Goyen Literacy Fellow, TFA Alum, 4th Grade Teacher
Joined September 2023
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Lauren Proffitt retweeted
Mar 10
So, of course after IAR state testing this child decided to work on WMP words. I was covering a class for an absent teacher @smorrisey
I never get to see these things occur in real time b/c I only have my intervention time! But it was truly amazing!
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Lauren Proffitt retweeted
When instruction aligns with how the brain learns, success becomes predictable.
Automatically didn't replace thinking - it created space for it.
Check out my latest substack post!
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22 Mar 2025
I own both books- highly recommend the one pagers!
21 Mar 2025
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Lauren Proffitt retweeted
3 Mar 2025
Evidence based education and the science of learning is in its infancy in many schools. See how to implement research informed teaching practices in this free webinar I’m putting on!
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15 Mar 2024
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. Writing is the hardest content for me to teach and differentiate for student needs. Narrowing the focus of revisions and edits has helped me better support student writing. Peer revision also gives me time to work 1:1 or in small groups.
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15 Mar 2024
First we used shared writing to practice each of these revision tasks so that students had context for what this looks like.
Then they partnered up and took turns analyzing each other’s paragraphs with the goal of increasing detail/elaboration, clarity, and fluency.
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15 Mar 2024
Today we will edit 3 times for different purposes .
1. capitalization
2. punctuation
3. spelling
Breaking up the processes has helped students stay focused on the single revision/edit tasks. Ss final drafts are stronger and better organized.
📸draft 1, 2
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13 Mar 2024
Students who have a strong model are better able to plan writing pieces. This graphic organizer is from the same student whose analyzed model I posted yesterday. The model, her content knowledge familiarity w/ painted essay structure make planning successful.
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12 Mar 2024
I’ve shared this series of blog posts with many colleagues. @mrjergenskinder is a must follow for anyone looking to better their implementation of structured literacy. 👏👏👏
11 Mar 2024
🚨New blog from @mrjergenskinder Putting the “Structure” into Structured Literacy: Part 3🚨
Come to learn about how he structures the Content Literacy portion of his ELA block; stay for his recommendations about how to design yours.
goyen.io/blog/putting-the-st…
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12 Mar 2024
One of the components of @ELeducation that I love most is that Ss are always given a model to analyze. It has changed the way I approach teaching writing. We are to the point in the year where Ss are able to analyze first and share out second.
📸 student work
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12 Mar 2024
I also use the models as fluency reads. The more students read and hear the model, the better! They are able to refer back to it when writing independently to ID what component(s) they may be missing in their own essays.
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9 Mar 2024
I love this idea!
8 Mar 2024
All 3 fourth grades (Cowen, Druley, & Hardison) collaborated to build a giant timeline of the American Revolution. Each group selected an important event to depict. @HardisonTabitha @JcpsElemEla @dunn_jcps @JCPSDL
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8 Mar 2024
Another oracy/fluency practice is called a ‘Mix and Mingle’ (M M). Here’s how I implement:
1️⃣ID goal of the talk task
2️⃣Ss M M until I say, “Freeze”
3️⃣Ss stand back:back with closest peer
4️⃣I say, “go”
5️⃣they turn, read for fluency, ID gist. Ss finish, turn back:back
🔁 if needed
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8 Mar 2024
The benefits of this practice:
⭐️gets the students up and moving
⭐️ALL Ss are speaking and listening
⭐️Combining it with a text adds the fluency component.
⭐️This strategy can be used with any content and takes as little or as much time as needed.
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6 Mar 2024
In these two videos you will 👀and👂🏼
☑️Ss who came to a collaborative discussion prepared with notes connecting two separate texts about the Am. Rev.
☑️Ss making connections b/t texts
☑️Ss responding to each other and building upon each other’s ideas
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Lauren Proffitt retweeted
6 Mar 2024
On Sunday night, @MrsProffitt2 and @MTEGrade5 gave a presentation about oracy and discussion to the fellowship cohort. I was skeptical that their insights could apply to younger students.
Here's @MsSiddiqui_K and her Ks proving me wrong...
6 Mar 2024
Kinders are wrapping up Module 2 with a Socratic Seminar- discussing what makes the following texts a good story:
The Little Red Hen 🐔🐀🐕🐷🐐
The Three Billy Goats Gruff 🐐🐐🐐🧌
The Three Little Pigs 🐷 🐷🐷🐺
@goyenfoundation
#WitandWisdom
#SocraticSeminar
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4 Mar 2024
A Traverse Talk is an oracy strategy I use to ensure every student speaks AND listens/rephrases what their partner says. It also doubles as a quick CFU. @SoRclassroom
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Lauren Proffitt retweeted
3 Mar 2024
New Readers Theaters scripts just dropped!!!
Wondering how they fit into your classroom? @MrsProffitt2 just wrote about how she @ClassroomD4's work last week.
3 Mar 2024
Posted for #Free are nine new Readers Theater scripts matched to the language standards. Using a protocol from @ChaseJYoung1, you can get students reading with prosody and help them build or reinforce understanding. justtwoteachers.com/the-lang…
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2 Mar 2024
This is spot on!
1 Mar 2024
"Following @ELEducation has not only changed the way that I teach, but it has changed the way my students learn." Check out this amazingly reflective post from teacher @JessicaCod85 @blackfoxelem!
@CurriculumMatrs @treyduke @blackfoxelem @ClassroomWonder
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