Monday, September 30, 2013

Top LYS Tweets From the Week of September 22, 2013


A number of you in the LYS Nation are now Twitter users.  If you haven’t done so yet, we want you to join us.  To let you see what you are missing, here are the Top 10 LYS Tweets from the week of September 22, 2013.

1. Getting our students to write critically every day is imperative.  Student reflection and synthesis lead to higher rigor! (By @mathayres)

2. We should hear less "Be Quiet," and more "Talk about what you are learning," in our classrooms. (By @Snowmanlearning)

3. "Frequent Purposeful Talk is a great way to monitor understanding and document the effectiveness of our RTI." Karen Rocker (By @CabidaCain)

4. Teach students to read like detectives and write like investigative reporters. (By @Jeff_Zoul)

5. The ongoing discussion on school safety begins and ends with exterior door security. (By @LYSNation)

6. Many policymakers mean well but are blind to what actually happens in within the halls of schools. (By @RYHTexas)

7. Bad instructional practices + a good excuse = bad instructional practices. (By @LYSNation)

8. Rethinking Breaking Ranks, and then I see E. Don Brown's name. Now it all makes sense! (By @TinneyTroy)

9. Morale follows performance. Focus on student success. As that improves, so will morale. (By @LYSNation)

10. It never gets old sharing this. The Number 1 best selling education book on Kindle, today? The Fundamental 5! Thank you, LYS Nation!! (By @LYSNation)

Think. Work. Achieve.

Your turn...

  • Call Jo at (832) 477-LEAD to order your campus set of “The Fundamental 5: The Formula for Quality Instruction.” Individual copies available on Amazon.com!  http://tinyurl.com/Fundamental5
  • Call Jo at (832) 477-LEAD to order your campus set of “Look at Me: A Cautionary School Leadership Tale” Individual copies available on Amazon.com!  http://tinyurl.com/lookatmebook 
  • Now at the Apple App Store: Fun 5 Plans (Fundamental 5 Lesson Plan Tool); PW Lite (Basic PowerWalks Tool); PW Pro (Mid-level PowerWalks Tool) 
  • Upcoming Presentations: The Fundamental 5 National Summit (Multiple Presentations); NASSP National Conference 
  • Follow Sean Cain and LYS on www.Twitter.com/LYSNation  and like Lead Your School on Facebook

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