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Strong recommendation. 👇🏼 I don’t think there’s a week that goes by where I don’t think about something transformative I’ve learned from Doug - both on pedagogy and literacy. #tlacsummer

Maybe hard to believe, but it’s possible for most teacher PD to be about improving teaching. Practical strategies and the research and why behind them. Simulations, practice opportunities, and videos to see it in action when children can’t be present. It doesn’t have to suck.

"Delay of gratification and adult outcomes: The Marshmallow Test does not reliably predict adult functioning": bit.ly/3SwQIg0 ($). In fact, delay of gratification assessed at 54 months accounts for less than 3% in the variation of educational achievement at age 26.

There is a small but mighty contingency of English teachers who are feeling really justified on being sticklers for the apostrophe all these years. 😂

I’ve always preferred the phrase “intellectual prep” to “internalization” for the reasons in the post. I know some will consider it semantics, but for me it’s a Copernican shift: from the lesson to the teacher and students.

New follow up data showing the Marshmallow test doesn't predict much...note that the authors don't interpret this result as showing self-regulation is unimportant, but rather that the marshmallow measures it poorly. srcd.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.111…

⁉️ FAKE or FACT? Teach Media Literacy the fun way! teachergoals.com/gram-and-gran 📙Gram and Gran Save the Summer was written to make media literacy a fun-filled adventure through a whimsical story. By award-winning educators @stevechiger & Daniel Pereira #gramandgram

Today’s (fascinating!) NYT newsletter compares teaching students about tech to driver’s ed. My one quibble with that analogy? We can’t wait until kids are 16 to teach media savvy. (That’s exactly why we wrote gram-and-gran.com.) nytimes.com/2024/08/11/bri…

Looking for something to do on the first day of school? Skip the icebreakers and do something that celebrates intellectual curiosity. I’ve got some great short poems and stories at stevechiger.com/resources

We packed the house at Five Star Schools Conference Center earlier this month with more than 250 educators from around the state! Attendees learned tips and best practices from Stephen Chiger, author of Love and Literacy, on engaging students. Learn more: cde.state.co.us/fieldtrips/det…

This book is all about the science of explanations and explicit teaching. Secure attention Use visuals Check for listening Sequence examples Use stories and analogies Avoid seductive details Manage cognitive load Gestures + more! Pre-order now! amazon.com/dp/103600368X/…

"Our books ensure that I am still surrounded by all the selves I have ever been..." A paean to traditional print books. nytimes.com/2024/08/26/opi…

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When you're leading reading interventions, should you: A. Teach a comprehensive approach? B. Teach to the students assessed weaknesses? Many argue that (A) is the better option, but: A 2018 meta-analysis by Mathew Hall and Mathew Burns, of 26 experimental or quasi-experimental

We know that students can catch cold from one another. Can they "catch attention"? This encouraging recent research says "maybe": ow.ly/vwPo50SOvhF

Here is the registration link for a webinar on the importance of explicit teaching and I want you to come! Patrice Bain will be there. Nat'l Institute DI's Kurt Engelmann will be there, son of Zig. Robert Pondiscio will be there. It's going to be an amazing time! educationrickshaw.com/2024/08/28/rev…

YES. 👍 “...we don’t start teaching literacy in high school,” said Erin McNeill, founder and CEO of Media Literacy Now, an organization dedicated to K–12 media literacy reform. [It] "has to be built on a foundation, not rolled out at the last minute.” apa.org/monitor/2024/0…

‘Adaptive Teaching: Scaffolds, Scale, Structure and Style’ “It is helpful to have examples of adaptive teaching, but also to present ‘non-examples’ of what it isn’t too.” alexquigley.co.uk/adaptive-teach…

DW makes important points on the science here. I also can’t help but think about a broader social component of leisure reading: it is, ultimately, a form that requires the luxury of time & stamina in ways perhaps other means of entertainment don’t. Wish we talked about that more.