Helen Proulx
@hproulx.bsky.social
Here to learn & engage in thoughtful conversation about learning & teaching & other stuff.
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Contex matters www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5T5...
Reading Research: Context Matters
YouTube video by Dr. Andy Johnson
www.youtube.com
December 16, 2024 at 9:04 PM
Contex matters www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5T5...
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Don't let Lexia or Louisa Moats trick you into thinking that there's research to support LETRS professional development. There is none. www.youtube.com/watch?v=lM6Q...
Webinar: Louisa Moats, SoR Research Standards, and Baloney
YouTube video by Dr. Andy Johnson
www.youtube.com
December 16, 2024 at 9:05 PM
Don't let Lexia or Louisa Moats trick you into thinking that there's research to support LETRS professional development. There is none. www.youtube.com/watch?v=lM6Q...
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So instead of fighting for smaller classes and more time to plan and collaborate with actual humans, districts will jump on this as the bold, innovative solution to teacher workload, and then gradually use the "efficiencies" to ... increase teacher workload. Why are we so gullible and short-sighted
EEF: ChatGPT cuts lesson planning by nearly a third
The saved time did not come at the expense of quality, independent evaluation finds
www.tes.com
December 15, 2024 at 12:14 PM
So instead of fighting for smaller classes and more time to plan and collaborate with actual humans, districts will jump on this as the bold, innovative solution to teacher workload, and then gradually use the "efficiencies" to ... increase teacher workload. Why are we so gullible and short-sighted
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Your toddler wants nothing more than to be like you.
To walk like you. To talk like you. To emulate your every move.
And sometimes they can get pretty creative about their approach.
I just love this video shared to TT by h3yitskaylee.
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To walk like you. To talk like you. To emulate your every move.
And sometimes they can get pretty creative about their approach.
I just love this video shared to TT by h3yitskaylee.
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December 15, 2024 at 2:21 PM
Your toddler wants nothing more than to be like you.
To walk like you. To talk like you. To emulate your every move.
And sometimes they can get pretty creative about their approach.
I just love this video shared to TT by h3yitskaylee.
(Thread 🧵)
To walk like you. To talk like you. To emulate your every move.
And sometimes they can get pretty creative about their approach.
I just love this video shared to TT by h3yitskaylee.
(Thread 🧵)
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Give them the joy of reading, it's never too soon!
🎁 More here: www.childs-play.com 🎁
#Bookswithusallin #ReflectingRealities #SmashingStereotypes #KidLit #ReadingTogether #ReadingforPleasure #Bookgiftsarethebestgifts
🎁 More here: www.childs-play.com 🎁
#Bookswithusallin #ReflectingRealities #SmashingStereotypes #KidLit #ReadingTogether #ReadingforPleasure #Bookgiftsarethebestgifts
December 13, 2024 at 11:54 AM
Give them the joy of reading, it's never too soon!
🎁 More here: www.childs-play.com 🎁
#Bookswithusallin #ReflectingRealities #SmashingStereotypes #KidLit #ReadingTogether #ReadingforPleasure #Bookgiftsarethebestgifts
🎁 More here: www.childs-play.com 🎁
#Bookswithusallin #ReflectingRealities #SmashingStereotypes #KidLit #ReadingTogether #ReadingforPleasure #Bookgiftsarethebestgifts
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'We need poetry … We deserve poetry / We owe it to ourselves to re-create ourselves / and find a different if not better way to live.'
Nikki Giovanni
– Acolytes, 2007
Nikki Giovanni
– Acolytes, 2007
December 11, 2024 at 3:28 AM
'We need poetry … We deserve poetry / We owe it to ourselves to re-create ourselves / and find a different if not better way to live.'
Nikki Giovanni
– Acolytes, 2007
Nikki Giovanni
– Acolytes, 2007
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We Teach English in Times of Perpetual Crisis: Selling a Story of Reading (and Literacy) [Webinar Companion Post] radicalscholarship.com/2024/11/23/w...
We Teach English in Times of Perpetual Crisis: Selling a Story of Reading (and Literacy) [Webinar Companion Post]
Click here to register: See the webinar presentation HERE. In 1947, writing in NCTE’s Elementary English (which became Language Arts), Lou LaBrant announced, “This is not the time for t…
radicalscholarship.com
December 10, 2024 at 12:49 PM
We Teach English in Times of Perpetual Crisis: Selling a Story of Reading (and Literacy) [Webinar Companion Post] radicalscholarship.com/2024/11/23/w...
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“How was your day, Cora?!”
This video is such a lovely illustration of toddler play that I couldn’t resist sharing.
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This video is such a lovely illustration of toddler play that I couldn’t resist sharing.
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December 10, 2024 at 12:58 PM
“How was your day, Cora?!”
This video is such a lovely illustration of toddler play that I couldn’t resist sharing.
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This video is such a lovely illustration of toddler play that I couldn’t resist sharing.
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The science of reading for pleasure
'it’s worth considering what might happen to us as a species if skills like reading become less prioritised. Our capacity to interpret the world around us and understand the minds of others would surely diminish' theconversation.com/people-who-a...
'it’s worth considering what might happen to us as a species if skills like reading become less prioritised. Our capacity to interpret the world around us and understand the minds of others would surely diminish' theconversation.com/people-who-a...
People who are good at reading have different brains
Reading can change the brain.
theconversation.com
December 10, 2024 at 11:31 AM
The science of reading for pleasure
'it’s worth considering what might happen to us as a species if skills like reading become less prioritised. Our capacity to interpret the world around us and understand the minds of others would surely diminish' theconversation.com/people-who-a...
'it’s worth considering what might happen to us as a species if skills like reading become less prioritised. Our capacity to interpret the world around us and understand the minds of others would surely diminish' theconversation.com/people-who-a...
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Why hasn't this report had more publicity and more discussion? Or have I just missed it? The compulsory phonics screening test is taking up huge amounts of classroom time & yet seems to have no beneficial impact on either reading or writing.
epi.org.uk/publications...
epi.org.uk/publications...
What can quantitative analyses tell us about the national impact of the phonics screening check? - Education Policy Institute
A new report published by the Education Policy Institute (EPI) examines the impact of the national phonics screening check (PSC) on early reading development in primary schools across England. The res...
epi.org.uk
December 9, 2024 at 11:21 AM
Why hasn't this report had more publicity and more discussion? Or have I just missed it? The compulsory phonics screening test is taking up huge amounts of classroom time & yet seems to have no beneficial impact on either reading or writing.
epi.org.uk/publications...
epi.org.uk/publications...
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Where does the idea come from that inquiry-based learning is the driving philosophy & principal practice of American public schools? It's a criticism I see frequently to justify a "shift" toward teacher-driven instruction when, from what I can tell, we never left in the first place. 🤷🏼♂️
December 5, 2024 at 12:25 AM
Where does the idea come from that inquiry-based learning is the driving philosophy & principal practice of American public schools? It's a criticism I see frequently to justify a "shift" toward teacher-driven instruction when, from what I can tell, we never left in the first place. 🤷🏼♂️
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A unique opprtunity for Early Childhood Educators!
Please share widely!!
literacyconference.org/sessions/prek/
Please share widely!!
literacyconference.org/sessions/prek/
December 5, 2024 at 11:32 PM
A unique opprtunity for Early Childhood Educators!
Please share widely!!
literacyconference.org/sessions/prek/
Please share widely!!
literacyconference.org/sessions/prek/
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I wrote a whole paper in graduate school criticizing the Units of Study, so I’m not a fan by any means. Still, this is insane and sets a horrific precedent. It’s the type of zealotry that can only be found in the newly converted & under informed.
www.edweek.org/teaching-lea...
www.edweek.org/teaching-lea...
Parents Sue Lucy Calkins, Fountas and Pinnell, and Others Over Reading Curricula
A first-of-its-kind lawsuit targets creators of whole-language reading curricula.
www.edweek.org
December 6, 2024 at 1:26 AM
I wrote a whole paper in graduate school criticizing the Units of Study, so I’m not a fan by any means. Still, this is insane and sets a horrific precedent. It’s the type of zealotry that can only be found in the newly converted & under informed.
www.edweek.org/teaching-lea...
www.edweek.org/teaching-lea...
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Wait, people are suing over curriculum??? Look, I’m a *huge* fan of public scholarship. It’s how I position most of my work & is sorely needed right now—but the fact a journalist podcaster with zero research background has set the literacy legislative agenda for half the country is wildly unhinged.
a white squirrel is making a funny face with the words just why below it
ALT: a white squirrel is making a funny face with the words just why below it
media.tenor.com
December 6, 2024 at 1:15 AM
Wait, people are suing over curriculum??? Look, I’m a *huge* fan of public scholarship. It’s how I position most of my work & is sorely needed right now—but the fact a journalist podcaster with zero research background has set the literacy legislative agenda for half the country is wildly unhinged.
A unique opprtunity for Early Childhood Educators!
Please share widely!!
literacyconference.org/sessions/prek/
Please share widely!!
literacyconference.org/sessions/prek/
December 5, 2024 at 11:32 PM
A unique opprtunity for Early Childhood Educators!
Please share widely!!
literacyconference.org/sessions/prek/
Please share widely!!
literacyconference.org/sessions/prek/
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This absolutely thrills me. We protested so hard for so long against Act 10
Good news of the day: This is a win.
www.2news.com/news/nationa...
www.2news.com/news/nationa...
Unions score a major win in Wisconsin with a court ruling restoring collective bargaining rights
Wisconsin public worker and teachers unions have scored a major legal victory with a ruling that restores collective bargaining rights.
www.2news.com
December 3, 2024 at 11:19 AM
This absolutely thrills me. We protested so hard for so long against Act 10
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Fun fact about teaching at my Danish school: when we are sick, we’re not required to write sub plans because we’re sick.
The subs are paid well to come up with their own activities with the students. We also have the same staff of subs all year, so the students know them fairly well.
The subs are paid well to come up with their own activities with the students. We also have the same staff of subs all year, so the students know them fairly well.
December 3, 2024 at 7:35 AM
Fun fact about teaching at my Danish school: when we are sick, we’re not required to write sub plans because we’re sick.
The subs are paid well to come up with their own activities with the students. We also have the same staff of subs all year, so the students know them fairly well.
The subs are paid well to come up with their own activities with the students. We also have the same staff of subs all year, so the students know them fairly well.
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US teachers, can you even imagine this happening?? Because, and I’m not exaggerating, it would be life changing 😭
Fun fact about teaching at my Danish school: when we are sick, we’re not required to write sub plans because we’re sick.
The subs are paid well to come up with their own activities with the students. We also have the same staff of subs all year, so the students know them fairly well.
The subs are paid well to come up with their own activities with the students. We also have the same staff of subs all year, so the students know them fairly well.
December 3, 2024 at 11:45 AM
US teachers, can you even imagine this happening?? Because, and I’m not exaggerating, it would be life changing 😭
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A Christmas #maths mystery is unraveling...
"Finn took a deep breath and addressed the crowd. "Everyone, I'm afraid there’s been an incident. The presents are missing, and we need to find out what happened..." Download Chapter 1 of our #Christmas #Maths Mystery now! mathsweek.scot/countdown
#ChristmasCountdown #MathsToday #UKMathsChat
#ChristmasCountdown #MathsToday #UKMathsChat
December 3, 2024 at 11:04 AM
A Christmas #maths mystery is unraveling...
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The Joint Primary Group of the ATM and MA are pleased to launch ‘KS1 Assessment Tasks – Tasks not Tests’.
a collaboration between mathematics educators and are freely available by all to access. @Mathematical_A atm.org.uk/News/ks1-tas...
a collaboration between mathematics educators and are freely available by all to access. @Mathematical_A atm.org.uk/News/ks1-tas...
October 1, 2024 at 11:00 AM
The Joint Primary Group of the ATM and MA are pleased to launch ‘KS1 Assessment Tasks – Tasks not Tests’.
a collaboration between mathematics educators and are freely available by all to access. @Mathematical_A atm.org.uk/News/ks1-tas...
a collaboration between mathematics educators and are freely available by all to access. @Mathematical_A atm.org.uk/News/ks1-tas...
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If you haven’t taken a look at these yet … please do 👇🏼
#TasksNotTests at KS1
#TasksNotTests at KS1
The Joint Primary Group of the ATM and MA are pleased to launch ‘KS1 Assessment Tasks – Tasks not Tests’.
a collaboration between mathematics educators and are freely available by all to access. @Mathematical_A atm.org.uk/News/ks1-tas...
a collaboration between mathematics educators and are freely available by all to access. @Mathematical_A atm.org.uk/News/ks1-tas...
December 3, 2024 at 11:27 AM
If you haven’t taken a look at these yet … please do 👇🏼
#TasksNotTests at KS1
#TasksNotTests at KS1
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Thinking inside the box. 📦
Yesterday I shared some holiday gift giving advice, one piece of which resonated with many of you.
It was a note that your toddler may be just as interested in the box a toy comes in as the toy itself.
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Yesterday I shared some holiday gift giving advice, one piece of which resonated with many of you.
It was a note that your toddler may be just as interested in the box a toy comes in as the toy itself.
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November 30, 2024 at 1:01 PM
Thinking inside the box. 📦
Yesterday I shared some holiday gift giving advice, one piece of which resonated with many of you.
It was a note that your toddler may be just as interested in the box a toy comes in as the toy itself.
(Thread 🧵)
Yesterday I shared some holiday gift giving advice, one piece of which resonated with many of you.
It was a note that your toddler may be just as interested in the box a toy comes in as the toy itself.
(Thread 🧵)