The First Week of School:
Community Building, Writing, and Goal Setting
From scavenger hunts to "Dear Me" letters, you might find some new ideas here to shake-up your back-to-school routine of building community and getting to know your students as readers, writers, and learners. Create-Abilities shares five activities here.
Knowing our History to Build a Brighter Future
Books to Help Kids Understand the Fight for Racial Equality
Readbrightly.com provides K-12 text resources to "help us move beyond tokens and icons to a deeper understanding of our history and its legacy, toward our own march for liberty and justice for all."
Essential Instructional Practices for Literacy
While SOEL (Study of Early Literacy) moves into our fifth year at WISD and LESA, we continue to follow the most recent research (last two-three years) supported instructional practices through the Essential Instructional Practices in Literacy.
The updated collection includes:
*Coming soon! Grades 6-12 Discipline Specific
The SOEL Family Grows !
During two SOEL Summer Institutes, the Study of Early Literacy welcomed 72 new members for the 2017-2018 school year. After three days of collaborative learning, teachers chose a learning path for the school year around early literacy instruction.
Inquiry into Disciplinary Literacy and Learning (IDLL)
Secondary teachers of all subjects, you won't want to miss our IDLL line-up of professional learning and guest speakers for 2017-2018!
Save these dates:
September 28- hosted at Saline High School with "From the Classroom" presentations.
October 26- at WISD with guest speaker Dr. Troy Hicks on Argument Writing in the Real World Register HERE
December 14- at WISD with guest speaker Dr. Liz Kolb on Learning First, Technology Second Register HERE
February 22 - hosted at Mill Creek Middle School in Dexter with Project Based Learning demonstrations.
March 22- TBD
May 17- TBD
*If you have any questions, please e-mail Melissa Brooks-Yip