Great Minds Blog | Tanniece Chinn

Tanniece Chinn

Tanniece Chinn is a second grade teacher in Baltimore City Public Schools, and a Fellow with Great Minds, providing professional development to teachers implementing the Wit & Wisdom English language arts curriculum.

Tanniece Chinn

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Unpacking Geodes: Engaging Early Readers and Building Lasting Knowledge

May 3, 2022

When I was an elementary school teacher, I absolutely delighted in building a reading haven for my students. To me, the classroom library was not...

Eureka Math Professional Learning Featured Implementation Support Cross-Curricular

We are all math teachers. We are all language teachers.

May 3, 2022

Perhaps you’ve heard the adage that math is a universal language. Some people may think that, because 1 + 1 = 2 is the same in any language,...

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Why a Bronx School Switched Its English Language Arts Curriculum Mid-Pandemic

May 2, 2022

When school leaders at P.S. 236 in the Bronx, NY, found that Units of Study, a reading curriculum produced by Columbia University’s Teachers College,...