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Language of Instruction

April 30, 2023 by megankruse

Words matter.  Routines and procedures matter.  The more we can simplify each in our educational systems, the more likely we are to reach high levels of success. At the risk of sounding like I desire robotic teaching, where we all do the exact same thing, I’m going to make the following statement:  I think we … [Read more…]

Posted in: Collaborative culture, Facilitating improvements in instruction and student learning, Personal Learning, Professional learning for continuous improvement, Research, Student learning and the profession, Teacher Leader Model Standards, Uncategorized Tagged: acronyms, cognitive capacity, cognitive energy, cognitive load theory, common language, curriculum matters, Dr. Anita Archer, Dylan Wiliam, el education, EL Module topics, FMCSD, Forbes, foundational reading skills, foundational skills block, high-quality curriculum, Module lessons, modules, Natalie Wexler, proficiency, protocols, staircase of complexity, Student Achievement Partners, systematic and explicit instruction

A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words

November 20, 2022 by megankruse

In the spirit of this Thanksgiving week, this post is dedicated to those things for which I am presently most grateful for.  Each picture included in the post is worth a thousand words… to me, anyway, as they represent my immense gratitude!  I am stealing George Couros’s weekly email format:  I will be writing about … [Read more…]

Posted in: Collaborative culture, Facilitating improvements in instruction and student learning, Personal Learning, Professional learning for continuous improvement, Research, Student learning and the profession, Teacher Leader Model Standards, Uncategorized Tagged: 3 ELA shifts, Achieve the Core, ALL Block, Becky Morey, cancer, Christopher Peak, curriculum adoption, Dala Wolfe, EdReports, el education, Emily Hanford, FMCSD, George Couros, Ingrid Brownlee, Jennifer Helling, Jenny Herriman, Katelyn Bowen, Kathy Randloph, Kim Fullenkamp, Margaret Goldberg, Mark Bunt, Mary Hellige, melanoma, Melissa & Lori, modules, Mohammed Milhem MD, Randy Sissel, Right to Read Project, Ross Haeger, Shalisse Johnstun, Shana Jannusch, Sold a Story, Stories of Human Rights, Sue Haeger, Suzan Menke

The Stories We Tell, Round 2

September 4, 2022 by megankruse

My inspiration for today’s post came this week as I watched several different scenarios unfold across our school buildings.  (Side note:  the title for today’s post popped in my head earlier this week.  I had completely forgotten that I had used this same title with a similar theme in my October 3, 2021 blogpost!)  The … [Read more…]

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Revisiting Spelling Instruction

August 28, 2022 by megankruse

More Work to Do Yesterday, I found myself being frustrated at a social media post that expressed a less-than-favorable opinion of the EL Education curriculum, specific to the Modules.  As I read the equally unfavorable comments that poured in after the original post, my heart sank.  I felt like I was sitting on a cracking … [Read more…]

Posted in: Assessments and data, Collaborative culture, Facilitating improvements in instruction and student learning, Outreach and collaboration with families and community, Personal Learning, Professional learning for continuous improvement, Student learning and the profession, Teacher Leader Model Standards, Uncategorized Tagged: cracking branches, decoding, Donell Pons, el education, estimated spelling, invented spelling, language comprehension, Lindsay Kemeny, Louisa Moats, Lyn Stone, modules, Natalie Wexler, Open Up Resources, Reading Rockets, Right to Read Project, Spelling Instruction, Stacy Hurst, Teaching Reading is Rocket Science, temporary spelling, the simple view of reading, the trifecta, Things I Wish I Had Known

Buzzin’ Like a Bee

July 25, 2021 by megankruse

What a week!  As I mentioned in last week’s post, 25 FMCSD educators attended the Open Up Resources HIVE conference this past week.  I’m bursting with pride and excitement about the impact that the HIVE conference had on so many of us… did I mention 25 of us attended???  Even more exciting – the impact … [Read more…]

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The Science of Reading… and Love

March 28, 2021 by megankruse

The Science of Reading The Science of Reading is gaining momentum, thanks in large part to folks like APM journalist Emily Hanford.  The funny thing is, it’s not a new concept;  knowledge about the Science of Reading has been around for upwards of five decades.  According to The Science of Reading, A Defining Movement, “The … [Read more…]

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