“While the end goal is to assign children open-ended writing tasks that challenge them to use their creativity & develop unique ideas, children also need mastery of the written sentence skills required to express such ideas as they intend.” #ScienceOfLearning

“The sentence is the crucial building block & could be analogies as doing for writing what phonics does for reading comprehension.” #ScienceOfLearning

“We know that Ss’ working memory is limited. If we focus their attention on the meta-cognition of reading (the strategy), & not enough on the cognition (the content about which we read), then we lose the very meaning in comprehension teaching.” #ScienceOfLearning

“How can we hope to develop the Ss we educate into critically & creatively thinking, well-rounded citizens of tomorrow? By ensuring they have buckets of rich, interconnected, well-sequenced knowledge.” #ScienceOfLearning

“The decisions we make as curriculum planners & enactors have far-reaching ramifications on Ss’ lives […] curriculum is a matter of social justice, as how we spend the limited time in school can dictate what is taught & how well it is learnt […]” #ScienceOfLearning

“By including coherent & knowledge-rich curricular changes in our work to harness the #ScienceOfLearning, we can turn every school subject into an equalizing opportunity for the social, intellectual, cultural, & political enrichment of our students.”

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“Your curriculum decisions should always create a low floor (accessible & achievable entry point), & no ceilings (a chance for learners to challenge themselves without limits).” #ScienceOfLearning

“Keeping the activity consistent can help to ensure the cognitive work is on the new learning, not on the new kind of activity.” #ScienceOfLearning

“[…] they [cognitive science & evidence-backed instruction] can help us ask the questions that will enable all students, and all teachers, to reach their full potential.” #BeyondSoR

It’s Sight Word Saturday—Week 2 of #SummerSkillSaturdays! Explore 6 top resources on how words become sight words: from Dehaene to Miles to McCandliss. Infographic ➡️ bit.ly/43kkdYh PDF Recap ➡️ bit.ly/4kfYyGx #ScienceOfReading #Literacy

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