Gallagher Notes by steve https://padlet.com/vanreess/Gallagher What did we hear? en-us 2018-11-24 13:57:34 UTC 2026-02-23 06:34:45 UTC hello@padlet.com This Padlet is to serve as our community notesheet. We want to document what we hear today: information, ideas, questions, comments, concerns, and suggestions. vanreess https://padlet.com/vanreess/Gallagher/wish/307397517 Please record your notes under the appropriate column.]]> 2018-11-24 14:00:15 UTC https://padlet.com/vanreess/Gallagher/wish/307397517 If you wish to use this, simply download then upload when you've taken your notes. vanreess https://padlet.com/vanreess/Gallagher/wish/307397952 2018-11-24 14:04:38 UTC https://padlet.com/vanreess/Gallagher/wish/307397952 https://padlet.com/vanreess/Gallagher/wish/310394000 Love the idea of using art infused in the ELA CLASSROOM!]]> 2018-12-03 13:45:03 UTC https://padlet.com/vanreess/Gallagher/wish/310394000 https://padlet.com/vanreess/Gallagher/wish/310394358 Task writing vs writing to discover!]]> 2018-12-03 13:45:46 UTC https://padlet.com/vanreess/Gallagher/wish/310394358 https://padlet.com/vanreess/Gallagher/wish/310395578 The fabric of ELA should be the woven tapestry of reading and writing!]]> 2018-12-03 13:48:20 UTC https://padlet.com/vanreess/Gallagher/wish/310395578 https://padlet.com/vanreess/Gallagher/wish/310397149 Volume!!! ]]> 2018-12-03 13:51:21 UTC https://padlet.com/vanreess/Gallagher/wish/310397149 https://padlet.com/vanreess/Gallagher/wish/310398509 Is disengagement the result of our curriculum ]]> 2018-12-03 13:53:59 UTC https://padlet.com/vanreess/Gallagher/wish/310398509 https://padlet.com/vanreess/Gallagher/wish/310401789 Time is the currency of education.]]> 2018-12-03 14:00:02 UTC https://padlet.com/vanreess/Gallagher/wish/310401789 https://padlet.com/vanreess/Gallagher/wish/310407100 Book Clubs vs core texts]]> 2018-12-03 14:08:34 UTC https://padlet.com/vanreess/Gallagher/wish/310407100 https://padlet.com/vanreess/Gallagher/wish/310408961 Digital storytelling!! ]]> 2018-12-03 14:11:21 UTC https://padlet.com/vanreess/Gallagher/wish/310408961 https://padlet.com/vanreess/Gallagher/wish/310410772 Love the “shoulder to shoulder” Idea. Conferencing IS POWERFUL!]]> 2018-12-03 14:14:12 UTC https://padlet.com/vanreess/Gallagher/wish/310410772 https://padlet.com/vanreess/Gallagher/wish/310415668 Found poetry - SPINE POETRY! So fun!!!!💛]]> 2018-12-03 14:22:21 UTC https://padlet.com/vanreess/Gallagher/wish/310415668 https://padlet.com/vanreess/Gallagher/wish/310415691 Found poetry ]]> 2018-12-03 14:22:23 UTC https://padlet.com/vanreess/Gallagher/wish/310415691 https://padlet.com/vanreess/Gallagher/wish/310418350 The collection of beautiful words on two page spread + art! WOW!😀]]> 2018-12-03 14:26:44 UTC https://padlet.com/vanreess/Gallagher/wish/310418350 Help kids move towards allegiance to author and genre https://padlet.com/vanreess/Gallagher/wish/310421834 2018-12-03 14:32:26 UTC https://padlet.com/vanreess/Gallagher/wish/310421834 https://padlet.com/vanreess/Gallagher/wish/310428372 Help kids move from victims to agents of reading!]]> 2018-12-03 14:41:56 UTC https://padlet.com/vanreess/Gallagher/wish/310428372 https://padlet.com/vanreess/Gallagher/wish/310436469 Low pressure/ungraded writing = Laps!]]> 2018-12-03 14:53:48 UTC https://padlet.com/vanreess/Gallagher/wish/310436469 https://padlet.com/vanreess/Gallagher/wish/310440488 Love 34 word story!]]> 2018-12-03 14:59:31 UTC https://padlet.com/vanreess/Gallagher/wish/310440488 https://padlet.com/vanreess/Gallagher/wish/310471474 Ok! I am going to use FLIP GRID!]]> 2018-12-03 15:46:03 UTC https://padlet.com/vanreess/Gallagher/wish/310471474 https://padlet.com/vanreess/Gallagher/wish/310493842 Schools MUST be places where HARD conversations are done civilly!]]> 2018-12-03 16:20:24 UTC https://padlet.com/vanreess/Gallagher/wish/310493842 https://padlet.com/vanreess/Gallagher/wish/310558695 Teach kids to decide what kids want feedback for??]]> 2018-12-03 18:06:55 UTC https://padlet.com/vanreess/Gallagher/wish/310558695 https://padlet.com/vanreess/Gallagher/wish/310611560 Love the FLASHrevision technique!]]> 2018-12-03 19:33:54 UTC https://padlet.com/vanreess/Gallagher/wish/310611560 I loved the idea of 'every story begins' as a way to look at an issue and incorporated it into today's lesson on suffrage. https://padlet.com/vanreess/Gallagher/wish/310900022 -Jayme]]> 2018-12-04 14:25:08 UTC https://padlet.com/vanreess/Gallagher/wish/310900022 The idea of students reading different books that all addressed a central theme, leading to richer, more diverse discussions, in which everyone participates. https://padlet.com/vanreess/Gallagher/wish/310908519 Jayme]]> 2018-12-04 14:38:36 UTC https://padlet.com/vanreess/Gallagher/wish/310908519 How does this connect to our system's push of Learning Focused? My first reaction was that a Gallagher/Kittle lesson is actually 4 lessons (ind reading, ind writing, instruction, etc) that may not have 1 or 2 standards addressed and/or 1 LEQ. To an admin, that lesson would look disjointed. https://padlet.com/vanreess/Gallagher/wish/310959514 2018-12-04 15:51:53 UTC https://padlet.com/vanreess/Gallagher/wish/310959514 How do we enter the convo with teachers who feel the need to read and grade (and comment/correct) every single thing the student produces? https://padlet.com/vanreess/Gallagher/wish/310960548 2018-12-04 15:53:25 UTC https://padlet.com/vanreess/Gallagher/wish/310960548 The POWER of a reading conference. We've done writing conferences, but not reading ones. https://padlet.com/vanreess/Gallagher/wish/310961031 2018-12-04 15:54:11 UTC https://padlet.com/vanreess/Gallagher/wish/310961031 How do we convey the weight and positive effect of conferring (aka it is worth the time)? Also, when is the best place to have teachers practice? I believe that part of what holds a teacher back is the fear of not knowing what to say or how to manage a class while conferring. https://padlet.com/vanreess/Gallagher/wish/310961774 2018-12-04 15:54:23 UTC https://padlet.com/vanreess/Gallagher/wish/310961774 The balance of using a professional text, a playful "non-school" text (like ads), and the teacher text. Also, how Gallagher writes with them SOMETIMES and gives them his pre-written model SOMETIMES. It is ok to do both, but not one always. https://padlet.com/vanreess/Gallagher/wish/310962880 2018-12-04 15:55:27 UTC https://padlet.com/vanreess/Gallagher/wish/310962880 Spine Poetry bowenw1 https://padlet.com/vanreess/Gallagher/wish/310995175 I']]> 2018-12-04 16:43:25 UTC https://padlet.com/vanreess/Gallagher/wish/310995175 Asking the Wrong Question agnoluttos https://padlet.com/vanreess/Gallagher/wish/311134210 What can we do to raise achievement (as evidenced by assessments I suppose) vs. what we can do to stimulate, challenge, and engage our students? This is a challenging question and I will be working to give my students more voice, choices, and engaging opportunities.  ]]> 2018-12-04 20:37:32 UTC https://padlet.com/vanreess/Gallagher/wish/311134210 Volume agnoluttos https://padlet.com/vanreess/Gallagher/wish/311136569 I'm going to work on creating more opportunities for ungraded, unjudged writing.

]]> 2018-12-04 20:43:14 UTC https://padlet.com/vanreess/Gallagher/wish/311136569 Writer's Conferences agnoluttos https://padlet.com/vanreess/Gallagher/wish/311149879 Gallagher: "It is my best, in-time teaching 1-1."How much are we willing to do to help kids do better?"

]]> 2018-12-04 21:26:14 UTC https://padlet.com/vanreess/Gallagher/wish/311149879 Curriculum Questions agnoluttos https://padlet.com/vanreess/Gallagher/wish/311151050 How much flexibility do we have to vary our texts/find our own pieces?

]]> 2018-12-04 21:29:42 UTC https://padlet.com/vanreess/Gallagher/wish/311151050 Morning Pages mrsgibson https://padlet.com/vanreess/Gallagher/wish/312222178 I have had great success with using mentor texts as a Monday warm-up. It has really stretched my students to try new techniques in a "safe" way. This can easily be expanded into longer mentor texts in book clubs.]]> 2018-12-07 13:57:13 UTC https://padlet.com/vanreess/Gallagher/wish/312222178 Time Suckage mrsgibson https://padlet.com/vanreess/Gallagher/wish/312223687 I know I need to demand less time wasting when it comes to the use of technology, getting documents open, charging laptops, not looking at the board to see where we are in Schoology, is all intentional. They must be proficient with the technology rather than relying on a buddy to do it for them. Am I the only one frustrated by this? I am really liking the idea of composition books as writing journals.]]> 2018-12-07 14:00:34 UTC https://padlet.com/vanreess/Gallagher/wish/312223687 Choice mrsgibson https://padlet.com/vanreess/Gallagher/wish/312231085 Allowing them the opportunity to read what they can get excited about creates the opportunity for us to have passionate conversations with them about literature they are more likely to remember and be impacted by in the future.]]> 2018-12-07 14:15:31 UTC https://padlet.com/vanreess/Gallagher/wish/312231085 I think it is so important that we figure out a way to get more texts into the hands of our students, not just the core texts. I know that I want to try some of the things they both do. I have already started looking at building a better classroom library https://padlet.com/vanreess/Gallagher/wish/312981254
Carolyn ]]> 2018-12-10 15:42:04 UTC https://padlet.com/vanreess/Gallagher/wish/312981254 I also really liked the idea of the students have choice of books that are linked central theme. It was so powerful how they theme of social justice. https://padlet.com/vanreess/Gallagher/wish/312982525
Car]]> 2018-12-10 15:43:56 UTC https://padlet.com/vanreess/Gallagher/wish/312982525 Have the students direct the feedback! I think this is so important and adds ownership https://padlet.com/vanreess/Gallagher/wish/312983069 Carolyn ]]> 2018-12-10 15:44:45 UTC https://padlet.com/vanreess/Gallagher/wish/312983069 I love that he encouraged daily reading in class with student choice. There is power in that. Also in daily, low stress student writing. We have learned (in Learning Focused) about an assignment gap. Part of me thinks (well, I know) this is because our students are not reading on grade level. This daily practice would help all students to be more successful with assignments (and assessment). allisonjsaul https://padlet.com/vanreess/Gallagher/wish/313911252 2018-12-12 16:17:43 UTC https://padlet.com/vanreess/Gallagher/wish/313911252 I realized that I don't "sell books" nearly enough. I need to up my game in reading books that our students read, as well as have peers share "Book Talks" about their favorites. allisonjsaul https://padlet.com/vanreess/Gallagher/wish/313913638 2018-12-12 16:21:49 UTC https://padlet.com/vanreess/Gallagher/wish/313913638