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09/01/2026

Welcome to September!

This month's literacy focus: asking and answering questions!

​Questioning turns growing readers into active, critical thinkers. When learners learn to ask and answer their own questions, curiosity increases and comprehension deepens across every content area:

​ELA-R📘: Exploring theme and character motives.

​STEAM🧪: Formulating hypotheses and reading data.

​Social Studies🌏: Evaluating primary sources and historical facts.

​👉🏾 Try this strategy: QAR (Question-Answer Relationships)

Help learners identify answer sources by dividing them into:

​In the text📖: Right There & Think and Search

​In my head: Author and You & On My Own

​🎥 Want to see questioning strategies in action?

The CEC Member Community has two videos dedicated to exploring questioning across learning spaces.

​🔗 Join the community on the CEC website: www.cletiseducationconsulting.com 💜💛

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08/30/2026

Welcome to CEC Academe™️, a dedicated digital learning space offering courses on essential topics in curriculum and instruction.

Whether you're looking for a comprehensive deep-dive or focused topic updates, our course catalog has you covered:

💛 Curriculum Development Series: A complete breakdown of curriculum phases, writing, and processes.

💛 Individual Courses: Flexible learning tailored to your specific goals and schedule.

Take ownership of your professional growth on your terms.

Scan the QR code or visit www.cletiseducationconsulting.com to get immediate access! 💜💛



08/29/2026

🗣 Exciting news for all learning facilitators!

Starting September 1st, the Curriculum Development Series™️, in the CEC Academe™️, is moving from a cohort model to anytime, on-demand access!

You can now learn whenever it fits your schedule.

What You'll Learn:
💜 Intro to Curriculum
💜 Curriculum Development Phases
💜 Curriculum Development Roles and Processes
💜 All About Curriculum Writing

Ready to level up ⬆️ your curriculum skills on your own time?

Scan the QR code or visit www.cletiseducationconsulting.com to sign up! 💜💛



08/28/2026

CEC Family,

For the next 2 months in the Children’s Literature Review Series (CLRS), we are diving into our September/October theme: Family History Month!

Family History Month is key for back to school/learning. Why?

As learners ease into the new year, sharing their family histories creates an immediate bridge between home/community and the learning space.

Exploring family origins and structures build community, validate learners' unique identities, and foster deep empathy among peers right from day 1️⃣.

Target Literacy Skill: Asking & Answering Questions❓️

Family stories are full of rich contexts that make important reading comprehension strategies come alive:

🤔 Prompt Curiosity: Encourage learners to ask Who, What, Where, When, Why, and How questions while engaging with family-themed literature.

📖 Deepen Comprehension: Guide learners to search the text and illustrations to find evidence for their responses, turning reading into a discovery process.

🫱‍🫲🏽 Connect Beyond the Page: Have learners formulate interview questions to ask their own family members, bridging reading skills with real-world oral histories.

How to Access the Series:

Ready to explore curated book recommendations, discussion prompts, and lesson integration ideas?

The Children's Literature Review Series is available exclusively to members of the CEC Member Community™️.

Visit www.cletiseducationconsulting.com to join the community and gain full access to this month's resources! 💜💛





08/27/2026

Share your favorite unit, strategy, or text set in the comments below ⬇️💜💛

This week, we are leveling up our cooperative learning strategies by featuring another widely-used strategy: Write-Pair-...
08/26/2026

This week, we are leveling up our cooperative learning strategies by featuring another widely-used strategy: Write-Pair-Share.

The power of this approach in Knowledge Building is in making thought visible and tangible through writing first. By writing initial ideas, learners increase precision and create a better foundation for collaborative critique and improvement.

It's not just about sharing answers; it's about treating ideas as objects to be examined and refined together.

​🎯 Steps for Modeling and Implementation:

1️⃣ ​Focused Prompt: Provide a specific idea, observation, or question that requires an explanation or synthesis.

2️⃣ ​Silent Indvidual Writing (Write): Dedicate 3-5 minutes for focused, individual writing. Emphasize that these are "working ideas". The goal is clarity and writing thoughts only.

3️⃣ ​Partner Exchange & Critique (Pair): Ask partners to exchange their written responses. Then, have them briefly discuss: "What did your partner say that made you think? What's one idea you might add or improve?"

4️⃣ ​Sharing for the Community (Share): Ask for pairs to share the most insightful point or the most promising improved idea that came out of their discussion. Document these ideas on your Knowledge Building Parking Lot or discussion board.

5️⃣ ​Connect to Collective Knowledge: Ask, "How did having a written idea from your partner help you look more closely at your own understanding?"

Ask yourself, "Where can I incorporate Write-Pair-Shares in my instruction?"

Share your thoughts in the comments belong 💜💛




08/25/2026

Here's a quick review of our Knowledge Building strategies that you can incorporate starting Day 1.

Save this post, and go back to every Knowledge Building post this month to learn another strategy to use in your instruction.

Just a quick reminder: You do not have to implement every strategy. Choose 2-3 strategies to implement and master this year. If you want, choose more!

What's most important is consistency, intention, and dedication.

Knowledge Building creates opportunities for engaging and equitable learning spaces beyond the walls!

It's the CEC Way💜💛.

How has Knowledge Building transformed your learning space? Comment ⬇️⬇️⬇️





08/24/2026

CEC Family we’re settling in; let’s take that positive energy and turn it into real action.

Last week, we focused on connections, but now it’s time to weave that spirit of collaboration into accountability.

​Yes, accountability!

Think of it through the lens of Scardamalia and Bereiter’s Knowledge Building:

It’s about sharing responsibility and making our work visible so we can all help it grow together.

Let’s make our knowledge public and accessible to everyone!

​Here are two strategies for focusing on shared responsibility and visibility:

1️⃣ ​Launch knowledge building walls. Designate a "Live Thinking Space" in your learning space where questions, ideas, and concepts are visible. As ideas shift and deepen based on evidence, encourage your learners to update the physical or digital space, rather than erasing it. It's about showing that ideas are improvable, and that every voice contributes to this collective progress, making accountability a shared, joyful process.

2️⃣ ​Kick off learner-led progress celebrations. Have your learners prepare brief, regular check-ins to share a goal they’ve made progress on, how their thinking has evolved, or how they helped improve an idea. Ask them to share what information or support they might need next. Involving families and peers in these conversations reinforces that accountability isn't about being perfectly polished, but about actively participating in the learning journey and taking real responsibility for individual and collective growth.

​By emphasizing these simple actions, we're not just creating efficient systems; we're establishing a community where everyone takes shared responsibility for advancing understanding.

Let's make this year an adventure in open, communal learning where each contribution matters!

It's the CEC Way 💜💛





Ready to take cooperative learning another step deeper? This week, we're featuring another widely used cooperative learn...
08/19/2026

Ready to take cooperative learning another step deeper?

This week, we're featuring another widely used cooperative learning strategy: Think-Pair-Share.

We usually think of it as a way to engage everyone before whole group discussion; however, from a Knowledge Building perspective, it's about refining initial theories.

Let's create space for individual deep thinking and then use peer feedback to truly improve those first ideas.

🎯 Steps for Modeling and Implementation:

1️⃣ ​The Question/Problem: Share a significant problem, idea, or concept that requires reflection and explanation.

2️⃣ ​Individual Thinking (Think): Give learners 1-2 minutes of silent thinking time.

3️⃣ ​Partner Problem-Solving (Pair): Have them share their initial thinking with a partner. Ask them to identify one thing they agreed on and one idea where they differed or a shared question. Challenge them to see if they can refine or combine their ideas.

4️⃣ ​Shared Contribution (Share): Ask for groups to share their refined thinking or the unresolved question fro their discussion. Capture these ideas and questions on the Knowledge Building Parking Lot or discussion board.

5️⃣ ​Focus on Improvability: After the session, ask, "How did hearing someone else's thinking help you improve your own idea?"

Ask youself, "Where can I incorporate Think-Pair-Shares in my instruction?" 💜💛

Share your thoughts in the comments below.




08/18/2026

Ever wondered how to take learning from passive consumption to active creation?🤔

Knowledge Building is all about turning fresh ideas into refined, impactful solutions!

Here are three simple ways to bring this into your learning spaces:

1️⃣ Shift from consumption to creation. Spark big thinking by asking open-ended questions like, "How can this idea help our community?"

2️⃣ Refine ideas over time. Guide discussions that encourage learners to test, expand, and modify their initial thoughts together.

3️⃣ Use idea evolution displays. Set up a dedicated physical or digital space that shows how each student's starting thoughts transform into polished concepts over time.

Want to discover more practical ways to transform your learning environment? 💜💛

Read the full article here: https://medium.com/inspired-ideas-prek-12/to-be-or-not-to-be-knowledge-building-3dbf6d1a7e59

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