Have you thought about Curriculum Implementation Day?  It is fast approaching!

If you work with students from Grades 3-9, you might be interested in our session with Lori Rog!

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Register on the staff development calendar!

Thank you to Bryan Gidinski, District SOGI Support Teacher, for creating this fantastic SOGI booklist!

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Thank you to Jennifer Gonzalez for writing this thoughtful article for new teachers.  However, I think all teachers would enjoy this article.  Are you a marigold or a walnut tree?  Read on to find out!

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Here’s a great article about nurturing the love of reading all summer long:

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I love Donalyn Miller’s books.  She also has a great blog.  Here’s an article from a few years ago that’s worth a re-read:

Book Challenge Revisited

This is a handy one pager North Vancouver School District created!  Click below for the pdf.

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Thank you to everyone who attended our Core Competency Workshop with Kelsey Keller.  Below is a link to two of the posters she spoke about at the workshop.  She also has a teacher pay teacher store:

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Browse/Search:kelsey%20keller

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Thank you to Kristin Visscher from Delta School District for these French Core Competency Posters!  Click below!

French Core Competency Posters

I really like Jennifer Serravallo’s reading conferences.  Click on the link below to watch.  Here’s what I like:

• the students are all reading different books that they have chosen. (choice is key!)
• the students have built their stamina to be able to read this quietly – this doesn’t happen right away – we need to explicitly teach it and goal set with our students to achieve this.
• the conferences are strength based.  She is noticing what each reader is doing well, and is setting goals for each reader based on where that learner is.
• this reading block is differentiated.  Students are working on different things, based on where they are in their learning.
• a love of reading is being nurtured in this environment, and isn’t that what we really want, at the end of the day?  

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