"He who does the work... does the learning." When it comes to explicit and systematic reading instruction having students raise their hands is most likely a strategy that DOES NOT lead to improvement in the reading performance of MOST students. To make this instructional shift

“Just as young readers must learn to decode fluently so they can focus on comprehension, young writers must develop fluent, legible handwriting (and must master other transcription skills like spelling) so they can focus on generating and organizing ideas.” #SoRticle #5: Want

Trying to teach without knowing how the brain works would be as much as pretending to design a glove without having ever seen a hand.🧠🌱

It is important to understand how a child's brain develops through trauma & adversity & how we support them & meet their needs."It's not about changing the behaviour,it's about healing the brain. Once you heal the brain, then you will see changes in behaviour."🧠🌱

#Traumainformed

✨👉Enhance student retention through effective reflection strategies! Lead by example with these modeling techniques. 🌐✨ buff.ly/3xozyHD via @teachthought #teaching #k12 #educoach

Leaders build ladders.

Everyone Has Something to Offer budbilanich.com/everyone-has-s… via Bud Bilanich

11 Alternatives to Round Robin (and Popcorn) Reading edutopia.org/blog/alternati…

#BrainBreak

Fluency with Poetry Routine Day 1: Introduce Poem I introduce the poem and model the prosody I would use as I read it. I then lead the class in a short discussion about the poem - what it’s about and what is going on in the poem. Tim Rasinski Knowledge Matters Campaign

Literacy is a social justice issue.

#Leadership

Powerful. 🌦

Some resources are just meant to be shared…and this is one of them!! Check out this “Top 10 Ways to Improve Tier 1 Instruction” from Stephanie Stollar As a classroom teacher and reading intervention teacher, I will be enlarging this and hanging it in my classrooms for all to see!!!

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I’ve spent a lot of time in Kindergarten classrooms lately and there is an overwhelming need for more explicit handwriting instruction and practice. The teachers are maxed out with everything they are already doing m but something has to give.