Author Archives: Mary Haussner

I am currently teaching sixth grade digital literacy.  The students I teach have their ‘own’ laptops that they use and bring with them throughout the school day.  The laptops stayed at school. The last day of in school class we had was Friday, March 13. The following week was spring break.  At 2:30 that dayContinue reading “Resource Countdown”

Resources-  Google Classroom–  This is my first year using Google Classroom and I have learned a lot about how to use it throughout the school year.  It has become a very valuable resource. It is a great way to post work, collect work, share resources, add videos, and check for understanding.  I do feel fortunateContinue reading “Blog Post #7”

High Quality Professional Development  The purpose of professional development is to answer the question ‘how will this help me teach and help my students learn?’.  High quality professional development looks like it is a cohesive system.  The person or people leading the professional development have gathered information, made goals, created steps to work on goals,Continue reading “Blog #6”

High Quality Literacy Programs Elementary School A  high quality literacy program for elementary schools includes the five pillars of reading instruction.  The Five Pillars of Reading Instruction are phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension.  Phonemic awareness is the foundation.  It is the understanding that all spoken words are made using a subset of 44Continue reading “Blog #5”

High Quality Literacy Programs Elementary School The Five Pillars of Reading Instruction are phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension.  A  high quality literacy program for elementary schools includes the five pillars of reading instruction.  Phonemic awareness is the foundation.  It is the understanding that all spoken words are made using a subset of 44Continue reading “Blog #5”

A resource I would like to share is the Daily 5 book.  This book changed the framework for how I taught reading in my classroom.  I remember the first days I taught the lessons of ‘read to self’ and had the children work on their stamina for reading.  I trusted very anxiously the first stepsContinue reading “Resource- The Daily 5”

Federal Legislation Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) was signed by President Obama on December 10, 2015.  It helps ensure success for students and schools. It increases investments in preschools, and ensures that statewide assessments are done annually and information is shared with educators, families, students, and families. If a school is not making progress orContinue reading “Blog Post 4: State and Federal Legislation Analysis”

I appreciate the CURRV model developed by Peter Afflerbach.  CURRV is an acronym for- Consequences, Usefulness, Roles and Responsibility, Reliability, and Validity (Shearer et al., 2019).  Assessments need to be looked at through this lens. If the assessment is deemed fit to be used, it should successfully guide teaching practices.   Schools should use assessments asContinue reading “Blog Post #3- Assessments”

A resource I would like to share is the Daily 5 book.  This book changed the framework for how I taught reading in my classroom.  I remember the first days I taught the lessons of ‘read to self’ and had the children work on their stamina for reading.  I trusted very anxiously the first stepsContinue reading “A Resource to Share”

Literacy leaders are important in K-12 school settings because classrooms are filled with students that need differentiation- special needs, English language learners, gifted/highly able.  To meet the needs teachers need to be highly competent. Teachers need to be able to teach all students to learn and read successfully, and integrate literacy in various subjects inContinue reading “Why are literacy leaders important in K-12 school settings”