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1/8 More pushback from experts against the "#ScienceOfReading" propaganda campaign. From a Literacy Research Assn. report: "The idea that there is a 'settled science' that has determined the only approach to the teaching of reading is simply wrong": is.gd/XpHvYZ...

Key question as you examine your literacy curriculum: Are you developing coherence or expecting compliance? Coherence is developed w/ high expectations, responsive teaching, and professional collaboration. Compliance only needs a script. #resistthescript

We’ve been talking about our multiple identities and how they show up in texts. Today, we tried our first MAKE: Make something that represents or shows your identity as a reader. What they made and said gave us full chills! Mrs. DiBeneditto (1/5 thread) #togetherwegrow WISSIT ☮️

Hmmm... maybe we need a word for this approach... maybe, I don't know... balanced?

PSA: A text is not inherently "decodable." Decodability is a property of the text ⭐️in relation to the reader⭐️. So, e.g., for a child who has learned the alphabet, sh, and "for," the page below is 100% decodable, but for a child who has only learned the alphabet, it's only 40%.

This guy!!! ❤️❤️❤️

Think multiple-choice questions are straightforward? Think again! This activity encourages Ss to roll the dice and have a collaborative discussion: (Via BASDLiteracyCoaches and educator Lindsay Wieand, inspiration from: smore.com/83624-how-to-g…) #edchat #EduTwitter

Love these ⁦nerdybookclub⁩ picture book winners announced by ⁦John Schu⁩! There are a couple I still need to read. #2022NERDIES THE 2022 NERDIES: FICTION PICTURE BOOKS ANNOUNCED BY JOHN SCHU | Nerdy Book Club nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/2022/12/26/the…

A loose consortium of conservatives, behaviorists, reporters, and politicians continues to peddle "Science of Reading" dogma that sounds plausible to the uninformed. I'm reposting this thread on what the evidence really says. Please speak out against this disinformation campaign.

What matters isn’t how well a teacher holds students’ attention; it's whether a teacher knows enough about how learning happens to stop being the center of attention

Please read & share (retweet) this newly published article on "Legislating Phonics: Settled Science or Political Polemics" Cameron Carter Emily Rodgers Dr. Sam Bommarito Paul Thomas Governor Mike DeWine @ascd ILA The Reading League journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/01…

Tressie McMillan Cottom Folks somehow surprised to hear of school book bannings, identity erasure, and the rise of bland anti-intellectual curricula fail to understand how the incessant calls for phonics instruction is rooted in racism, religiosity, and a belief in the literal interpretation of text.

Instead, we have to decolonize and rematriate the classroom culture so Ss see "errors as information". It requires time to step back and look at what went right AND at what went wrong, make adjustments & try again. That is what productive struggle is all about. That's equity.

1/2 Early in her career, Regie Routman was required to teach reading via phonics drills and worksheets - "and lots of kids were failing to learn to read successfully." But "there was nothing wrong with their ability to learn; the problem was how we were teaching them."

2/2 The beauty of the comically misnamed "Science of Reading" movement, though, is that its faith in systematic phonics instruction is impervious to contrary evidence. When it fails, that just proves those kids (a) have a learning disability, and (b) need even more phonics.

Dim the lights and get ready to learn with these LFJ-approved films! Each would make an excellent choice for today’s Teach Truth Day of Action. #TeachTruth #FreedomtoLearn #DefendLGBTQrights learningforjustice.org/magazine/sprin…

In this #StenhouseSummerSeries blog post, Mrs. DiBeneditto writes about how to create class values that build a community of care that centers students and their freedom within the classroom. #StenhousePub hubs.ly/Q01XGkCw0