Think about this—all data is a celebration. If it tells the story we aspired to, we keep doing what we’ve been doing. If it doesn’t tell the story we aspired to, we celebrate because we now know better what NOT to do and to find, learn about, and try new things…together.

Excited for the work our PBIS committee and our teachers at Harris have done over the summer! We can’t wait to meet our new Hawks!❤️It’s going to be a GREAT year! Harris Elementary #scsdGREAT

I love this idea! What a great way to ensure those positive notes are making it home😊

SofR friends: can you hit me with your favourite videos and articles explaining what structured literacy is?

When asked to name one thing that teachers can do to improve learning outcomes for our Ss, Dr Archer suggested increasing the # of opportunities to respond. Move away from raising hands; everybody does everything (says it, writes it, does it), or as we say in FSL ‘tout le monde’.

Starting to research social studies curriculums for elementary (K-6). What do you currently use with pros & cons? TIA.

Many teachers, post-Sold a Story, are telling me they're shocked that the F&P leveling assessments are not especially accurate... but they kind of doubt that they're so bad or don't know what else they would do to level students. What say you Matthew Burns Emily Hanford?

Episode 3 reminded me of a meeting in DC I was asked to attend by Reid Lyon way back in 2002. Gay Sue Pinnell had requested a meeting with Reid Lyon to discuss their concerns about Reading First. Reid had asked my mentor David Francis to attend but he couldn't. So he sent me.

And all the people said AMEN

I have used a TAP it, Map it, Zap it, but using it with word chains is next level! Thank you for sharing this Pam Kastner PaTTAN PaTTAN Literacy Such a fantastic instructional tool!

We have been working on blending and this is a simple 1 2 3 Flip It activity for cvc words, real and nonsense words. The cards are numbered to help with the placement. Students worked with a partner.

“We see a lot of teachers wanting to use decodable text and do some really great things in small groups, but when they actually get there, they’re not really sure what to do with the decodable text. It becomes more like a guided reading lesson.”

Early intervention is key! The wait to fail model is disastrous for our students. This is why we need to screen our students early on.

The eminent Dr. Louisa Moats' name is at the top of the list for the contributing work group members for the Idaho Dyslexia Handbook. That makes the recently released, Idaho Dyslexia Handbook, a must read! sde.idaho.gov/academic/ela-l…

In SBISD, Running Records are a BIG component of measurement. Here is our Assoc. Superintendent of Academics talking about this “long-standing, best practice.” We have a lot of experts following us- we would love your thoughts! Is this GOOD data? Dr. Michael Paff (he/him)

Tips for parents! Many words that students read in middle school have two or more syllables. These are called multisyllabic words. This resource describes a simple strategy you and your child can use to help decode long words. meadowscenter.org/resource/how-c…

To summarize some of the vast research on reading instruction & intervention, the brilliant Matthew Burns thought of meta-analyzing studies from meta-analyses. Effects sizes below. W/Kelly B. Cartwright - Mostly elsewhere now👇🏻, in special issue edited by Kymyona Burk, Ed.D. & Jan Hasbrouck, Ph.D. psycnet.apa.org/record/2023-44…

Beginning March 2, 12:00AM PT—National Read Across America Day— audiences can access the film on a virtual screening platform through March 9, 11:59PM PT. Sign up here: therighttoreadfilm.org/watch-the-film Once you've signed up, you will receive a viewing link by e-mail on March 2, 2023.

The Science of Reading Collective Zoom Chat Series by Reading Horizons Main takeaways...

Study of decodable vs predictable texts: “increase in reading fluency for both groups, but the research & data collected clearly shows that the use of decodable readers allowed for a quicker and more substantial increase in words per minute for students.” red.mnstate.edu/thesis/800/