Brian Smeltzer
@bsmeltz.bsky.social
Elementary teacher. Title 1. Windows > Mirrors. Broken filter. Politically homeless. Devil’s advocate. Snarky with a touch of sweetness.
There is nothing for teachers on this side of the pearly gates better than the mute button on Zoom while elearning. Amen and amen! I love me some call and response. It’s the response when I didn’t call…
#EDUsky
#EDUsky
January 22, 2025 at 2:36 AM
There is nothing for teachers on this side of the pearly gates better than the mute button on Zoom while elearning. Amen and amen! I love me some call and response. It’s the response when I didn’t call…
#EDUsky
#EDUsky
As a teacher, seeing what life looks like at home during remote learning, as well as their at-home personalities adds so much perspective to who they are at school.
January 22, 2025 at 2:30 AM
As a teacher, seeing what life looks like at home during remote learning, as well as their at-home personalities adds so much perspective to who they are at school.
Know where it started.
January 19, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Know where it started.
Reposted by Brian Smeltzer
2 minutes of warm fuzzies for your day: youtu.be/fYcDQAbhwlw?...
Reading Coach is available for FREE, can be used with Microsoft school OR personal accounts (you read that right, Google teachers!), and has the potential to create moments like this. #EduSky #TLSky #EduSkyAI #EDUSkyPrimary
Reading Coach is available for FREE, can be used with Microsoft school OR personal accounts (you read that right, Google teachers!), and has the potential to create moments like this. #EduSky #TLSky #EduSkyAI #EDUSkyPrimary
Discover AI-powered reading practice with Reading Coach
YouTube video by Microsoft Education
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December 5, 2024 at 8:43 PM
2 minutes of warm fuzzies for your day: youtu.be/fYcDQAbhwlw?...
Reading Coach is available for FREE, can be used with Microsoft school OR personal accounts (you read that right, Google teachers!), and has the potential to create moments like this. #EduSky #TLSky #EduSkyAI #EDUSkyPrimary
Reading Coach is available for FREE, can be used with Microsoft school OR personal accounts (you read that right, Google teachers!), and has the potential to create moments like this. #EduSky #TLSky #EduSkyAI #EDUSkyPrimary
Daily classroom conversation.
December 1, 2024 at 6:26 PM
Daily classroom conversation.
Spanish speaking students can benefit greatly from reading books in verse! Short lines or phrases side by side in English and Spanish. My student is trying the English side and then checking his understanding with the Spanish side. #edusky #eduskyprimary
November 20, 2024 at 11:06 PM
Spanish speaking students can benefit greatly from reading books in verse! Short lines or phrases side by side in English and Spanish. My student is trying the English side and then checking his understanding with the Spanish side. #edusky #eduskyprimary
If America can’t unite around this, it will unite around nothing.
Having received hundreds to thousands of fan mail each week, it's only fitting to honor White with a postage stamp.
The USPS will honor Betty White with her own stamp in 2025
Having received hundreds to thousands of fan mail each week, it's only fitting to honor White with a postage stamp.
www.npr.org
November 17, 2024 at 7:23 PM
If America can’t unite around this, it will unite around nothing.
If you’re white, seeing the world from another perspective is crucial, here are some of my favorite ‘windows’ for understanding different perspectives. Here are some of the books in my classroom that are windows for people like me, and a voice for those they represent.
pt. 2 #eduskyprimary #edusky
pt. 2 #eduskyprimary #edusky
November 17, 2024 at 5:58 PM
If you’re white, seeing the world from another perspective is crucial, here are some of my favorite ‘windows’ for understanding different perspectives. Here are some of the books in my classroom that are windows for people like me, and a voice for those they represent.
pt. 2 #eduskyprimary #edusky
pt. 2 #eduskyprimary #edusky
If you’re white, seeing the world from another perspective is crucial, here are some of my favorite ‘windows’ for understanding different perspectives. Here are some of the books in my classroom that are windows for people like me, and a voice for those they represent.
pt. 1 #eduskyprimary #edusky
pt. 1 #eduskyprimary #edusky
November 17, 2024 at 5:57 PM
If you’re white, seeing the world from another perspective is crucial, here are some of my favorite ‘windows’ for understanding different perspectives. Here are some of the books in my classroom that are windows for people like me, and a voice for those they represent.
pt. 1 #eduskyprimary #edusky
pt. 1 #eduskyprimary #edusky
Reposted by Brian Smeltzer
Melanie Trecek-King’s ThinkingisPower.com website is great .
November 17, 2024 at 4:02 PM
Melanie Trecek-King’s ThinkingisPower.com website is great .
What appears in students as boredom, focus, and laziness is often not. They are completely missing critical thinking skills.
Asking ‘how can I make this better?’ or ‘am I correct?’ or even ‘how do I start?’ don’t exist. The minimum is then the end goal, by default.
How do we fix it?
#edusky
Asking ‘how can I make this better?’ or ‘am I correct?’ or even ‘how do I start?’ don’t exist. The minimum is then the end goal, by default.
How do we fix it?
#edusky
November 17, 2024 at 3:13 PM
What appears in students as boredom, focus, and laziness is often not. They are completely missing critical thinking skills.
Asking ‘how can I make this better?’ or ‘am I correct?’ or even ‘how do I start?’ don’t exist. The minimum is then the end goal, by default.
How do we fix it?
#edusky
Asking ‘how can I make this better?’ or ‘am I correct?’ or even ‘how do I start?’ don’t exist. The minimum is then the end goal, by default.
How do we fix it?
#edusky
Reposted by Brian Smeltzer
"To determine how many prison beds will be needed in future years, some states actually base part of their projection on how well current elementary students are performing on reading tests"
This is why reading is important. 50% of USians read so poorly that they are unable to perform simple tasks such as reading prescription drug labels. At least 45 million are functionally illiterate; 130 million more can't finish a children's book.
thenationalliteracyinstitute.com/post/literac...
thenationalliteracyinstitute.com/post/literac...
Literacy Statistics 2022-2023
Literacy Data and its impact on the Nation • Illiteracy has become such a serious problem in our country that 130 million adults are now unable to read a simple story to their children • 21% of adults...
thenationalliteracyinstitute.com
November 16, 2024 at 4:21 AM
"To determine how many prison beds will be needed in future years, some states actually base part of their projection on how well current elementary students are performing on reading tests"
This book comes out in May and I’ve had the pleasure to read it to my fourth graders. It’s gonna be a big hit! I haven’t had students as invested and interactive with a book in a long time! #edusky #kidlitsky #eledsky
November 15, 2024 at 11:17 PM
This book comes out in May and I’ve had the pleasure to read it to my fourth graders. It’s gonna be a big hit! I haven’t had students as invested and interactive with a book in a long time! #edusky #kidlitsky #eledsky
It’s beyond necessary.
November 14, 2024 at 2:37 AM
It’s beyond necessary.