✝️Christian wife🦸♀️️mom of 3 🚸 Educator advocate & techie lover💻@VATESOL1 @VAis4Learners #NewKentStrong
Virginia, USA
Joined November 2011
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Monica Starkweather🌟 retweeted
In my experience in education…
Teachers who never question administrators’ decisions often get labeled “good teachers.”
Teachers who ask questions often get labeled “difficult.”
Have you seen this too?
TELL THEM NO! - FY26 House Appropriations Bill Jeopardizes Language Education votervoice.net/Shares/BPYDHB…
#ESL #liep #EnglishLanguageLearners #MLs #ELs #TitleIII #ELLs #advocate4ELs
Monica Starkweather🌟 retweeted
Teaching is the most important job in the world. 🎉
To kick off #TeacherAppreciationWeek, we're giving away 50 prizes all week long to share some love! 💙
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Huge excitement ✨🔜My copy will arrive!! Celebrating with you @AndreaHonigsfel
📷📷Book-day Announcement📷📷
So happy to announce that the secondary version of Growing Language and Literacy is officially published today!
heinemann.com/products/e1708…
A huge thank you to the entire @HeinemannPub team and all the educators who supported this book with numerous examples 📷
Join me for this event: Teaching Secondary Multilingual Learners: Growing Language and Literacy 6-12 Book Launch with @HeinemannPD. Take a look! cvent.me/yVG4oD?sms=2&cn=hnW…
Monica Starkweather🌟 retweeted
The cover design is finalized--who is ready to continue collaborating, breaking down silos, and sharing the joys and challenges of working with #multilinguallearners with exceptionalities? @CorwinPress
Coming in July 2024!
Monica Starkweather🌟 retweeted
Check out this document reviewing early literacy research for #ELs. It defines a vision for foundational #literacy skills and outlines a framework based on six principles to ensure success with complex texts.
📌Read the full document: ow.ly/r6jl50QwuYt
ALT Students in a library, students in class, "A Framework for Foundational Literacy Skills Instruction for English Learners"
#7Steps takeaway (heard before, never gets old!): All means ALL learners not just a few.
Consider whether the content is just available or also accessible!
#smallstepsbigwins @VAis4Learners #TitleIIIConsortium
language experience approach using #KrofnewithBaba was modeled today & it’s perfect for @MCChildsBookDay #ReadYourWorld ❤️ So many inclusion opps for shared reading & writing 🤯🥳 🤟 ILY @ValentinaESL & Juliana
Oh my goodness!! I just saw this sweet review of Krofne with Baba from THE @TanKHuynh 🙌🏽♥️🙌🏽 Thank you, Tan!
You can order this book on my website or on Amazon.
Www.valentinaESL.com
Monica Starkweather🌟 retweeted
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Get free diverse children's and YA books to review in honor of our 1/25/24 celebration! #ReadYourWorld #giveaway #FreeBooks #picturebooks #middlegrade
It's not too late!
Support my mini me in the 2023 Fall Spooky Sprint/ Fall Festival Fundraiser: app.99pledges.com/fund/2023N… via @99pledges @NKESsplash
She appreciates it & so does the school! <3
The fabulous Natasha Moiseeva led the charge to gather fellow changemakers together to heighten awareness & help educate the school and community! I look forward to what this committee will contribute within
@NKESsplash
#culturalawareness #culturalresponsiveness #allmeansall
Monica Starkweather🌟 retweeted
Instead of having your students mark everything they got wrong in their writing, have them look for what they got right. 🌈
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#teachertwitter #ela #learning
I ♥️ the 🌍 😂…
In reading #ditchbook ch.1, I was also “listening” to my boys watch Back to the Future III. B2FII is mentioned (p11).
Pretty cool if you ask me!! – at Virginia, USA