Category: Literacy Coach
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Life as a Literacy Coach (Part 4 – Benchmark Assessments)
Providing Support During Benchmark Assessments Let me preface this post to day that here in Kansas, we are approaching the end of the school year. Our Spring Benchmark assessment is underway and we have less than 2 weeks of school until summer break. During the summer, I will not be posting as often. My goal… Read more
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Life as a Literacy Coach (Part 3 – Push-in Support)
What Does Push-in Support Look Like? For those who may not know, I am a middle school reading specialist and literacy coach. For the past 3 years, I have been working closely with my principal, teachers, and other colleagues to build a MTSS program that works for my school. Before I came onboard, my school… Read more
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Life as a Literacy Coach (Part 2 – Partner Reading Across Content Areas)
Last week, I wrote about how I use my mornings to support my teachers as they implement our vocabulary building-wide strategy. This week I want to focus on partner reading to get students reading in all content areas. A Little Background During the last 2 years, my school district has partnered with our state’s TASN… Read more
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Life as a Literacy Coach (Part One – Vocabulary Building-Wide Strategies)
So far, my posts have focused mainly on the Reading Specialist aspect of my role. If you remember from my first post about building a schedule, my day is divided into 2 parts. The reading specialist part happens in the afternoon, so what do my mornings look like? In the mornings, I have time dedicated… Read more
