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Today before we get started be sure to … Sign in by school Sign in anyone on your grade level that is not here on the back If you know your room number (ex: 501, 302) please write it down; put your school phone number as well. Print your email address (just the beginning unless you don’t have a Lexington1 email address yet) Place a star by your name if you are the grade level chair. When I am at your school, we will be meeting in the grade level chair’s room as a grade level during your planning time. Pick up your copies on the back table. Be sure you had your picture made! Welcome First Grade Teachers! August 14th District In-Service Presented by: Sherell Stepp About Me My name is Sherell Stepp. I was the literacy coach at Gilbert Primary School for the last 2 years. I have taught every grade from K to fifth grade. I have taught in an open classroom setting, been a remedial reading teacher, compensatory teacher and regular classroom teacher. I have taught for 16 years. My bachelors degree is in Early Childhood and Elementary Ed. and my masters degree is in Reading and Administration. My thirty plus hours have all been in literacy in the last 3 years. We will be staying in touch mostly through email. My email address is shstepp@ My Family Getting to know You! Something you did during summer vacation Story of your first name What you value in a colleague What is a motto you try to live by What is one goal that you have this year PASSION Reggie says… “When I suggest we need to teach with a sense of urgency I’m not talking about teaching prompted by anxiety but rather about making every moment in the classroom count, about ensuring that our instruction engages students and moves them ahead, about using daily evaluation and reflection to make wise decisions. Complacency will not get our students where they need to be.” Reading Essentials Ellin Keene says, “We learn most effectively when we learn a few important concepts at a time, taught in depth over