Reflecting on the importance of taking a tentative & flexible stance when working with emergent literacy learners. What might we miss if we follow a pre-set agenda & our own pre-conceived notions of what a child needs? Sensitive observation & responsive teaching are essential!

Absolute BS. Who advocates reading as ‘only phonics’? horatiospeaks.wordpress.com/2017/04/09/req…

Waiting doesn’t help. Get students the help they need NOW. #dyslexia

"History without discomfort is propaganda"...

This: Typical IEP recommendation in the early grades or Tier 1 Intervention as an option...Both Fail!!

Nothing new (Michigan Tracking Program)...still worthwhile for reading and writing.

We keep fine-tuning the details but miss the big picture...Literacy, achieved through whichever method works! Suggestion: Advocacy for the Learner rather than for the Program.

Instruction: keep it simple...mnemonic and/or logic.

Can we finally move on...Teaching Reading is neither a Science nor an Art. It is the combination of the two that ensures Effective Intervention. It is following the lead of the student that ensures Efficient Intervention.

The Issue: Letter to sound v Sound to letter...seriously??? Instruction is not about "Team Jargon"; it's about "Team Llteracy". 10 minute solution to "short vowel sound association" (DM me or see my books).

Grade 2 student offered placement in his Public School Gifted Program...."Any sick day missed work must be made up". Let the pressure begin!!

Dyslexia Instruction: Remedial student-teacher connection must be successful at the very first session...remedial trust/ safety must be apparent by the second session...ease of task mastery must be apparent by the third session. (see my books re "How to" methods/case studies).

1970: All was possible. Special Ed focused on the child and on developing methods to ensure rapid mastery. 2020: All disregarded. Special Ed focus is Cost and minimal support (Tier System). 😥

Re Education in America: GOP Debate comments about teachers...OMG!!

Brooklyn Public Library: Any teen (13-21) can send a note to [email protected], or via the Library’s teen-run Instagram account, @bklynfuture. The $50 fee normally associated with out-of-state cards will be waived. Supporting student access to Banned Books!!

Thank you Brooklyn Public Library: Any teen (13-21) can send a note to [email protected], or via the Library’s teen-run Instagram account, @bklynfuture. The $50 fee normally associated with out-of-state cards will be waived. Support student access to Banned Books!!

It’s questionable whether teachers are tired, it’s what KIND of tired we are Me? I’m “can’t hold a conversation tired” What about you?

Film: "The Insurrectionist Next Door"...how will we ever heal?

On PBS: Historian Tareq Baconi ("Hamas Contained"). Worthwhile interview to better understand the long-term Isreali-Palestinian Conflict.

Miss this group (but so struggling with Elon Musk)!