Ken Slentz
@SlentzKen
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Superintendent of Schools at Dobbs Ferry UFSD, proud dad, proud(er) grandad to #GTB and #CAS. Thanks to my teachers, I read. A lot!š¤
Dobbs Ferry, NY
Joined June 2014
āThe most fundamental responsibility of schools is teaching students to read. Indeed, the future success of all students hinges upon their ability to become proficient readers.ā
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RT @MmeLockhartLDSB: Show AND Tell! New YouTube channel modeling explicit reading instruction!! As teachers, weāre expected to deliver expā¦
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āItās got to be explicit and itās got to be modeled and practiced to become THEIR habitā. Strongly recommend that you add this one to your reading list and PD plans to teachers and admins. Good partner read to Make it Stick, How Learning Happens, Understanding How We Learn, etc.
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RT @Doug_Lemov: Christopherās first book was one of the best books available on early literacy (possibly THE best). Can wait to read this fā¦
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RT @MmeLockhartLDSB: āInstruction in handwriting is not about making handwriting pretty or perfect but instead about automatizing letter anā¦
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RT @MegVertebrae: Join us March 29, 2025 in the East Village! Don't wait to grab a ticket... there is lots of interest and a limited capaciā¦
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An excellent primer on the value of being intentional, explicit, and systematic in our use of time and attention in creating the best conditions for teaching and learning in our classrooms. @tombennett71 @researchED1 @lemov
My latest effort at podcasting: An interview with the brilliant insightful & downright funny @tombennett71.
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āIn reading classrooms itās urgently important to cause students to engage in focused reading for sustained blocks of time as a matter of habit... Among other things it means bringing shared reading back to the heart of the classroom.ā The concept of āharvesting attentionāā¦š¤©š
Attending to attention in reading classroomsābringing the act of reading back into the classroom where we can shape the experience of reading for studentsācould help rebuild studentsā attentional capacity.
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RT @Doug_Lemov: One of my favorite quotes from @tombennett71: āSelf-discipline, self-regulation, hard work, patience & effort are all enā¦
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RT @rpondiscio: I struggle with the whole idea of this being the teacher's job in the first place. Curriculum design and lesson delivery arā¦
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RT @dylanwiliam: It's here! "Developing Curriculum for Deep Thinking: The knowledge revival" is an open-access book that explains why knowlā¦
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RT @effortfuleduktr: The Pyramid of Myth ļæ¼ When you see this pyramid, ignore it. Its statistics are a complete fabrication.
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RT @thismomloves: I would suggest these brilliant one-pagers from @XpatEducator are best read a few - or even just one - at a time, in ordeā¦
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RT @MrZachG: Explicit instruction informed by cognitive science isnāt āold schoolā - itās not a long-winded lecture to endure - but the besā¦
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RT @emytomita: Ended the 2024 reading one of the best š on teaching. Effective Ts have strong #content #pedagogical #curriculum #pedagogicaā¦
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RT @effortfuleduktr: Heās not wrong. You donāt need fancy bells and whistles to learn. I find most of the times the ānew shiny thingā to uā¦
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RT @MegVertebrae: Students need content knowledge to have something to think deeply about. When teachers turn into facilitators, we risk clā¦
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RT @S_Oberle: Apply to speak at the @researchED_US NYC event in March! Hope to see you there! š¤ā¤ļø
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RT @MmeLockhartLDSB: Does the #ScienceOfReading apply to Secondary school teachers and adolescents, too?? YES!!! If schools fail to teachā¦
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