Literacy Coaching Corner

The Clinton County RESA Early Literacy Coaching Team want to welcome you back to the 2022-2023 school year! We are excited to begin the important work of literacy learning and introduce you to our new team member, Kelli Cook. We want to acknowledge your hard work, patience and perseverance over the past few years. We celebrate your dedication to your students and your professional learning throughout these past few years. Clinton County educators have clearly demonstrated time and time again that they will do what is best for students and families and we thank you!

In this newsletter, you will find:

• An introduction of our new coach, Kelli Cook
• A review of the Picture Perfect STEM Training
• Constitution Day (September 17th) resources
• Hispanic Heritage Month Read Aloud: Los Gatos Black on Halloween
• Workshop Opportunities
• Check out our new website!

I have been teaching pre-K through third grade for 15 years in Boston, Detroit, and then Lansing. I currently live in DeWitt with my husband and our two kids, 6 and 8. We also have a sweet fluffball dog named Charlie, who helps us foster animals from Michigan Humane Society and Capitol Area Humane Society. I love to learn new languages, actively participate in my community, read science fiction, play board games, and bake with my kids. As an educator, I believe that education should be accessible to every student and that teachers are a precious resource.

Fifty-one teachers from across Clinton County came together at CCRESA on June 14, 2022, to learn all about the resource, Picture Perfect STEM! Thanks to grant funds, teachers are receiving their own set of 30 picture books and each school received the materials needed for the students to engage in the lessons.

As the school year gets going, please don't hesitate to reach out to Ashley Windnagle (awindnagle@ccresa.org), Cecilia Stajos (cstajos@ccresa.org) or Kelli Cook (kcook@ccresa.org) with questions on implementation and support in utilizing the resources in the best way for your buildings.

Looking for a unique way to celebrate Constitution Day with your students this year?

The National Constitution Center has many livestream events planned for Friday, September 16th including:

• A live reading of the preamble at 8:30am and 2:30pm
• A Kids Town Hall at 12pm
• The Constitution's Birthday Celebration at 12:30pm

And more! Click the button below to register for these livestream events!

Make it special for your students and enjoy birthday cake in honor of the Constitution's Birthday!

We will be featuring a new read aloud each month read by our very own coach, Kelli Cook! Feel free to share this with your students. Our read aloud this month celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month as well as Halloween with Los Gatos Black on Halloween by Marisa Montes and Yuyi Morales.

Join teachers as they share their favorite lessons that you can immediately use in your classroom! Each session will share the research and literacy best practices behind the lesson and demonstrate how each lesson ties into assessment and helps foster student engagement.

Read, Write, Roar! is a literacy instruction television series for grades K-3 that features Michigan teachers sharing literacy lessons and read alouds. Each lesson is based on the Michigan Early Literacy Essentials, which are research-based Instructional Practices proven to make an impact in your classroom.

Check out past lessons, upcoming lessons and webinars for more information!

The early literacy coaching team is REVAMPING our Clinton County RESA Literacy Website! Find ready read alouds, professional development opportunities, resources, and more about the Literacy Essentials.

Kelli Cook

kcook@ccresa.org

Supporting Bath and Pewamo-Westphalia School Districts

Cecilia Stajos

cstajos@ccresa.org

Supporting Fowler and Ovid-Elsie School Districts

Ashley Windnagle

awindnagle@ccresa.org

Supporting DeWitt and Ovid-Elsie School Districts