It’s here, it’s beautiful, …and even better than I imagined! Interested in the miracle and workings of the human brain? Nobody tells the story better than Stanislas Dehaene @standehaene.bsky.social

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Download these excellent free Reading Strategies Bookmarks and have your students use them at home and school. Find them at SPELD NSW speldnsw.org.au/literacy/bookm…

What does teaching comprehension look like? Check out the 2 min video for a great example of how we can use fluency, authentic texts, & thinking aloud to model how skilled readers use their comp. strategies when meaning is breaking down. Notice the notes/planning involved. ⤵️

“PD can have a positive impact on children’s learning, but only to the extent that it leads to teacher learning. And, even then, it might not pay off if the teachers don’t implement well what they have learned.” ⁦Timothy Shanahan⁩ nails it again! shanahanonliteracy.com/blog/can-a-pro…

Look what has arrived here at Keewaywin First Nation school! We are so excited to roll out these class sets of SyllaSense decodable books📚. Good things are happening!!

Congratulations NNDSBliteracy and Nnd'sb 👏👏👏 dyslexiacanada.org/2024-educator-…

"These visually demanding, fine motor actions bake in neural communication patterns that are really important for learning later on." npr.org/sections/healt…

The brilliant Dr. Sharon Vaughn was our opening keynote for the PaTTAN Secondary Literacy Symposium yesterday. Her session: Implementing the Science of Reading for Students in Grades 4-9, was so very, very informative and the 450 PA educators asked the best questions! It truly

I've spent the last few years working with hundreds of schools, enough to spot some patterns and (I hope) to write some useful threads over the coming months. Here's the first one... In my opinion, what do primary schools commonly get wrong with their reading lessons? 🪡

Here is your reminder that the Intensifying Reading Instruction for Students Who are Not Making Desired Progress webinar is at 7 PM Eastern on the first Wednesday in September. Join us for the live stream or register to participate: bostonu.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

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EQAO results came out & I’m so proud of my former gr. 6 students & team Pte. Buckam Singh Public School. ❤️ This is the power of explicit, systematic instruction in literacy & numeracy. Building foundational skills, progress monitoring, high participation, refining problem solving instruction!

Trauma and not being able to read! 📚 Listen to Ep. 100: Trauma and Reading with Dr. Steven Dykstra discusses "the devastating effects on students who have not received the instruction they need to be successful readers." Melissa & Lori Love Literacy Podcast literacypodcast.com/podcast?podcas…

🇨🇦 Parents, educators and stakeholders in Canada this position statement about literacy and early assessment is a must read! "Literacy is a key social determinant of health that affects the daily socioemotional lives of children and their economic prospects later in life." 🧵

A mathematical text is generally not understandable without some prerequisite knowledge. Prefixes and Suffixes in Maths by Ben Gordon Ben Gordon I'm just showing page one below 'in-' = not/without 'iso-' = equal/identical '-metry' = process of measuring '-tion'=

When I first introduced retrieval practice, my students resisted. They still preferred checking their notes or copying from a partner because it felt easier (habits are hard to break). So I took a step-by-step approach to show them why retrieval works using a gym analogy. 🧵

Look at her go! Love the passion 📖💜. “All these phonemes our school knows!” instagram.com/reel/DHCKvEaIz…