We had a blast celebrating Día del niño/Children's Day with free books and fun rotations! The kids decorated piñatas, made yarn bookmarks, and played loteria. 😀 #pisdlachat #FelizDiaDelNino #sparkselemproud

First session of the LAR Summer Literacy Conference complete! Translanguaging is not translating! Being bilingual is beautiful and we must honor where our students in their L1 and L2. 🥳💣 #PISDLAChat #PISDSLC2021

Session 2 y'all! Incorporating handwriting into Language Arts lessons! Do we have enough time alotted for teaching handwriting explicitly, maybe not. 🤔 BUT can we provide those opportunities through ELD, SG, stations..yes! #PISDSLC2021 #PISDLAChat

Session 3!! DON'T FORGET ABOUT STRAND 7 FRIENDS! Great conversations about how to embed research into your reading and writing routines! ✍ Sarah Smith, M. Ed coming in clutch! #PISDSLC2021 #PISDLAChat

Happy trails to our awesome teachers at Sparks! ELAR PLC notebooks delivered along with some goodies! ☺ Ready for our adventure together!! #sparkselemproud #pisdela

"Adventure" is our school theme so...obviooo.... new reader of the month bulletin board! 🙃 Ready to instill the love of Reading in our Ss.

Everyone needs some GR in their lives...Am I right?! Come and bring a friend!! Isaac and I are thrilled to be your presenters!! @PISDELAR Isaac #PISDlachat #sparkselemproud

Oh, what a fun packed session we had! Our awesome ELAR/SLAR teachers dove right into our NEW guided reading resources and created a targeted guided reading lesson to use in their classrooms. Carmen Palacios Natalie Feller, M. Ed #pisdlachat

Collaborating with our team at the IAT focus this morning. We are ready to support and grow our Ss with the help of our district specialists! #pisdmtss #sparkselemproud

Eeek! We had some excellent vertical alignment conversations about writing yesterday! We were able to identify what each writer was able to do, their developmental stage, and how we could coach them to become better writers/authors. 😀 SparksES #PISDLAChat

Our Pre-K teachers always have the cutest workstations! Shout out to Mrs. Woods for her Feed the Puppy uppercase letter matching!! PISD Elementary Language Arts & Reading #pisdlachat SparksES

Instead of assuming students “don’t care,” let's investigate the barriers they may be facing, say EL columnists Douglas Fisher & Nancy Frey. Why Do Students Disengage? bit.ly/2WbJ2pK #edchat

¡Me divertí con la clase de la Sra. Rodriguez! Maria Rodriguez Leímos Los renos rebeldes y construimos unos renos deliciosos 😋 #pisdlachat SparksES

“It’s just nice to meet another human who shares my affinity for elf culture.” haha I love my SparksES family!

The anchor chart below is a great example that illustrates some ways of incorporating #WordWalls aligned to the Spanish language structures in a #DualLanguage classroom. #Biliteracy #EmergentBilinguals #TeachingforBiliteracy

The suggestion are SO great that I NEEDED to spread this knowledge as a tweet. righttoreadproject.com/2021/06/19/wha…

Super proud of our NTB kiddos! I absolutely love the enthusiasm and love they have towards reading! It makes my ❤️ burst with happiness to see their smiling faces! Great start to my weekend! #sparkselemproud #sparkselemstars

Preparing for 2022-23 school year at the PLC At Work Conference! Solution Tree SparksES #PLC

Are you finding "noise pollution" gets in the way of Ss' engagement in your classroom? Natalia Heckman & aloise miller break down what that means & how to fix it. seidlitzblog.org/2022/11/17/the…

Feeling so blessed to have received this grant from the PISD Education foundation/Pinnacle! Great things ahead for our Sparks Media Masters! #journalism #yearbook #leaders