Ruth Metcalfe
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Ruth Metcalfe teaches first graders and is also a mentor teacher in northern Indiana. Over the course of her career, she has been a second-grade teacher, fourth-grade teacher, instructional coach, district literacy coach, and teacher-librarian. Creating learning environments where students feel a sense of joyful ownership and purpose is her passion, and you can often find her enticing readers to fall in love with books .
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Morning Message 2: Routine and Community
Ruth Metcalfe reminds us of the power of routines and shows how over the course of time, morning message is an anchor in her first-grade classroom community.
Morning Message Series: When and How
It’s not always easy to hold on to effective instructional routines and find ways to embrace new initiatives and mandates. In the first installment of a morning message series, Ruth Metcalfe addresses the issue of time.
Learning from Our Favorite Illustrators
Ruth Metcalfe tapped a plethora of resources to help her first-grade writers understand how to communicate meaning with illustrations.
Opinion Writing in Primary Grades: Layers of Support
Ruth Metcalfe suggests several layer of supports to uplift young writers as they begin to write their opinions.
Energizing Early Readers: The Classroom Library as a Co-Teacher (Booklist)
Ruth Metcalfe shares a fun-loving and inspiring early reader booklist to help boost reading energy in her classroom library.
Creating a Culture Where Everyone Leads
Ruth Metcalfe shares four ways to develop shared efficacy and leadership.
The Big Screen: Reimagining Read Aloud
Ruth Metcalfe leverages pandemic adjustments into making the read aloud experience bigger and better for her students. The simple act of projecting the read aloud book leads to significant adjustments to meet the needs of young readers.
Student-Created Assessments
Ruth Metcalfe releases responsibility to her first-grade class to create formative assessments and take ownership in their learning.
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