📚 New research alert! Our latest manuscript in the International Journal of Modern Education Studies explores the impact of an eight-week Artful Thinking curriculum on students' critical thinking abilities. The students have shown significant improvement, particularly in…

Fantastic to hear from the great Tim Rasinski and Abbey Galeza whilst learning from Kathy and colleagues HFL Education. It is so important to support children to achieve fluency in their reading, and therefore maximise their potential to comprehend.

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Those that understand, teach.

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Morphology Monday! FLOR = FLOWER
'April Showers Bring May Flowers.' Now’s a great time to explore the word root FLOR = FLOWER with students . Please feel free to share this resource with your own colleagues.

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Did you catch this episode on #FLUENCY with Tim Rasinski

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On April 27th, I presented to a group of New Jersey educational leaders on the topic of the Social Media Version of SOR. This is the first of a two-part series about what I said to them. doctorsam7.blog/2024/04/27/see…

Arbor Day, poetry month, service day projects in our schools, so many opportunities to connect, and integrate with literacy!

Such an engaging way to develop fluency! Bravo Roadrunners!
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So inspired by this edWeb.net webinar from Tim Rasinski and Chase Young - great ideas for how to organize a reader's theatre routine, & so many possibilities for integrating content knowledge, phonics, vocabulary, etc. And #GenAI tools could help too. home.edweb.net/webinar/buildi…

Always great to chat fluency with our brilliant UK colleagues.

New meta-analysis (k = 21) about text for fluency interventions in Assessment for Effective Intervention. Instructional level with accuracy (93% to 95%) ES = 1.03, rate ES = 0.29, leveling system ES = 0.31, grade level = 0.31. Using IL was more effective and leveling didn't work. ILA Council for Exceptional Children

FLUENCY FRIDAY!
Friday April 26 is ARBOR DAY. As a follow up to Wednesday’s Word Ladder here are 3 poems for students to rehearse & perform in order to celebrate this special day for trees (& develop reading fluency at the same time). Also a great day to read The Giving Tree.

Wow… this is fascinating. Lots to take in, but it’s clear that there is more to reading than the story that is currently being sold.

Does your school need to focus on reading fluency? We've seen some fantastic progress in our trial schools this year & we can't wait to share our resources with you all. The great Tim Rasinski was gracious enough to share his thoughts too! Get notified at thefluencyfactory.co.uk

✅FREE workshop! Review the six types of syllables using VELCRO, a “sticky” mnemonic created by TLA. Engage in hands-on activities intended to support joyful, flexible, & independent problem-solving of multisyllabic words

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Big fan of the Word 🪜, & my students used to ♥️ them! Quick snap & upload into Google Classroom & you have yourself an activity to build fluency, word knowledge, & vocabulary skills!! Those who know me also know I’m a huge 🌳 hugger!! 🌲🌴🌳🚫📄

Word Ladder Wednesday!
This Friday (4.26) is Arbor Day, a day to celebrate trees! Here's a Word Ladder to help mark this important environmental day. Learn more about Arbor Day at: nationaldaycalendar.com/national-day/n…