Literacy Leaders
"Engaging, inspiring, and lifting learners!"
Keller ISD Elementary ELAR - May 2018
Stay quenched this summer....READ!!!
Reading Volume STILL Matters!
A positive attitude about reading goes a long way to to boost the probability of summer reading. How will YOU encourage summer reading fun? Book talks....good book lists...library visits...carrying books with you...sharing books from your library...
Summer Reading Benefits:
- Builds independence.
- Keeps kids on grade-level.
- Closes the achievement gap.
- Builds confidence.
- Nurtures a LOVE of reading!
Launching Summer Reading Programs that Work!
Always look on the bright side of life. Otherwise it'll be too dark to read. — Unknown
- Disrupting Thinking (Kylene Beers & Robert E. Probst)
- Give and Take (Adam Grant)
- Tribes (Seth Godin)
- The Positve Dog (John Gordon)
- A Lineage of Grace (Francine Rivers)
Reading Units of Study Update!
6-hour EQ Sessions are being planned for each grade level!
- July 23 - Kindergarten
- July 24 - 1st Grade
- July 25 - 2nd Grade
- July 26 - 3rd Grade
- July 30 - 4th Grade
You can also log-in and check-out the Orientation Videos at the TCRWP web-site!
Tweet & Learn!
Follow us now on our new Twitter home page: @kisdlit where we will continue posting twitter chat invitations, highlighting literacy articles and research, spotlighting district literacy events, and celebrating teacher and student work on campuses.
Join us for a KISD Literacy Twitter Chat @kisdlit:
Teachers can earn 1 hr. EQ/SBEC credit by following these guidelines:
1. Stay in the Twitter Chat for the entire hour.
2. Tweet at least 3 times using the host hashtag and @kisdlit or #kellerliteracy
3. Complete and submit the Literacy Twitter Chat Google Form post chat for EQ/PD credit.
#KellerLiteracy Twitter Chat Form
Contact Kasey Smith with questions: kasey.smith@kellerisd.net
Dawn M. Bailey, Coordinator of Elementary ELA
#KellerLiteracy
Email: dawn.bailey@kellerisd.net
Website: www.kellerisd.net
Location: 350 Keller Parkway, Keller, TX, United States
Phone: (817)744-1210
Twitter: @cannteach