Literacy Act overview, reading, math and prizes! Families got it all Brewbaker Primary Family Engagement, Literacy and Math Night! Montgomery Public Schools ARI / The Alabama Reading Initiative, ALSDE Loree Drummond Fulton Office of Mathematics Improvement Henry D. Tellis Alabama Learning Exchange 🍎 ALEX ASUFanatic🐝 Alicia Johnson Vickie Chappelle MistyBWilson Champion Principal

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Thanks Regency Park Community Center. Community stakeholders, help get the word out to parents about the Literacy Act and ARI parent resources! I have your posters! Montgomery Public Schools WSFA 12 News Henry D. Tellis Alabama Learning Exchange 🍎 ALEX Alicia Johnson Alabama State Department of Education Dr. Melissa Shields, NBCT AlabamaMTSS ARI / The Alabama Reading Initiative, ALSDE

Prevention, not retention. Thank you Montgomery Public Schools Board and Melvin J. Brown, Ed.D. for allowing ARI / The Alabama Reading Initiative, ALSDE to give an overview of the ALA. Champion Principal Dr. Angie Pelton Alabama State Department of Education Bshort Karen Rutledge-Bell Alicia Johnson Henry D. Tellis Dr. Melissa Shields, NBCT MistyBWilson Vickie Chappelle #theresmorewithmps

Teaching in tandem in third grade today at Dozier Elementary was full of explicit, multi-sensory vocabulary instruction. ARI / The Alabama Reading Initiative, ALSDE Dr. William Milledge, Jr. Alabama State Department of Education Montgomery Public Schools

Check out our March Family Literacy Challenge! 📚#GETCAUGHTREADING We want to showcase Alabama families! 😀 See our Spring Break Literacy Activities newsletter here: smore.com/ca4ry-spring-b…

Purposeful meeting with Montgomery Public Schools district leadership today. When expectations are high, the sky is the limit! #mpsrising ARI / The Alabama Reading Initiative, ALSDE Karen Rutledge-Bell Stacey Turner Melvin J. Brown, Ed.D. MistyBWilson Vickie Chappelle Henry D. Tellis Alabama Learning Exchange 🍎 ALEX Dr. Melissa Shields, NBCT Alabama State Department of Education Henry D. Tellis

You did it! With great emphasis on intentional planning & implementing coaching structures, you made a HUGE impact with AL 3rd-graders. You pushed your students to excel & they did! Thank you to all the many educators, community members & families who have poured into students!

ARI Statewide Regional Staff Back to school Meeting Day 2 was filled with inspiration and next steps . ALABAMA ADVANCE! There’s no stopping us now because we “are doing a great work!” ARI 2024-2025 is launched for success! Alabama State Department of Education ALSDE Office of Student Learning Dr. Tracy White-Weeden Lexia

"Help! I'm an Elementary Admin. in Charge of Implementing the ALA" session was well received by today's participants. ARI / The Alabama Reading Initiative, ALSDE Dr. Melissa Shields, NBCT JwarmathARI Alicia Johnson Alabama Learning Exchange 🍎 ALEX Tracey Wray Alabama State University (ASU) Inservice Center Henry D. Tellis MistyBWilson Stacey Turner Jamila Anthony, ARI Regional Literacy Specialist Loree Drummond Fulton

Summer Learning is one amazing opportunity provided by the Alabama Literacy Act and Alabama’s investment in K-3 literacy . Thank you!

ARI / The Alabama Reading Initiative, ALSDE provided multisensory strategies for Montgomery Public Schools teachers during the MPS PD Extravaganza! Dr. Angie Pelton Alicia Johnson Alabama Learning Exchange 🍎 ALEX Jamila Anthony, ARI Regional Literacy Specialist Dr. Melissa Shields, NBCT Tracey Wray ASUFanatic🐝 Bshort Alabama State Department of Education Stacey Turner Henry D. Tellis Lexia MistyBWilson

The ARI / The Alabama Reading Initiative, ALSDE "Word Nerds" session, Montgomery Public Schools PD Extravaganza, provided great strategies for teaching vocabulary! Alicia Johnson MistyBWilson Dr. Angie Pelton Bshort Jamila Anthony, ARI Regional Literacy Specialist Loree Drummond Fulton Dr. Melissa Shields, NBCT ASUFanatic🐝 Stacey Turner Alabama Learning Exchange 🍎 ALEX Alabama State Department of Education

Would you like to learn about Text Dependent Writing (TDW)? ARI / The Alabama Reading Initiative, ALSDE talked all about it during Montgomery Public Schools PD Extravaganza! Alicia Johnson MistyBWilson Bshort Vickie Chappelle JwarmathARI Dr. Angie Pelton Jamila Anthony, ARI Regional Literacy Specialist Dr. Melissa Shields, NBCT Alabama Learning Exchange 🍎 ALEX Alabama State Department of Education Stacey Turner

The ARI / The Alabama Reading Initiative, ALSDE Team provides insight on "Teaching the 5 Core Areas of Reading" during Montgomery Public Schools PD Extravaganza! Alicia Johnson Dr. Angie Pelton MistyBWilson Vickie Chappelle Bshort Stacey Turner Jamila Anthony, ARI Regional Literacy Specialist Dr. Melissa Shields, NBCT Alabama Learning Exchange 🍎 ALEX Alabama State Department of Education Henry D. Tellis Tracey Wray

ARI / The Alabama Reading Initiative, ALSDE provided strategies to increase parental involvement in schools during the Montgomery Public Schools PD Extravaganza! #FamilyMatters Dr. Angie Pelton Dr. Melissa Shields, NBCT Jamila Anthony, ARI Regional Literacy Specialist Stacey Turner Alabama Learning Exchange 🍎 ALEX Alabama State Department of Education MistyBWilson Alicia Johnson Tracey Wray ASUFanatic🐝 Bshort

ARI / The Alabama Reading Initiative, ALSDE provided an enlightening session at the Montgomery Public Schools PD Extravaganza! Deep discussion on the Alabama Literacy Act! Dr. Angie Pelton Bshort Dr. Melissa Shields, NBCT Henry D. Tellis Alabama Learning Exchange 🍎 ALEX Alabama State Department of Education Alicia Johnson MistyBWilson ASUFanatic🐝 Jamila Anthony, ARI Regional Literacy Specialist Stacey Turner

As we prepare to start the school year, we want to extend a warm welcome to all of you! This edition of our newsletter is filled with activities and ideas that will help your young learner be successful reader. 📚 Back to School Literacy Activities (smore.com)

We are so proud of this project and the potential to support many in the future . Thank you Barrett Elementary, our coalition partners, and the ARI for an amazing kickoff to this work! Alabama State Department of Education #BetterTomorrowThanToday

Literacy Fresh Activities make literacy with our family members FUN! youtu.be/VK8xHC56Fcc