Sentence-level comprehension and syntax can be developed with K-1 students using decodable texts. Lay the foundation to help students unpack complex paragraphs in later grades.

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Shout out to the admin team at Glen Iris for assuring every scholar had a bag of books to take home. They called them “Gator Literacy Kits”. 📚 ARI / The Alabama Reading Initiative, ALSDE Birmingham City Schools🎓

Shout out to LRS, Ms. Roland-Williams, for successfully facilitating a professional learning opportunity for 1st grade teachers at #GlenIris 📚 🧠

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Today LRS SANDRA RACKLEY-MUSE was caught in 🎬working with a student using the sound wall to reinforce the placement of the tongue to help her articulate /th/. ARI / The Alabama Reading Initiative, ALSDE Oxmoor Valley Karen Haynes

Musical sentences anyone? We absolutely love this idea! Who says fluency has to be boring OR at a desk?

I love that our BCS team meets with our LEA to debrief about our coaching community and discuss how we can be consistent across the district to support our LRSs. ARI / The Alabama Reading Initiative, ALSDE Alabama State Department of Education Birmingham City Schools🎓

What a week! What a week! I am truly honored to be chosen, with my friend & colleague Janette Jones, to work for Dr. Carol Tolman to film and update the LETRS training videos in her online platform for teachers around the 🌎! Thank you Dr. Tolman for this AWESOME opportunity!!

What happens when coaching is intentional! Teachers rock explicit instruction and SOR strategies. Students grow in their foundational reading skills. ARI / The Alabama Reading Initiative, ALSDE Alabama State Department of Education Karen Haynes Karen Rutledge-Bell

The BCS CC #4 was full of strong SOR content using the process and process analogies. The afternoon was filled with looking at our coaching thru a critical lens. Student learning is the heart of our work.ARI / The Alabama Reading Initiative, ALSDE Alabama State Department of Education Karen Haynes Birmingham City Schools🎓

Thank you to our BCS support this school year. Your curriculum and coaching support at CO are amazing.Karen Haynes Birmingham City Schools🎓 Dr. Melissa Shields, NBCT

Instructional Assistant Training at Lincoln PD Center ⁦Birmingham City Schools🎓⁩ #BCSCurriculumandInstruction #BCSStrong

I am so grateful to have the opportunity to support #CharlesABrown on their journey to proficiency!💯🎯 #untilALLcanread Birmingham City Schools🎓 ARI / The Alabama Reading Initiative, ALSDE Karen Haynes Becky Edwards, NBCT

Humbled to be selected as the conference opening speaker for HMH National Leadership Summit w/ district leaders from all over the country. After my speech, I was happy to have Dr. Pamela Williams to join me on stage for a district panel discussion. She was a rock star! Mark Sullivan, Ed.D

BCS Spring Intersession at Huffman Academy ⁦⁦-coding and robotics ⁦Birmingham City Schools🎓⁩ ⁦Dr. Jermaine Dawson⁩ ⁦Mark Sullivan, Ed.D⁩

Third grade had a great focus on text-dependent writing at #GlenIris during intersession. Students are answering a writing prompt utilizing a narrative text for the basis of their responses. ARI / The Alabama Reading Initiative, ALSDE

It was such a pleasure supporting my LRS as she completed her Bridge to Practice from Coaching Community #4. Students engaged in text-dependent writing, using the text “Cricket on My Street”. ARI / The Alabama Reading Initiative, ALSDE #GlenIris

LETRS G.O.A.T.s at Martha Gaskins. Thank you for supporting my staff during our last visitation! Becky Edwards, NBCT mysavage Birmingham City Schools🎓 Gwen Mark Sullivan, Ed.D