Rob Tierney and P David Pearson's no-cost digital book explores the validity of claims associated with the Science of Reading as they have appeared in social media, the popular press, and academic works. literacyresearchcommons.org/?fbclid=IwAR0j…

In our ELA department meeting, we wrote acrostic summaries (in pairs/triads) of the 4 Anchors of Learning for Justice’s Social Justice Standards. This is a continuation of our work looking at PA Department of Education’s Culturally Responsive teacher competencies & Gholdy Muhammad’s CULTIVATING GENIUS.

Check out The Madwoman in the Classroom’s thread on department chairs. We’re all in such different situations. If you’re an ELA Department chair or other literacy leader, come check outout what NCTE CEL (Conference on English Leadership) has to offer! I’ve learned so much from colleagues.

It Doesn't Have to Be Awkward book review by NHSLibraryLady (contains a thoughtful discussion of why this should be in your high school library) libresbooksmi.blogspot.com/2024/04/it-doe… Clarion Books Dr. Drew Paulina Pinsky (she/her/they) Clarion Teen HarperCollins

Interested to hear about leadership successes and struggles around the country? Need a hive mind to help you solve problems in your school community. Join CEL, the NCTE affiliate focused on literacy leadership. Only $25/year with your NCTE membership. tinyurl.com/2s3wkyv7

I was on a podcast talking critical disciplinary literacy and moving beaches with teaspoons. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-c…

60+ metacognitive strategies, ready for the classroom, across processing, modelling, questioning, planning, monitoring, evaluation and discussion. Plenty of ideas. Plenty of application. Plenty of student progress. Use and share as you wish!

Hey, Teacher peeps. Check out the info on our Summer Symposium on Secondary Instruction in August. Sign up to start next year with fresh ideas and energy! smore.com/uasmq

Thanks for your support of the GELN Disciplinary Literacy work, Tom Lietz!

ELA Teachers and Educator colleagues: Please read Cody Miller's "Project 2025 Poses a Danger to Inclusive English Language Arts and Affirming Schools" from National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE). ncte.org/blog/2024/07/p…

SERP is proud to introduce STARI Series 4! Designed to meet the needs of high school struggling readers serpinstitute.org/stari #literacy #Free #reading

Useful questions to keep in your back pocket.

"We argue coaching shifted from a tool for teacher support, to a resource for school improvement, and lastly to a lever for boosting coherence" this is big stuff!

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#OSDLLN Kickoff! Ten district teams thinking about #disciplinaryliteracy. Lake Orion Community Schools Pontiac Schools John Page Middle School | The Lamphere Schools Rochester Community Schools OxfordSchoolDistrict Berkley Schools, MI Hazel Park Schools Royal Oak Schools Waterford Schools and Clawson Public Schools.

2024 OS Literacy Leaders Network kicking off with 24 districts represented! Oakland Schools Oakland Schools ELA

Nice resource to help students understand command words in questions. Command words are the words and phrases used in exams and other assessment tasks that tell students how they should answer the question. I'll put a link so you can download the document in the replies.

Woo hoo! Check out the latest issue of Michigan Reading Journal here! scholarworks.gvsu.edu/mrj/vol57/iss1… Mich Reading Assoc

A two-year study compared reading comprehension methods in 5th grade. Content-focused teaching (discussing text meaning) outperformed strategy-focused teaching (learning specific reading techniques) in recall tests. ila.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.159…

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