My 29th Teacher Appreciation Luncheon. The Lizzie Haddon PTA rocks!

Another fantastic trip to Hopkins Pond! Lizzy Haddon School Haddonfield Schools @Miss_Reddington Michelle Cibischino

Congrats to all athletes at this wonderful event! Haddonfield Borough

#ReadingRecoveryWorks

3rd and 4th Battle of the Books Congratulations to all who participated! Lizzy Haddon School Lizzie Haddon PTA Central ES Haddonfield Schools HEA Members

1st graders sharing their published Eric Carle stories. Lizzy Haddon School Lizzie Haddon PTA Haddonfield Schools @Miss_Reddington Michelle Cibischino #thecarle

Helen Proulx Some children come to us without having the advantages of others and teaching them with nonsense words, flash cards, and decodable texts is unfair. The house of literacy has a thousand doors. Our job is to help students find one that will let them in. (Thomas Newkirk, 2021)

Allison Jackson🇺🇦 Paul Thomas Dr. Sam Bommarito Diane Stephens wrote a wonderful open letter toward the bottom. She talks about LETRS. #1 we need to question WHY we are embracing anything w/oa research basis and robbing teachers of decision making. Mandates have never enhanced our profession. radicalscholarship.com/2023/05/17/ope…

5th graders write about their heroes several mentioned their awesome teachers Carlyn Hubert Mrs. Kaubin Sue Zitter

Happy Halloween!

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Most of us choose to read for the pleasure of it--relaxation, curiosity about a topic, the love of a story well told. We start there. So why do we start with lesser fare when teaching students to read? It's not words in isolation that inspire but well crafted words by an author.

"the “science of reading” movement—grounded in media false stories and political mandates—is repeating the mistakes of dozens of reform movements before this “science of” nonsense." Paul Thomas radicalscholarship.com/2024/03/15/sci…

The "science of" nonsense can't get more nonsenser. People are posting this on social media and saying it is "new research" from SOR and "science of writing" This is from Best Practice, newest ed 2012 heinemann.com/products/e0435…

What is right is not always popular "It seems that we’ve struck a nerve! The profiteers behind the Science of Reading (SOR) grift seem to be getting a little antsy that the education community wants proof of their over-hyped claims of silver bullets." readingrecovery.org/whatisright/

Republish: Phonics isn’t working - for children’s reading to improve, they need to learn to love stories, The Conversation radicalscholarship.com/2024/04/11/rep… via Paul Thomas

I was scheduled to give a keynote at a state literacy conference in a couple months The topic: Supporting teacher autonomy during the rise of scripted curriculum The talk was canceled. Supporting teacher autonomy is now too controversial for professional conferences