, deep discussion of the books pictures to invite the illustrators pov into the mix
#G2Great
susanclaireb
Apr 20 @ 9:05 PM EDT
A4: a text becomes a living piece with each individual; we must guide ss to use their experiences and skills to make meaning
#G2Great
brettelockyer
Apr 20 @ 9:05 PM EDT
A4 School: we come together to make meaning together, yes? This takes time.
#G2Great
hayhurst3
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 9:06 PM EDT
Q5
#G2Great
flynn_catherine
Apr 20 @ 9:06 PM EDT
This is a good point, Fran. But sometimes we can't get to those bigger understandings if we don't get the plot. Both are important.
#G2Great
In reply to @franmcveigh
DrMaryHoward
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 9:06 PM EDT
Definitely when we keep the CHOICE door wide open!
#G2great
LauraSarsten7
Apr 20 @ 9:03 PM EDT
Yes! :) We can ask students, "How might I live differently having read & experienced this book!" Reading has impact on our lives!
#G2Great
In reply to @franmcveigh
suzrolander
Apr 20 @ 9:06 PM EDT
I am on the last 20 pgs. of The Hate U Give & it says a lot that I am on
#G2Great
b/c this book is SOOO fabulous!
@KinneyCourts
KinneyCourts
Apr 20 @ 9:01 PM EDT
@teachjanderson
You're reading The Hate U Give, Tyler?! Just picked it up today & can't wait to dive in tonight! 😀
#G2great
btkissel
Apr 20 @ 9:06 PM EDT
It's been hard to keep up tonight. So many great ideas being shared!
#G2Great
DrLMaucione
Apr 20 @ 9:02 PM EDT
Hi
#g2great
friends! Disappointed to miss the 1st half of chat, but glad to make it for the 2nd half! Lisa, literacy specialist, from MA.
jhaylett16
Apr 20 @ 9:06 PM EDT
A4 Using more book talk and less prescribed ?s helps build meaning in a way each Ss can wrap their thinking around.
#G2Great
dorobarn
Apr 20 @ 9:06 PM EDT
I find it easier if I haven’t read the book. It’s their meaning, then, not mine. I’m teaching the process, not the product.
#G2Great
teachjanderson
Apr 20 @ 9:05 PM EDT
How do you help Ss with making meaning or deeper meanings when you haven't read the book yet? Kids reading lives move fast.
#g2great
DrMaryHoward
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 9:06 PM EDT
And good friend ❤️
#G2great
cvarsalona
Apr 20 @ 9:05 PM EDT
I will absolutely be there as one of the Wonder Lead Ambassadors.
#G2great
In reply to @DrMaryHoward
teachjanderson
Apr 20 @ 9:06 PM EDT
and inviting Ps as commenters is a great way to build connections and literacy in the classroom.
#G2great
In reply to @cincyliz
brenkrupp
Apr 20 @ 9:06 PM EDT
About to start "The Hate You Give".
#G2great
Teacher_AWebb
Apr 20 @ 9:05 PM EDT
Super curious...what is everyone reading right now?
#G2great
mollienye72
Apr 20 @ 9:06 PM EDT
A4:just inserting the word why or how helps elevate a discussion. Applicable in many different ways/contexts. Can lead to deep talk.
#G2Great
suzrolander
Apr 20 @ 9:06 PM EDT
Yes
@DrMaryHoward
if, and only if we are great kidwatchers...some themes emerging!
#G2Great
DrMaryHoward
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 9:05 PM EDT
Yes and when we celebrate the lovely work in those amazing brains we learn SO much in the process
#G2great
suzrolander
Apr 20 @ 9:03 PM EDT
And meaningmaking requires a student's perspective....what is going on in their lovely brain as they read the text!
#G2Great
!
DrMaryHoward
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 9:00 PM EDT
A4 Meaning-making requires us to dig beneath the surface. There’s no list of prescribed questions or tasks that can do that.
#G2Great
DrMaryHoward
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 9:07 PM EDT
A5 Approach texts w/o preconceived notions. Let go of our fascination w/KNOWING & open doors to DISCOVERING
#G2Great
hayhurst3
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 9:07 PM EDT
A5 Facilitators of thinking are responsive to Ss know that Ss voices need to dominate conversation.
#G2Great
@JillDerosa
is great at this.
teachjanderson
Apr 20 @ 9:07 PM EDT
Science is clear. Background knowledge plays a huge role in making meaning.
#G2great
LittyMathai
Apr 20 @ 9:03 PM EDT
A4: Meaning Making is impacted by schema. Our job to enrich Ss by having rich conversations, experiences, sharing in community.
#g2Great
franmcveigh
Apr 20 @ 9:07 PM EDT
A4: Takes BOTH. Synergy from more than one "meaning" at a time!
@flynn_catherine
#G2Great
flynn_catherine
Apr 20 @ 9:06 PM EDT
This is a good point, Fran. But sometimes we can't get to those bigger understandings if we don't get the plot. Both are important.
#G2Great
In reply to @franmcveigh
ElisaW5
Apr 20 @ 9:07 PM EDT
A4 Meaning-making happens when reader lives in pgs of bk. Not about 1 meaning. What reader brings 2 bk & how the 2 work together.
#G2Great
ShelfieTalk
Apr 20 @ 9:07 PM EDT
A4 Meaning-making involves interacting with a text, reflecting on knowledge and experiences, asking how the text impacts us.
#G2Great
cvarsalona
Apr 20 @ 9:07 PM EDT
Yes and good friend, Mary.
#G2great
In reply to @DrMaryHoward
VickiVintonTMAP
Apr 20 @ 9:07 PM EDT
#G2Great
Yes! Why and how automatically take you deeper to what ur thinking not just what’s on the page
In reply to @mollienye72
DrMaryHoward
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 9:07 PM EDT
Can you imagine how our conversations with kids would change just by making that shift in thinking Leigh Anne?
#G2great
Teachr4
Apr 20 @ 9:04 PM EDT
Yes! How has this book changed you? Not what happened in the book?
#G2Great
LauraSarsten7
Apr 20 @ 9:01 PM EDT
A4: Making-meaning is also making the choice to live differently after reading something.
#G2Great
YCSTeach
Apr 20 @ 9:07 PM EDT
#G2Great
chat: Noticing the process of meaning making happens naturally in book clubs, book talks,& conferring.
susanclaireb
Apr 20 @ 9:07 PM EDT
Agreed - Ts can get so caught up in ss knowing facts about a text that ss miss the meaning; we must let the text speak to the s
#G2Great
In reply to @MrsLisaMc
JCrossedu
Apr 20 @ 9:07 PM EDT
A5: It looks like letting go!
#G2Great
ElisaW5
Apr 20 @ 9:07 PM EDT
I use that all the time
@angela_schroden
!
#G2Great
angela_schroden
Apr 20 @ 8:59 PM EDT
1 of my favs is
@EllinKeene
"but if u DID know what would you say? " 😂 I ❤ the thoughtful pause from a S when asked that
#G2great
In reply to @dorobarn, @EllinKeene
LauraSarsten7
Apr 20 @ 9:07 PM EDT
A5: Showing up as a reader and having conversations reader to reader not teacher to student!
#G2Great
DrMaryHoward
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 9:08 PM EDT
I love that Susan!
#G2great
susanclaireb
Apr 20 @ 9:01 PM EDT
A4: Meaning Making is teaching a student how to navigate their way through a text as opposed to teaching the text
#G2Great
KymHarjes
Apr 20 @ 9:08 PM EDT
A5: it's the ability to REALLY listen & respond to your readers...offer your thoughts and welcome theirs with openness
#G2Great
dorobarn
Apr 20 @ 9:08 PM EDT
Construct is from the ground up, using details to build the story. Identify is answering: what is the setting? what is the theme.
#G2Great
In reply to @teachjanderson
MsAPlusTeacher
Apr 20 @ 9:08 PM EDT
A4: Meaning making is having Ss connect to a texts authentically. Relate & question but don't post-it to death.Admire gems & craft
#G2great
chrisp16
Apr 20 @ 9:08 PM EDT
Just started the other night. DO NOT begin before bed b/c u will not want to put it down!!!! you've been warned!!
#g2great
In reply to @brenkrupp
cvarsalona
Apr 20 @ 9:08 PM EDT
Jill, modeling is always an imp step for Ts. Hearing our Ss thinking is another imp step.
#G2great
In reply to @JCrossedu
brettelockyer
Apr 20 @ 9:08 PM EDT
But I do this with my colleagues! I hope it signifies that I want the convo to continue. Must ask them what they reckon of my ? !
#G2Great
In reply to @DrMaryHoward
franmcveigh
Apr 20 @ 9:08 PM EDT
A5: This means honoring ALL student answers / thoughts. Not stopping with "correct" answer! "Why?" "Tell me more"
#G2Great
hayhurst3
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 9:06 PM EDT
Q5
#G2Great
LRobbTeacher
Apr 20 @ 9:08 PM EDT
When I see small groups of Ss in a small room, I leave a trail of books & rejoice when they start browsing.
#G2Great
btkissel
Apr 20 @ 9:08 PM EDT
I'm on a Bill Bryson kick. Just finished A Walk in the Woods. Loved the Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid.
#G2Great
Teacher_AWebb
Apr 20 @ 9:05 PM EDT
Super curious...what is everyone reading right now?
#G2great
DrMaryHoward
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 9:08 PM EDT
Frame-worthy words of wisdom!
#G2great
dorobarn
Apr 20 @ 9:05 PM EDT
A4 Meaning making is actively investing in the process of discovery. From ‘huh' to ‘oh!'
#G2Great
hayhurst3
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 9:08 PM EDT
Why and how make it personal.
#G2Great
In reply to @VickiVintonTMAP, @mollienye72
brenkrupp
Apr 20 @ 9:08 PM EDT
A5: Helping kids uncover their knowledge, not try to find mine. Accepting, pushing thinking.
#G2great
DinaMWeiss
Apr 20 @ 9:08 PM EDT
A4:
#G2Great
Meaning-making is teaching metacognition; thinking about my thinking and articulating my ideas
VickiVintonTMAP
Apr 20 @ 9:08 PM EDT
#G2Great
Yes, we must honor even fledgling thoughts!
In reply to @franmcveigh
tara_smith5
Apr 20 @ 9:09 PM EDT
A5 My kids do not read to answer my questions, they read to formulate their own questions and find their way to their own answers.
#G2Great
DrMaryHoward
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 9:09 PM EDT
A5 Once we model the process, we engage student-centered dialogue & step aside as observers. Opportunity is everything.
#G2Great
mindi_r
Apr 20 @ 9:09 PM EDT
#g2great
I model my thinking for my students and honor theirs. We celebrate the different interpretations of text the kids come up with.
KinneyCourts
Apr 20 @ 9:09 PM EDT
Teaching the reader not what they are reading! A beautiful long term investment of growing readers.
#G2great
In reply to @dorobarn
mindi_r
Apr 20 @ 9:09 PM EDT
YES!!!!!
#g2great
In reply to @JCrossedu
jerhende
Apr 20 @ 9:09 PM EDT
A5: Asking more open-ended ? that don't have "right answers" And asking ? that make Ss truly think, not search for the right answer
#g2great
DrLMaucione
Apr 20 @ 9:09 PM EDT
Being a facilitator means being open to Ss thinking and empowering them to have their own ideas
#G2Great
MrsLisaMc
Apr 20 @ 9:09 PM EDT
A5 less T talk more Ss talk. Facilitators don't lecture, they guide, challenge, tweak, listen, note, and give Ss strategies
#g2great
brettelockyer
Apr 20 @ 9:09 PM EDT
Thanks for the tip - will be using! Go emojis-in-the-classroom!
#G2Great
In reply to @btkissel
DrMaryHoward
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 9:09 PM EDT
Vicki Vinton's (one of our amazing guests tonight( newest book, Dynamic Teaching.
#G2great
Teacher_AWebb
Apr 20 @ 9:05 PM EDT
Super curious...what is everyone reading right now?
#G2great
hayhurst3
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 9:09 PM EDT
Identify = looking from outside of the text Construct = building meaning of text
#G2Great
In reply to @dorobarn, @teachjanderson
suzrolander
Apr 20 @ 9:09 PM EDT
I love that
@pmgmcgee
"what thinking have you done?" & yes
@DrMaryHoward
we have to unteach the ? from the kids
#G2Great
DrMaryHoward
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 9:02 PM EDT
I worry when I visit schools to do a lesson kids answer with a ? mark as if waiting for my affirmation. That’s has been taught
#G2great
pmgmcgee
Apr 20 @ 8:56 PM EDT
A3: I often ask kids about their reading processes. "What thinking work have you done..."
#G2Great
LiteracyCoachKS
Apr 20 @ 9:10 PM EDT
#G2Great
A5 when we genuinely consider authors purpose we don't answer, "to regurgitate the text from the page!" We ask what inspires us?
LauraSarsten7
Apr 20 @ 9:10 PM EDT
A5: Helping readers become purposefully present in their reading experiences...they are in charge and will find joy when they are!
#G2Great
mindi_r
Apr 20 @ 9:10 PM EDT
#g2great
I loved both of those. He’s such a good writer.
In reply to @btkissel
VickiVintonTMAP
Apr 20 @ 9:10 PM EDT
#G2Great
And increasingly I don’t tell the kids what I think
In reply to @mindi_r
girlworld4
Apr 20 @ 9:10 PM EDT
#bestpractice
in action right here
#G2Great
tara_smith5
Apr 20 @ 9:09 PM EDT
A5 My kids do not read to answer my questions, they read to formulate their own questions and find their way to their own answers.
#G2Great
KinneyCourts
Apr 20 @ 9:10 PM EDT
Really can't wait to dive in myself!
#G2great
In reply to @LisaEickholdt, @suzrolander
flynn_catherine
Apr 20 @ 9:10 PM EDT
A5 Dorothy & Vicki's "Know/Wonder" chart has sparked so many deep conversations about character, motivations, and more.
#G2great
ElisaW5
Apr 20 @ 9:10 PM EDT
And, why do you think (say) that.
@Teachr4
#G2Great
Teachr4
Apr 20 @ 9:00 PM EDT
Q4 My new favorite question from this book is "How do you know?" rates up there with "Can you tell me more?"
#g2great
hayhurst3
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 8:59 PM EDT
Q4
#G2Great
DrMaryHoward
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 9:10 PM EDT
Q5
#G2great
hayhurst3
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 9:06 PM EDT
Q5
#G2Great
JCrossedu
Apr 20 @ 9:10 PM EDT
And then we learn from our Ss
#G2Great
In reply to @DrMaryHoward
ShelfieTalk
Apr 20 @ 9:10 PM EDT
Would love a Curiosity Inspired t-shirt!
#G2Great
In reply to @DrMaryHoward
jerhende
Apr 20 @ 9:10 PM EDT
I am reading THE WAR THAT SAVED MY LIFE and DOUBLE DOG DARE.
#G2Great
In reply to @Teacher_AWebb
dorobarn
Apr 20 @ 9:10 PM EDT
A5 Help students see that one detail alone doesn’t carry meaning; rather connecting details does ___+____= !
#G2Great
KymHarjes
Apr 20 @ 9:10 PM EDT
A5: being able to ask deep level questions that dig into their thinking...let them peek back the layers with you
#G2Great
cvarsalona
Apr 20 @ 9:10 PM EDT
A5 Ts who facilitate guide their Ss on thinking journey by providing tools/resources/training 2 walk their walk.Choice leads 2voice
#G2great
In reply to @hayhurst3
lmhawkhill
Apr 20 @ 9:10 PM EDT
A5:Allowing Ss to ask the Qs & guide the discussions. Really letting go of Ts directed to a Ss centered classroom. CHOICE & VOICE.
#g2great
hayhurst3
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 9:06 PM EDT
Q5
#G2Great
brenkrupp
Apr 20 @ 9:10 PM EDT
Learning to be quiet, listen, and let students respond.
#G2great
hayhurst3
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 9:07 PM EDT
A5 Facilitators of thinking are responsive to Ss know that Ss voices need to dominate conversation.
#G2Great
@JillDerosa
is great at this.
hayhurst3
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 9:10 PM EDT
So agree
#G2Great
In reply to @tammylani
susanclaireb
Apr 20 @ 9:10 PM EDT
A5: choice, student led discussion, T asks: what do you notice? what do you find interesting? How do you see that?tell me more
#G2Great
suzrolander
Apr 20 @ 9:10 PM EDT
Be ready to carve out time
@KinneyCourts
It is magnificent.
#G2Great
KinneyCourts
Apr 20 @ 9:10 PM EDT
Really can't wait to dive in myself!
#G2great
In reply to @LisaEickholdt, @suzrolander
DrMaryHoward
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 9:11 PM EDT
A5 We must recognize moments when OUR silence is truly golden. We can’t invite their thinking if we don’t welcome it.
#G2Great
franmcveigh
Apr 20 @ 9:11 PM EDT
And that's the reason why your Smithlings return to visit you ALL the time!
@tara_smith5
#G2Great
tara_smith5
Apr 20 @ 9:09 PM EDT
A5 My kids do not read to answer my questions, they read to formulate their own questions and find their way to their own answers.
#G2Great
Teacher_AWebb
Apr 20 @ 9:11 PM EDT
Q5: Learners as teachers and teachers as learners
#G2great
morales1stgrade
Apr 20 @ 9:11 PM EDT
A5 Make Ss feel safe to speak what they are thinking. I work with a lot of ELLs and I make sure they feel safe to speak and ask Qs
#G2Great
tara_smith5
Apr 20 @ 9:11 PM EDT
We can't teach our kids to answer our ques., real reading asks kids to formulate their own understandings & values this.
#G2Great
dorobarn
Apr 20 @ 9:08 PM EDT
Construct is from the ground up, using details to build the story. Identify is answering: what is the setting? what is the theme.
#G2Great
In reply to @teachjanderson
DrMaryHoward
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 9:11 PM EDT
I think I’m going to have to get one for sure!
#G2great
ShelfieTalk
Apr 20 @ 9:10 PM EDT
Would love a Curiosity Inspired t-shirt!
#G2Great
In reply to @DrMaryHoward
mindi_r
Apr 20 @ 9:11 PM EDT
#g2great
Yes! Because once my thinking comes into the discussion, it changes theirs. As if mine is the right answer when it’s one answer.
In reply to @VickiVintonTMAP
LiteracyCoachKS
Apr 20 @ 9:11 PM EDT
#G2Great
A5 It's about teaching the reader vs the text, its about developing the person along with the reader vs a checklist of skills
brettelockyer
Apr 20 @ 9:11 PM EDT
Nice! Looking forward to trying it with my young readers. Makes me think all the more important to select worthwhile texts.
#G2Great
In reply to @LauraSarsten7, @franmcveigh
DrMaryHoward
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 9:11 PM EDT
And if we don’t we are missing the best opportunity there is. I believe in the University of KIDS!
#G2great
JCrossedu
Apr 20 @ 9:10 PM EDT
And then we learn from our Ss
#G2Great
In reply to @DrMaryHoward
hayhurst3
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 9:12 PM EDT
#G2Great
VickiVintonTMAP
Apr 20 @ 9:12 PM EDT
#G2Great
Right!
In reply to @mindi_r
suzrolander
Apr 20 @ 9:12 PM EDT
Talking about rich discussion, I can't wait to dive into
@pranikoff
new book Teaching Talk! Empowering students' thining.
#G2Great
girlworld4
Apr 20 @ 9:03 PM EDT
A4: Think time. Give plenty of think time that promotes rich discussion w/ Ss doing most of the talking
#G2Great
DrLMaucione
Apr 20 @ 9:12 PM EDT
Being a facilitator also involves asking Ss to explain their thinking.
#G2Great
girlworld4
Apr 20 @ 9:12 PM EDT
This is so good! I can see it on a coffee mug👍🏻
#G2Great
In reply to @Teacher_AWebb
LittyMathai
Apr 20 @ 9:12 PM EDT
A5: I call myself their reading coach..facilitate by guiding, explicit teaching, and changing the play to meet the player's needs.
#g2Great
chrisp16
Apr 20 @ 9:12 PM EDT
A5: as Ts we need to get the thinking going and then sit back. let Ss discover the knowledge & not have Ts tell them.
#g2great
johnnydowney
Apr 20 @ 9:12 PM EDT
A5 being a thought leader and asking questions that you don't have an answer to
#G2Great
MsAPlusTeacher
Apr 20 @ 9:12 PM EDT
A5: Lots of open ended ?s and Ts being an equal w/ Ss in discussion. Sharing thinking not "answers." Praising diff POVs & thinking
#G2Great
pranikoff
Apr 20 @ 9:12 PM EDT
Agreed
@angela_schroden
@ElisaW5
Ellin's line works ever time. It shows ultimate faith in student thinkers.
@EllinKeene
#G2Great
ElisaW5
Apr 20 @ 9:07 PM EDT
I use that all the time
@angela_schroden
!
#G2Great
angela_schroden
Apr 20 @ 8:59 PM EDT
1 of my favs is
@EllinKeene
"but if u DID know what would you say? " 😂 I ❤ the thoughtful pause from a S when asked that
#G2great
In reply to @dorobarn, @EllinKeene
mollienye72
Apr 20 @ 9:12 PM EDT
A5:allowing Ss to self select books. I hope Ss know I trust them to know themselves as readers. I'm here to support-not dictate.
#G2Great
DrMaryHoward
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 9:12 PM EDT
So important (and so great o see you Sandra!!)
#G2great
morales1stgrade
Apr 20 @ 9:11 PM EDT
A5 Make Ss feel safe to speak what they are thinking. I work with a lot of ELLs and I make sure they feel safe to speak and ask Qs
#G2Great
MelanieMeehan1
Apr 20 @ 9:12 PM EDT
Thursday nights always get away from me, but happy to catch a little
#G2Great
brettelockyer
Apr 20 @ 9:12 PM EDT
I really like this Idea!
#G2Great
In reply to @teachjanderson, @cincyliz
hayhurst3
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 9:13 PM EDT
Q6
#G2Great
suzrolander
Apr 20 @ 9:13 PM EDT
I love this
@LRobbTeacher
"I leave a trail of books!" So yummy! Can I follow your trail?
#G2Great
LRobbTeacher
Apr 20 @ 9:08 PM EDT
When I see small groups of Ss in a small room, I leave a trail of books & rejoice when they start browsing.
#G2Great
dorobarn
Apr 20 @ 9:13 PM EDT
A 5:
#G2Great
Let students notice and they will notice more.
jerhende
Apr 20 @ 9:13 PM EDT
Oh Mary this is SO true.I had my observation w/ my principal &I was STUNNED to see how much talking I was doing in a 15 min period!
#G2Great
DrMaryHoward
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 9:11 PM EDT
A5 We must recognize moments when OUR silence is truly golden. We can’t invite their thinking if we don’t welcome it.
#G2Great
YCSTeach
Apr 20 @ 9:13 PM EDT
#G2Great
chat: Meaning making is student-centered.Let the Ss lead & they will dig deeper.Sadly,Ss conditioned2prompts rather than thinking.
susanclaireb
Apr 20 @ 9:13 PM EDT
I play the role of the annoying 4 year old sibling in discussions- Why? Why? Why? Why?
#G2Great
In reply to @DrLMaucione
maryannesacco
Apr 20 @ 9:13 PM EDT
A5: to me this means being open to following students' thinking rather than to rigid preplanned ideas
#G2Great
dorobarn
Apr 20 @ 9:13 PM EDT
A5 Listen, listen, and listen some more.
#G2Great
DinaMWeiss
Apr 20 @ 9:13 PM EDT
A5:
#G2Great
An oldie but a goodie is to use Bloom's Taxonomy to construct our convos with Ss
VickiVintonTMAP
Apr 20 @ 9:13 PM EDT
But I think they can shift pretty quickly if they really trust that we value their thinking.
#G2Great
In reply to @YCSTeach
hayhurst3
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 9:14 PM EDT
A6 Rereading is and annotating text is a way to make reading drafting & revision visible.
#G2Great
DrMaryHoward
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 9:14 PM EDT
A6 Invite kids to linger a bit longer when opportunity beckons. Keep a watchful eye on these linger-worthy moments.
#G2Great
mindi_r
Apr 20 @ 9:14 PM EDT
#g2great
When I was coaching, I would track T talk v. S talk on a color-coded clock face. Teachers were amazed to see the comparison.
In reply to @jerhende
btkissel
Apr 20 @ 9:14 PM EDT
A5: I have read To Kill a Mockingbird in my teens, 20s, 30s, and 40s. I revise my thinking about that book each decade.
#G2Great
EduGladiators
Apr 20 @ 9:14 PM EDT
🔥
#EduGladiators
is BACK this SATURDAY! Is failure a choice?🤔Don't miss convo!
#moreedu
#forsythchat
#sstlap
#ChristianEducators
#G2great
KinneyCourts
Apr 20 @ 9:14 PM EDT
#G2Great
A5: ❤ Facilitators of Thinking! It's our intention to step back, listen more & co-construct learning. It's abt equity & inclusion.
ElisaW5
Apr 20 @ 9:14 PM EDT
A5 Being open, accepting Ss interpretations. Asking what makes you say that? Can you say more? Where in the bk did you think that?
#G2Great
morales1stgrade
Apr 20 @ 9:14 PM EDT
Thanks
@DrMaryHoward
. I've missed a few chats. Glad to be back this week!
#G2Great
DrMaryHoward
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 9:12 PM EDT
So important (and so great o see you Sandra!!)
#G2great
morales1stgrade
Apr 20 @ 9:11 PM EDT
A5 Make Ss feel safe to speak what they are thinking. I work with a lot of ELLs and I make sure they feel safe to speak and ask Qs
#G2Great
LauraSarsten7
Apr 20 @ 9:14 PM EDT
A6: Our thinking evolves constantly we just have to listen to the inner conversations & make time for on-going reflective dialogue
#G2Great
girlworld4
Apr 20 @ 9:14 PM EDT
Or a rigid preplanned script, right?
#G2Great
In reply to @maryannesacco
hayhurst3
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 9:14 PM EDT
https://t.co/rXwdBEYkRR
try looking at this post. I'm happy to discuss it more after the chat
#G2Great
In reply to @teachjanderson
hayhurst3
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 9:14 PM EDT
https://t.co/D23CO7Arr4
try looking at this post. I'm happy to discuss it more after the chat
#G2Great
In reply to @teachjanderson
brettelockyer
Apr 20 @ 9:14 PM EDT
Wow, I'm holding this thought in my head!
#G2Great
In reply to @tara_smith5
franmcveigh
Apr 20 @ 9:14 PM EDT
A6) Visibly show draft & revise on anchor chart. Use different color arrow or cross outs. Start over. Back up. Reread = fix Stuck?
#g2great
hayhurst3
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 9:13 PM EDT
Q6
#G2Great
natasha_nurse
Apr 20 @ 9:14 PM EDT
@DrMaryHoward
Ss waiting for a "confirmation" of their own thinking and questioning can be powerful if done right.
#G2great
DrMaryHoward
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 9:14 PM EDT
We never stop working on that issue Jeremiah. I love that you acknowledge as it’s part of the learning curve that’s never ending
#G2great
jerhende
Apr 20 @ 9:13 PM EDT
Oh Mary this is SO true.I had my observation w/ my principal &I was STUNNED to see how much talking I was doing in a 15 min period!
#G2Great
DrMaryHoward
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 9:11 PM EDT
A5 We must recognize moments when OUR silence is truly golden. We can’t invite their thinking if we don’t welcome it.
#G2Great
suzrolander
Apr 20 @ 9:15 PM EDT
.
@jerhende
I LOVE The War that Saved My Life!
#G2Great
jerhende
Apr 20 @ 9:10 PM EDT
I am reading THE WAR THAT SAVED MY LIFE and DOUBLE DOG DARE.
#G2Great
In reply to @Teacher_AWebb
pranikoff
Apr 20 @ 9:15 PM EDT
Can't wait to borrow if from Susie when she is finished :)
@LisaEickholdt
@KinneyCourts
@suzrolander
#G2Great
KinneyCourts
Apr 20 @ 9:10 PM EDT
Really can't wait to dive in myself!
#G2great
In reply to @LisaEickholdt, @suzrolander
Christi75263226
Apr 20 @ 9:15 PM EDT
#G2great
A5: Ask more open ended Q "what makes you say that? Tell me more..." and yes I agree silence/listening more!
tara_smith5
Apr 20 @ 9:15 PM EDT
A6 The Know/Wonder chart from
@VickiVintonTMAP
&
@dorobarn
-no better way to chart the process of thinking through a text
#G2Great
VickiVintonTMAP
Apr 20 @ 9:15 PM EDT
#G2Great
Making thinking visible, literally.
In reply to @franmcveigh
chrisp16
Apr 20 @ 9:15 PM EDT
I have had Ss request time to read as opposed to an activity.
#g2great
They WANT to read.
In reply to @LRobbTeacher
tammylani
Apr 20 @ 9:15 PM EDT
A6: I like the prompt, "I used to think, but now I'm thinking..."
#G2Great
hayhurst3
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 9:13 PM EDT
Q6
#G2Great
MelanieMeehan1
Apr 20 @ 9:15 PM EDT
A6: Thinking stems like At first I thought, I'm beginning to think instead, These events are changing my mind because...
#G2Great
mollienye72
Apr 20 @ 9:15 PM EDT
A5: not over teaching a book.
#G2Great
mindi_r
Apr 20 @ 9:15 PM EDT
#g2great
Did you see the cover reveal for the sequel??? Can’t wait!!!! It was on NerdyBookClub in the last week or two.
In reply to @suzrolander, @jerhende
cvarsalona
Apr 20 @ 9:15 PM EDT
Therefore we need to build Ss' knowledge of the world per David Liben
#G2great
In reply to @teachjanderson
DrLMaucione
Apr 20 @ 9:15 PM EDT
Yes! And another one to ask - How do you know?
#g2great
In reply to @susanclaireb
KymHarjes
Apr 20 @ 9:15 PM EDT
A6: SO powerful to marry these terms w what Ss are already doing in writing...the ability to revise thinking as they read deeper
#G2Great
ElisaW5
Apr 20 @ 9:15 PM EDT
A5 &, what did the author do 2 make you think that? I try 2 help Ss understand these are usually deliberate choices by the author.
#G2Great
drmcgaughy
Apr 20 @ 9:15 PM EDT
A6: Because meaning-making is dynamic and not static, Ss are continuously revising and rethinking as they move through the text.
#G2Great
jerhende
Apr 20 @ 9:16 PM EDT
That is good to know, it is going to be a personal goal of mine next year. Any good resources on how to limit T talk?
#G2Great
In reply to @DrMaryHoward
MrsLisaMc
Apr 20 @ 9:16 PM EDT
A6 Revise - "First I Thought/Now I Think" & model that as we read on our thinking changes in many ways, & we weren't "wrong"
#g2great
btkissel
Apr 20 @ 9:16 PM EDT
Whoops...meant this for A6.
#G2Great
btkissel
Apr 20 @ 9:14 PM EDT
A5: I have read To Kill a Mockingbird in my teens, 20s, 30s, and 40s. I revise my thinking about that book each decade.
#G2Great
dorobarn
Apr 20 @ 9:16 PM EDT
A6 Celebrate Ss revised thinking without seeing it as a correction or right answer. “What made you change your thinking?”
#G2Great
KinneyCourts
Apr 20 @ 9:16 PM EDT
I am rding The Hate U Give (beg tonight!), Lily & Dunkin, The New Jim Crow, & Teaching To Transgress.
#G2great
In reply to @jerhende, @Teacher_AWebb
suzrolander
Apr 20 @ 9:16 PM EDT
I am going to finish tonight but John wants to read it...but we have enough books in our suitcases already
@pranikoff
#G2Great
pranikoff
Apr 20 @ 9:15 PM EDT
Can't wait to borrow if from Susie when she is finished :)
@LisaEickholdt
@KinneyCourts
@suzrolander
#G2Great
KinneyCourts
Apr 20 @ 9:10 PM EDT
Really can't wait to dive in myself!
#G2great
In reply to @LisaEickholdt, @suzrolander
MelanieMeehan1
Apr 20 @ 9:16 PM EDT
A6: Push the power of the word because. It's a hard one to use, but really important.
#G2Great
DrMaryHoward
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 9:16 PM EDT
They need to be self evaluative as well Natasha and I don’t want them to wait for my blessing (& yes we can turn that around)
#G2great
natasha_nurse
Apr 20 @ 9:14 PM EDT
@DrMaryHoward
Ss waiting for a "confirmation" of their own thinking and questioning can be powerful if done right.
#G2great
hayhurst3
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 9:16 PM EDT
Me too that one has to be deeply embedded in daily instruction to show Ss that learning is ongoing flexible changing
#G2Great
In reply to @tammylani
ElisaW5
Apr 20 @ 9:16 PM EDT
@Teacher_AWebb
&
@btkissel
I'm reading Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater.
#G2Great
DrMaryHoward
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 9:17 PM EDT
A6 Model LOOK BACK. Give kids the gift of time to follow the thinking trail across a text.
#G2Great
LauraSarsten7
Apr 20 @ 9:17 PM EDT
A6:Celebrate the various forms of thinking..right now..overtime..refined!
@drgravityg
@ReneeDHouser
All play a part & are important
#G2Great
suzrolander
Apr 20 @ 9:17 PM EDT
No!!! I am so excited
@mindi_r
#G2Great
mindi_r
Apr 20 @ 9:15 PM EDT
#g2great
Did you see the cover reveal for the sequel??? Can’t wait!!!! It was on NerdyBookClub in the last week or two.
In reply to @suzrolander, @jerhende
mollienye72
Apr 20 @ 9:17 PM EDT
@MsAPlusTeacher
this game is just pitiful! 😖. But, to go from last place to playoffs in a year - pretty amazing!!
#G2Great
brettelockyer
Apr 20 @ 9:17 PM EDT
Ha, just thinking we could generate a nice range of merch from great quotes in this chat! Cross-stitch, tea-towels, deck-chairs
#G2great
In reply to @DrMaryHoward
franmcveigh
Apr 20 @ 9:17 PM EDT
Must embrace the "messiness" of drafting & revising ALL the time! All ideas are welcome! Not just 1st! Not just last! ALL!
#G2Great
VickiVintonTMAP
Apr 20 @ 9:15 PM EDT
#G2Great
Making thinking visible, literally.
In reply to @franmcveigh
pranikoff
Apr 20 @ 9:17 PM EDT
.
@VickiVintonTMAP
Excited to dive into my copy of Dynamic Teaching. Congratulations Vicki!
@DrMaryHoward
@Teacher_AWebb
#G2Great
DrMaryHoward
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 9:09 PM EDT
Vicki Vinton's (one of our amazing guests tonight( newest book, Dynamic Teaching.
#G2great
Teacher_AWebb
Apr 20 @ 9:05 PM EDT
Super curious...what is everyone reading right now?
#G2great
brenkrupp
Apr 20 @ 9:17 PM EDT
A6: As we read aloud I think-aloud to show when I have changed my thinking. Makes it okay for kids to do this.
#G2great
YCSTeach
Apr 20 @ 9:17 PM EDT
#G2Great
Chat:
@posits
leave a trail of thinking. Ss flag&record thoughts.Revise thoughts through partner talk,conferring,&whole group.
dorobarn
Apr 20 @ 9:17 PM EDT
A6: Honoring revised thinking in reading requires us not to be answer-driven.
#G2Great
susanclaireb
Apr 20 @ 9:17 PM EDT
We read the trial scene today - powerful! My ss were begging to read more!
#G2Great
In reply to @btkissel
laurenebrown19
Apr 20 @ 9:17 PM EDT
A5. Big, broad, questions: "What do you want to talk about? What's ringing in your ears?" And eyebrow raises that mean, "Say more!"
#G2Great
MsAPlusTeacher
Apr 20 @ 9:17 PM EDT
A6: Annotating is helpful but teaching how to go back is key. Were our thoughts accurate? Evidence? What do we know now? Revise 💡s?
#G2great
cvarsalona
Apr 20 @ 9:17 PM EDT
A6 You need to show Ss why they need to draft/revise as they read. Stir their passions for owning their learning.
#G2great
In reply to @hayhurst3
MelanieMeehan1
Apr 20 @ 9:18 PM EDT
A6
@sfrazintcrwp
challenges Ss to really think about what thinking work the author is wanting us to do and why. Love that concept
#g2great
morales1stgrade
Apr 20 @ 9:18 PM EDT
A6 conversation with peers to revise thinking..get kids to talk about their books with each other authentically
#G2Great
KinneyCourts
Apr 20 @ 9:18 PM EDT
Same for me, but with The Great Gatsby, Brian. Such a different perspective with each decade of experience under my belt.
#G2great
In reply to @btkissel
mindi_r
Apr 20 @ 9:18 PM EDT
https://t.co/rHSaZBNGEu
#G2Great
In reply to @suzrolander
KymHarjes
Apr 20 @ 9:18 PM EDT
A6: so imp for Ss to view rding as an ever-turning cycle; each time we read, we bring something new to the story...it's not linear
#G2Great
LiteracyCoachKS
Apr 20 @ 9:18 PM EDT
#G2Great
A6 just as characters enter 1 way and exit another, readers thinking should be constantly shifting, reconstructing, reconsidering
Christi75263226
Apr 20 @ 9:18 PM EDT
#G2great
A6: Ss get some more meaning from revising how it sounds when reading dialogue during rereading and reading with partners.
VickiVintonTMAP
Apr 20 @ 9:18 PM EDT
@cvarsalona
#G2Great
Love that!
@hayhurst3
Or they need to feel how powerful it is to revise their thinking.
In reply to @brettelockyer, @DrMaryHoward, @cvarsalona, @hayhurst3
dorobarn
Apr 20 @ 9:18 PM EDT
A6 The power of ‘I don’t know yet’ and ‘maybe’
#G2Great
suzrolander
Apr 20 @ 9:19 PM EDT
Yes, and also All American Boys from
@JasonReynolds83
Up there on my list. Have you read that
@LisaEickholdt
?
#G2Great
LisaEickholdt
Apr 20 @ 9:16 PM EDT
It's my favorite YA so far this year. I just gave it to my son. He loves it too!
In reply to @pranikoff, @KinneyCourts, @suzrolander
NancyHagerty2
Apr 20 @ 9:19 PM EDT
that made me smile. Thinking of some of my special little kiddos and their fledgling thoughts!
#G2Great
In reply to @VickiVintonTMAP
drmcgaughy
Apr 20 @ 9:19 PM EDT
A6: Modeling for Ss how to reevaluate their thinking based on new information.
#G2great
pranikoff
Apr 20 @ 9:19 PM EDT
A5 Allow Ss to freely share their thoughts about text & discuss between themselves to construct interpretation together.
#G2Great
LauraSarsten7
Apr 20 @ 9:19 PM EDT
YES! It is always about possibilities!
#G2Great
In reply to @dorobarn
morales1stgrade
Apr 20 @ 9:19 PM EDT
A6 Give kids the power to change their minds...let them know it's ok!
#G2Great
MelanieMeehan1
Apr 20 @ 9:19 PM EDT
And leads to important qualities of citizenship within a democracy!
#G2Great
In reply to @dorobarn
tara_smith5
Apr 20 @ 9:19 PM EDT
When kids know that we are looking for one answers,ours, they stop thinking for themselves. What's the point in that?!
#G2Great
dorobarn
Apr 20 @ 9:17 PM EDT
A6: Honoring revised thinking in reading requires us not to be answer-driven.
#G2Great
sfrazintcrwp
Apr 20 @ 9:19 PM EDT
Thanks, friend. Credit goes to the brilliant
@MaryEhrenworth
for the repertoire read aloud work
#tcrwp
#g2great
In reply to @MelanieMeehan1, @MaryEhrenworth
brettelockyer
Apr 20 @ 9:19 PM EDT
A5 Sometimes I have left a reading group halfway n let them continue by themselves.
#G2Great
lmhawkhill
Apr 20 @ 9:19 PM EDT
A6:I really need this book! Drafting & revising is a process that should definitely be modeled & practiced until Ss hv mastered it.
#g2great
hayhurst3
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 9:13 PM EDT
Q6
#G2Great
Teachr4
Apr 20 @ 9:19 PM EDT
Did you see
@MaggieBRoberts
#TheEdCollabGathering
session? it was about this. Can't wait to do this with my students.
#g2great
MsAPlusTeacher
Apr 20 @ 9:17 PM EDT
A6: Annotating is helpful but teaching how to go back is key. Were our thoughts accurate? Evidence? What do we know now? Revise 💡s?
#G2great
hayhurst3
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 9:20 PM EDT
#G2Great
DrMaryHoward
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 9:20 PM EDT
A6 Show a genuine desire to know their thinking. Inquire based on your curiosity in the heat of learning moments.
#G2Great
DinaMWeiss
Apr 20 @ 9:20 PM EDT
A6:
#G2Great
We teach Ss that readers accumulate the text as they make their way, picking up breadcrumbs that can justify an inference.
pranikoff
Apr 20 @ 9:20 PM EDT
.
@LRobbTeacher
@jerhende
Can't be a passionate and devoted reading teacher if you are not reading and thinking on your own, always.
#G2Great
jerhende
Apr 20 @ 8:51 PM EDT
This a question for the ages...
#G2Great
.
LRobbTeacher
Apr 20 @ 8:50 PM EDT
Sad but true. Many Ts of reading don't read. How can they transmit the passion? The book love?
#G2Great
In reply to @teachjanderson, @dorobarn, @brettelockyer, @g2great
suzrolander
Apr 20 @ 9:20 PM EDT
Love it! Thanks
@jerhende
#G2Great
jerhende
Apr 20 @ 9:18 PM EDT
Here it is!!!!!
https://t.co/iNtLNeEh7h
In reply to @suzrolander, @mindi_r
mollienye72
Apr 20 @ 9:20 PM EDT
A6: revisit anchor charts and teach them it's permissible to change your mind. I'm not part of the thinking police.
#G2Great
LittyMathai
Apr 20 @ 9:20 PM EDT
A6:Model..when the author presented this new info of ___, it Made me realize __ & I changed MyThinking to ___. This may impact __
#G2Great
hayhurst3
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 9:13 PM EDT
Q6
#G2Great
mindi_r
Apr 20 @ 9:20 PM EDT
#g2great
This is where relationship-building pays off. When you’ve taken the time to get to know them, they know you genuinely want to know
In reply to @DrMaryHoward
hayhurst3
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 9:21 PM EDT
Q7
#G2Great
Teachr4
Apr 20 @ 9:21 PM EDT
And answer-driven has been drilled in our teaching methods. Such a release when you change.
#g2great
dorobarn
Apr 20 @ 9:17 PM EDT
A6: Honoring revised thinking in reading requires us not to be answer-driven.
#G2Great
girlworld4
Apr 20 @ 9:21 PM EDT
"follow the thinking trail across the text"
@DrMaryHoward
#DropMic
#G2great
DrMaryHoward
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 9:17 PM EDT
A6 Model LOOK BACK. Give kids the gift of time to follow the thinking trail across a text.
#G2Great
LRobbTeacher
Apr 20 @ 9:21 PM EDT
Totally agree, Dorothy! The depth of thinking belongs to Ss. Their meaning- making comes from who they are. We learn with & from Ss
#G2Great
In reply to @dorobarn
pranikoff
Apr 20 @ 9:21 PM EDT
.
@brenkrupp
@hayhurst3
Yes! You learn so much by staying quiet and giving space to students to respond.
#G2Great
brenkrupp
Apr 20 @ 9:10 PM EDT
Learning to be quiet, listen, and let students respond.
#G2great
hayhurst3
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 9:07 PM EDT
A5 Facilitators of thinking are responsive to Ss know that Ss voices need to dominate conversation.
#G2Great
@JillDerosa
is great at this.
brettelockyer
Apr 20 @ 9:21 PM EDT
A6 Has anyone got any draft/revise anchor charts to share here?
#G2Great
LauraSarsten7
Apr 20 @ 9:21 PM EDT
YES! This is where the richness of the work is found...inside those "in the moment" conversations! :)
#G2Great
In reply to @DrMaryHoward
vrkimmel
Apr 20 @ 9:21 PM EDT
A6 Ss listen to others in a discussion about texts, and have a chance to revise their thinking. Ts can model that often.
#g2great
VickiVintonTMAP
Apr 20 @ 9:21 PM EDT
#G2Great
Or the pick up breadcrumbs to construct the inference then can use those same crumbs to prove it.
In reply to @DinaMWeiss
suzrolander
Apr 20 @ 9:21 PM EDT
Oh YES!
@KinneyCourts
Definitely
@cat_clarke
The Pants Project!
#G2Great
Fabulous read about truly being yourself!
KinneyCourts
Apr 20 @ 9:19 PM EDT
Mine is
@cat_clarke
The Pants Project So So impactful.
In reply to @LisaEickholdt, @pranikoff, @suzrolander, @cat_clarke
hayhurst3
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 9:22 PM EDT
A7 Ah-ha moment: "Oh! He didn't steal Cam's dog, He thought it was his dog Cloudy" Reread & connected pgs. A synapse was born!
#G2Great
DrMaryHoward
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 9:22 PM EDT
A7 I approach teaching w/a spirit of surprise & I'm never disappointed by the thinking they bring to the table.
#G2Great
cincyliz
Apr 20 @ 9:22 PM EDT
Annotating becomes a task and not a tool too often for Ss- too busy finding and not thinking about what they mean
#G2Great
In reply to @Teachr4, @MaggieBRoberts
suzrolander
Apr 20 @ 9:22 PM EDT
It is truly amazing and such an important story right now! You will love it. Have you read Ghost by
@JasonReynolds83
? amazing!
#G2Great
LisaEickholdt
Apr 20 @ 9:21 PM EDT
No. I've been meaning to. Should I read it next?
In reply to @suzrolander, @JasonReynolds83
ShelfieTalk
Apr 20 @ 9:22 PM EDT
A6 Sharing our lives as readers & how we re-read to understand the text models this for Ss. Talk, talk and more talk about a text.
#G2Great
VickiVintonTMAP
Apr 20 @ 9:22 PM EDT
#G2Great
Yes! There’s no reason to expect Ss to take something on if they don’t see the meaning or purpose in it.
In reply to @cincyliz, @Teachr4, @MaggieBRoberts
franmcveigh
Apr 20 @ 9:22 PM EDT
A7: Call them "drum roll" moments. What we don't know YET! Changing language to "Right now I think - because ..."
#G2Great
hayhurst3
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 9:21 PM EDT
Q7
#G2Great
pranikoff
Apr 20 @ 9:22 PM EDT
Ha! Ha! So right. Okay, John gets it first :)
@suzrolander
@jrolander
#G2Great
suzrolander
Apr 20 @ 9:16 PM EDT
I am going to finish tonight but John wants to read it...but we have enough books in our suitcases already
@pranikoff
#G2Great
pranikoff
Apr 20 @ 9:15 PM EDT
Can't wait to borrow if from Susie when she is finished :)
@LisaEickholdt
@KinneyCourts
@suzrolander
#G2Great
KinneyCourts
Apr 20 @ 9:10 PM EDT
Really can't wait to dive in myself!
#G2great
In reply to @LisaEickholdt, @suzrolander
LittyMathai
Apr 20 @ 9:22 PM EDT
A6: It's okay to be wrong in our Rdg predictions...it's a prediction! Just fall, but fall forward!
#G2Great
mindi_r
Apr 20 @ 9:23 PM EDT
#g2great
As the kids listened to Moo by
@ciaobellacreech
, they had to revise their thinking about both Mrs. Falala & Zora (that cow!). Ahas!
LauraSarsten7
Apr 20 @ 9:23 PM EDT
A7: Free up space for individual thinking...our questions sometimes get in the way! Let the readers lead the way.
#G2Great
NancyHagerty2
Apr 20 @ 9:23 PM EDT
love this,
#G2Great
In reply to @ElisaW5
tammylani
Apr 20 @ 9:23 PM EDT
TFS these tiles, my TBR list is growing with each tweet!
#G2Great
In reply to @suzrolander, @KinneyCourts, @cat_clarke
dorobarn
Apr 20 @ 9:23 PM EDT
I construct them from student talk and reading. Their “oh’s” as they revise become our anchor charts.
#G2Great
brettelockyer
Apr 20 @ 9:21 PM EDT
A6 Has anyone got any draft/revise anchor charts to share here?
#G2Great
natasha_nurse
Apr 20 @ 9:23 PM EDT
You are so correct! Self evaluative & self reflective crucial life skills!
#G2great
In reply to @DrMaryHoward
VickiVintonTMAP
Apr 20 @ 9:23 PM EDT
#G2Great
Q7: I love it when after a read aloud or small groups, kids say, “That was hard but fun."
ElisaW5
Apr 20 @ 9:23 PM EDT
@BurkinsandYaris
book - Who's Doing the Work - is a must read. Published by
@stenhousepub
#G2Great
jerhende
Apr 20 @ 9:16 PM EDT
That is good to know, it is going to be a personal goal of mine next year. Any good resources on how to limit T talk?
#G2Great
In reply to @DrMaryHoward
brenkrupp
Apr 20 @ 9:23 PM EDT
A7: Reading aloud "Wish" and a student shouts, "Stop, we need to talk!" & at just the right spot. Wow!
#G2great
LauraSarsten7
Apr 20 @ 9:23 PM EDT
A7: Nurture open-ended curiosity surrounding reading...make it irresistible!
#G2Great
btkissel
Apr 20 @ 9:23 PM EDT
A7: I think I have an a-ha every time I confer with a reader.
#G2Great
MelanieMeehan1
Apr 20 @ 9:24 PM EDT
It's powerful to ask students to generate the questions.
#G2Great
In reply to @LauraSarsten7
drmcgaughy
Apr 20 @ 9:24 PM EDT
Ss discovered this week that little words can carry big meaning. We were curious about the gender of Gossie.."she" was a big clue
#G2Great
vrkimmel
Apr 20 @ 9:24 PM EDT
A7 Today 5th Ss viewed a clip of Spock "mind melding" to read thoughts. We discussed how rdrs mind meld w/authors.
#G2Great
jerhende
Apr 20 @ 9:24 PM EDT
A7: "Mr. Henderson this book is really sad, but I LOVE IT!" I had such a hard time finding books for this Ss this year!
#g2great
brettelockyer
Apr 20 @ 9:24 PM EDT
Working with my tchr-friend in Yr6 group, I just realised the Ss didn't know they could respect me with these yet! Thanks!
#G2Great
In reply to @dorobarn
VickiVintonTMAP
Apr 20 @ 9:24 PM EDT
#G2Great
That’s just what you want. The kids to feel the need & desire to share their thinking.
In reply to @brenkrupp
franmcveigh
Apr 20 @ 9:24 PM EDT
Students "playing" school and being compliant does NOT mean they are learning! No risk there! NO thinking required!
@cincyliz
#G2Great
cincyliz
Apr 20 @ 9:22 PM EDT
Annotating becomes a task and not a tool too often for Ss- too busy finding and not thinking about what they mean
#G2Great
In reply to @Teachr4, @MaggieBRoberts
suzrolander
Apr 20 @ 9:24 PM EDT
This is the key right
@VickiVintonTMAP
that they trust that we value their thinking... So simple but so powerful!
#G2Great
VickiVintonTMAP
Apr 20 @ 9:13 PM EDT
But I think they can shift pretty quickly if they really trust that we value their thinking.
#G2Great
In reply to @YCSTeach
girlworld4
Apr 20 @ 9:24 PM EDT
I agree! This is a must read for precisely what you are asking
#G2Great
In reply to @ElisaW5, @BurkinsandYaris, @stenhousepub
laurenebrown19
Apr 20 @ 9:24 PM EDT
A5Big open qs:What do you want to talk about?What's ringing in your ears?& eyebrow raises meaning say more!
@pranikoff
@suzrolander
#G2Great
DrMaryHoward
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 9:25 PM EDT
A7 I view the answer as less important than how they came to that thinking. Brilliance often resides beneath the surface.
#G2Great
LisaEickholdt
Apr 20 @ 9:25 PM EDT
A7: Kids always notice things I don't pick up on. They pay closer attention to details than I do. Helps me see things in a new way.
#G2Great
vrkimmel
Apr 20 @ 9:25 PM EDT
A7 Helping Ss lately to see that when they identify NF text structures authors use they can understand and even anticipate meaning
#G2Great
cincyliz
Apr 20 @ 9:25 PM EDT
Q7 Notice &Note signposts have been balance of strategy and "pot stirrers" for deep critical thinking that is authentic.
#G2Great
MsAPlusTeacher
Apr 20 @ 9:25 PM EDT
YES!! I'm always thinking "aloud" to my Ss or sharing my personal book club notes & convos with Ss too!
#G2great
#BookJourney
In reply to @ShelfieTalk
susanclaireb
Apr 20 @ 9:25 PM EDT
A7: Ah-ha moment - when my ss realize their opinion doesn't have to match mine as long as they can support with textual evidence
#G2Great
mindi_r
Apr 20 @ 9:25 PM EDT
#g2great
This is my big beef with daughter’s HS English classes. Tchrs count annotations. So many per page in assigned book.
In reply to @franmcveigh, @cincyliz
tara_smith5
Apr 20 @ 9:25 PM EDT
A7 I love those moments when my kids connect their reading lives to their living lives, & realize why reading matters
#G2Great
suzrolander
Apr 20 @ 9:25 PM EDT
Tammy, you should see my house...it is a TBR shrine! ask my husband and
@jdolci
@tammylani
@pranikoff
@KinneyCourts
#G2Great
tammylani
Apr 20 @ 9:23 PM EDT
TFS these tiles, my TBR list is growing with each tweet!
#G2Great
In reply to @suzrolander, @KinneyCourts, @cat_clarke
VickiVintonTMAP
Apr 20 @ 9:25 PM EDT
#G2Great
All those raised eyebrows, grins, guffaws, etc. all are signs of thinking & always worth probing.
In reply to @laurenebrown19, @pranikoff, @suzrolander
KymHarjes
Apr 20 @ 9:26 PM EDT
A7: power of a great RA series woven thru the yr...we're on book 3 of The Doll People by Ann Martin & my Ss can't get enough
#G2Great
btkissel
Apr 20 @ 9:26 PM EDT
A7: I had an a-ha about my son that I wrote for
#SOL17
. It was the toughest piece for me to write.
#G2Great
https://t.co/V919iIWW5P
LittyMathai
Apr 20 @ 9:26 PM EDT
Reading "Amina's Voice"...loving the diversity of the character--many of my students can relate.
#G2Great
https://t.co/3ta95MVYf6
dorobarn
Apr 20 @ 9:26 PM EDT
A7 Having a self-identified non-reader run up to me in the hall and exclaim about The War That Saved My Life, “This book!”
#G2Great
franmcveigh
Apr 20 @ 9:26 PM EDT
Keeping it REAL! So truee
@suzrolander
and
@VickiVintonTMAP
#G2Great
suzrolander
Apr 20 @ 9:24 PM EDT
This is the key right
@VickiVintonTMAP
that they trust that we value their thinking... So simple but so powerful!
#G2Great
VickiVintonTMAP
Apr 20 @ 9:13 PM EDT
But I think they can shift pretty quickly if they really trust that we value their thinking.
#G2Great
In reply to @YCSTeach
ElisaW5
Apr 20 @ 9:26 PM EDT
And It also requires active reading
@dorobarn
#G2Great
dorobarn
Apr 20 @ 9:17 PM EDT
A6: Honoring revised thinking in reading requires us not to be answer-driven.
#G2Great
mindi_r
Apr 20 @ 9:26 PM EDT
#g2great
True! I don’t know how many times I read Charlotte’s Web, but when I read aloud, they picked up on things I hadn’t paid attention 2
In reply to @LisaEickholdt
pranikoff
Apr 20 @ 9:26 PM EDT
.
@LisaEickholdt
@KinneyCourts
@suzrolander
In the midst of "Pants Project", Amazing! & "Challenger Deep", took my breath away.
#G2Great
LisaEickholdt
Apr 20 @ 9:16 PM EDT
It's my favorite YA so far this year. I just gave it to my son. He loves it too!
In reply to @pranikoff, @KinneyCourts, @suzrolander
Christi75263226
Apr 20 @ 9:26 PM EDT
#G2great
A7- Remember learning new word -usurp while reading and it kept popping up Ah-ha came when I used the word once! Now I own it!
drmcgaughy
Apr 20 @ 9:26 PM EDT
A7: In general, K Ss get very excited when they discover that the words they writing are also in their favorite books!
#G2great
suzrolander
Apr 20 @ 9:26 PM EDT
This is deep
@DrMaryHoward
"linger-worthy moments." How much better would all our lives be with a bit more lingering?
#G2Great
DrMaryHoward
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 9:14 PM EDT
A6 Invite kids to linger a bit longer when opportunity beckons. Keep a watchful eye on these linger-worthy moments.
#G2Great
franmcveigh
Apr 20 @ 9:26 PM EDT
What a waste! Not everything that can be counted, COUNTS! LOL!
#G2Great
In reply to @mindi_r, @cincyliz
DrMaryHoward
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 9:27 PM EDT
A7 Turn & talk is a powerful way to step inside their thinking. Shocked so many Ts disregard it’s impact.
#G2Great
hayhurst3
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 9:27 PM EDT
Wow that was FAST! Final Words of Wisdom to think on:
#G2Great
@brennanamy
@DrMaryHoward
susanclaireb
Apr 20 @ 9:27 PM EDT
A7: the other ah-ha moment every year is when students realize Frankenstein is not the monster
#G2Great
hayhurst3
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 9:27 PM EDT
Wow that was FAST! Final Words of Wisdom to think on:
#G2Great
@brennanamy
@DrMaryHoward
LauraSarsten7
Apr 20 @ 9:27 PM EDT
Yes..relish in all of those little nuances of engagement and seek out opportunities to further explore them!
#G2Great
In reply to @VickiVintonTMAP, @laurenebrown19, @pranikoff, @suzrolander
mindi_r
Apr 20 @ 9:27 PM EDT
#g2great
She was a voracious reader until freshman year. Doesn’t read or write for herself at all anymore. Makes me so sad.
In reply to @cincyliz, @franmcveigh
VickiVintonTMAP
Apr 20 @ 9:27 PM EDT
#G2Great
Always love those moments when kids see things I haven’t. Humbling, too.
In reply to @mindi_r, @LisaEickholdt
ShelfieTalk
Apr 20 @ 9:27 PM EDT
A7 Those moments when Ss and the teacher feel such a universal connection to the words on the page! It is magical.
#G2Great
laurenebrown19
Apr 20 @ 9:27 PM EDT
Yes. What's the idea living in your grin/guffaw/forehead smack?
#G2great
In reply to @VickiVintonTMAP, @pranikoff, @suzrolander
DrMaryHoward
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 9:27 PM EDT
The level of thinking tonight is AMAZING!
#G2great
mollienye72
Apr 20 @ 9:27 PM EDT
A7:pure joy when a Ss asks to take a book home or reread a read aloud. Dory Fantasmagory has traveled the most this year. Book ❤️.
#G2Great
tara_smith5
Apr 20 @ 9:27 PM EDT
This is the gift of a reading/talking community. We help each other, teachers and students-that's what it's all about
#G2Great
LisaEickholdt
Apr 20 @ 9:25 PM EDT
A7: Kids always notice things I don't pick up on. They pay closer attention to details than I do. Helps me see things in a new way.
#G2Great
jerhende
Apr 20 @ 9:27 PM EDT
Is the hour over already?!!
#g2great
lmhawkhill
Apr 20 @ 9:27 PM EDT
A7: When Ss are able to make connections between text, Identify author's style of writing, etc.
#g2great
DinaMWeiss
Apr 20 @ 9:28 PM EDT
A7:
#G2Great
I ❤️when they see craft moves reading books by same author. "She always uses an unlikely hero and animals to teach the theme!"
VickiVintonTMAP
Apr 20 @ 9:28 PM EDT
#G2Great
YES!
In reply to @DrMaryHoward
LiteracyCoachKS
Apr 20 @ 9:28 PM EDT
#G2Great
A7
KymHarjes
Apr 20 @ 9:28 PM EDT
We call that their "inner voices" and teach the importance of listening to those voices
#G2Great
VickiVintonTMAP
Apr 20 @ 9:25 PM EDT
#G2Great
All those raised eyebrows, grins, guffaws, etc. all are signs of thinking & always worth probing.
In reply to @laurenebrown19, @pranikoff, @suzrolander
flynn_catherine
Apr 20 @ 9:28 PM EDT
And not everything that counts can be counted!
#G2great
In reply to @franmcveigh, @mindi_r, @cincyliz
ElisaW5
Apr 20 @ 9:28 PM EDT
Ah! Great convo! Need 2 take care of my son. Can't tell you how many tweets I've missed. LOL! TY
@VickiVintonTMAP
&
@dorobarn
#G2Great
suzrolander
Apr 20 @ 9:28 PM EDT
I read it outloud to my 12 year old over a break...one sitting from 7-1am!
#thatgood
!
@LisaEickholdt
@JasonReynolds83
#Ghost
#G2Great
LisaEickholdt
Apr 20 @ 9:25 PM EDT
In my TBR stack now. Got if tor my kid for Christmas.
In reply to @suzrolander, @JasonReynolds83
morales1stgrade
Apr 20 @ 9:28 PM EDT
A7When I stopped focusing on word solving &starting focusing on meaning,Ss stopped working so hard& starting thinking about reading
#G2Great
mindi_r
Apr 20 @ 9:28 PM EDT
#g2great
In my class it has been Rump.
In reply to @mollienye72
franmcveigh
Apr 20 @ 9:28 PM EDT
A7: LOVE when Ss have new ideas way beyond what I was thinking! So powerful!
#G2Great
dorobarn
Apr 20 @ 9:28 PM EDT
I have to breathe! Where did the hour go?
#G2Great
DrMaryHoward
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 9:27 PM EDT
The level of thinking tonight is AMAZING!
#G2great
DrMaryHoward
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 9:29 PM EDT
Pure dedication!
#G2Great
suzrolander
Apr 20 @ 9:28 PM EDT
I read it outloud to my 12 year old over a break...one sitting from 7-1am!
#thatgood
!
@LisaEickholdt
@JasonReynolds83
#Ghost
#G2Great
LisaEickholdt
Apr 20 @ 9:25 PM EDT
In my TBR stack now. Got if tor my kid for Christmas.
In reply to @suzrolander, @JasonReynolds83
DrMaryHoward
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 9:29 PM EDT
We're thrilled Vicki is back as
#G2Great
guest next week to spotlight her AMAZING new book! Please join us!
@VickiVintonTMAP
@HeinemannPD
hayhurst3
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 9:29 PM EDT
#G2Great
Would like to congratulate our winner;
@franmcveigh
you won a copy of
@VickiVintonTMAP
&
@dorobarn
fabulous book Ty
@HeinemannPub
!
LittyMathai
Apr 20 @ 9:29 PM EDT
My fav Rdg days are the ones spent conversing and discussing books & characters with Ss. Not assessing or checking comprehension.
#G2Great
pranikoff
Apr 20 @ 9:29 PM EDT
Today
@LaurenBrown19
asked her Ss to reflect and explore a "sticky" idea. Loved that language.
@suzrolander
#PS234
#G2Great
laurenebrown19
Apr 20 @ 9:24 PM EDT
A5Big open qs:What do you want to talk about?What's ringing in your ears?& eyebrow raises meaning say more!
@pranikoff
@suzrolander
#G2Great
MelanieMeehan1
Apr 20 @ 9:29 PM EDT
Glad to catch even the last few questions. Thank you
#G2Great
!
lmhawkhill
Apr 20 @ 9:29 PM EDT
Wow! What an AWESOME chat! Thanks & Have a great evening....Until next time!
#g2great
hayhurst3
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 9:27 PM EDT
Wow that was FAST! Final Words of Wisdom to think on:
#G2Great
@brennanamy
@DrMaryHoward
VickiVintonTMAP
Apr 20 @ 9:29 PM EDT
#G2Great
What an amazing hour it’s been. I’m dizzy with all the thinking!
jerhende
Apr 20 @ 9:29 PM EDT
Oh I left to the restroom for a minute and I come back and it said "Load 109 new tweets!" LOL
#G2GREAT
In reply to @ElisaW5, @VickiVintonTMAP, @dorobarn
dorobarn
Apr 20 @ 9:29 PM EDT
Thank you — and definitely need to re-read this chat, right?
#G2Great
In reply to @ElisaW5, @VickiVintonTMAP
hayhurst3
- Moderator
Apr 20 @ 9:30 PM EDT
Ty
@VickiVintonTMAP
&
@dorobarn
we read your words & were inspired to think & talk what could be better?
@DrMaryHoward
@brennanamy
#G2Great
brettelockyer
Apr 20 @ 9:30 PM EDT
Hmm, for me, I wonder if there might be better ways 2 annotate:audio on OneNote, on VoiceThread, Voxer convo, PDF stickies on IWB?
#G2Great
In reply to @Teachr4, @MaggieBRoberts