A mom told me that at parent night in her balanced lit district they said "The goal is teaching a LOVE of reading. Decoding is just 1 tool in the toolbox" Imagine that at driver's ed. parent orientation: "The goal is to LOVE driving. Brakes are just 1 tool in your toolbox."

Great strategies for reading in class!

“Tier I prevention instead of a Tier II intervention”…I’d say Tier II intervention is absolutely necessary for some kids, but again goes back to that we can’t intervene out of a Tier I problem. Let’s be proactive & give teachers knowledge & tools (& time!) #CurriculumMattersMA

“We routinely teach “skills and strategies”—including many that have no evidence behind them.. while marginalizing other subjects like social studies and science that could build academic knowledge.” We have to build knwlg especially 4 Ss who live in poverty!

Integrating Literacy Instruction with Science and Social Studies | Shanahan on Literacy shanahanonliteracy.com/blog/integrati…

You are right…we have to fix this!

“A love affair with what has failed” Perfect title for a piece in which the Chief Academic Officer in SFUSD, a district with horrible literacy performance, doubles down on continued use of lowest-rated ELA curriculum in US. HT, Megan Potente @eyessfboe: sfexaminer.com/opinion/opinio…

Tier 1 is comprehensive and should bring discrete skills together, so they become inseparable and entwined as the proficiency of reading develops. Reading, writing, speaking, listening, language standards are designed to be woven into an interconnected tapestry. #Tier1IsNotTier3

A Must Read!! The first two generations of curriculum mapping looked at inputs.. it’s time to focus on desired outcomes – what students should be able to do with their learning" It’s Time for Curriculum Mapping 3.0 | Solution Tree Blog solutiontree.com/blog/its-time-… via Solution Tree

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It can be done. Low expectations have no place in our schools.

This is now out - any admin, leaders, parents, who may not want to read the book, may like a 45 min watch of the ideas?

This! This!…AND this again!! Reading multiple texts in the same topic grows vocabulary faster…as much as 4X faster!!!

This is a must read! It is a necessity to put knowledge at the forefront of our curriculum in elementary. Yes you can teach science and integrate ela standards! Yes you can teach social justice and integrate ela! Let’s give students LOTS of new knowledge opps.

A very worthy pursuit.Teachers need to be trained properly and schools need to stop investing in junk approaches and curricula. edsource.org/2022/lausd-sup…

Karen Vaites Tim Rasinski Timothy Shanahan Sonia Cabell Hugh Catts Jan Hasbrouck, Ph.D. Anytime Karen! Have always been a fan of Hasbrouck and Tindal (as well as Rasinski--Hi Tim!) when it comes to fluency. A couple of easy-ish starters: readingrockets.org/article/unders…

Yes!!!!

In October, we had 32 2nd grade students (20% of total Ss in the grade) who couldn’t identify 80% of their letter sounds in isolation. After 45 days of structured literacy intervention (35 min per day), all students now show mastery. #datamatters #scienceofreading