Our first Great Minds Wit and Wisdom Chalk Talk! LOVED the new ideas AND responses to ideas shared by my fifth graders! Laurie Winter

3-2-1- Freeze!  4th graders created Team Tableaus as they posed silently to show scenes with characters’ feelings from Thank You, Mr. Falker.#WitandWisdom Olathe Public Schools Becky Newkirk

We are loving socratic seminars! Millbrooke leaders showing their bravery sharing their ideas and being great listeners and responding to their peers. #OPSMakeTodayCount Millbrooke Elementary

Our 4th graders were loving learning as they conducted a Socratic Seminar discussing the book Thank You Mr. Falker. Olathe Public Schools

I am so excited to officially announce that my instructional book for elementary teachers “Making Time for Social Studies” is now available for preorder! Hopefully the cover design will be ready soon! You can find it at Solution Tree or on Amazon.

Thanks, Wit & Wisdom and OPS Strategy Playbook! Quiz-Quiz-Trade and understanding question levels deepens comprehension! Way to go HN 5th grade team! 💚💙Olathe Public Schools #opsmaketodaycount

Lacey leading an academic vocabulary discussion with students prior to reading the text.

In 1st grade at Central, the Title teacher is co-teaching, using the chip kit on SeeSaw! Check out this artwork on the playground- 10,000 feet of learning! #opsmaketodaycount, Olathe Public Schools, Central Elementary

A fun exit ticket today from Wit & Wisdom. Scientists explore the sea by learning about the different layers of the ocean. Drawing what they have learned about this. Love that my students who are not proficient in English yet could show their understanding!

4th graders have been reading about both the literal and figurative heart.  Today, Nurse Capps came in to show us some tools for checking in on our heart.

This is a great reminder that teaching nonsense words (or including reading them in daily reviews which is happening in SYSTEM WIDE initiatives in Oz) is, well, nonsense. Don’t do it. There is a very good rationale for assessing nonwords, but that doesn’t extend to teaching them.

Title reading and math teachers hard at work today! Team building with a paper tower challenge and lots of collaboration, especially about how to support core instruction. Olathe Public Schools Liz Harrison #opsmaketodaycount

The Instructional Hierarchy. When we learn something new, we move through a series of predictable stages. We are most effective when our instruction matches the student’s current level of proficiency. Learn more from this helpful handout created by Laura Bross ONlit.org

Lacey and Miss Ginther had a fall apple eating celebration with to their 2nd grade students in ELA. They discussed everything they have learned about how the changes in fall weather impact people, plants and animals.

It’s been a rough start to the school year in NYC so I’m reposting this. It’s in the application where the learning sticks. I’m seeing lots of 40-min lessons where sts read and write less than 5 words. That doesn’t work. Implementing a flawed program w/ fidelity ensures failure.

Interesting! I’d like to see it in action.

Acting out Scarborough’s Rope in LETRS today! We have an amazing group of teachers spending their time and energy learning about teaching all things literacy. Kim Dahl Olathe Public Schools Brandi Michaelis

I crashed a book tasting to launch 3rd grade module 2 @ICBobcats ! Olathe Public Schools Laurie Winter

Yet another 🎤 drop from Stephanie Stollar- you don’t need 3-4 different programs for MTSS! Beware of cognitive overload for students and make sure we are consistent across tiers when it comes to our approaches and academic language. Also- sign up for this newsletter! It’s the best!

Another LETRS cohort is complete! It was a pleasure to work with these amazing educators! Olathe Public Schools