All students work with grade level texts! 💪 Kelly Harkins talked about the importance of this shift away from leveled reading. It’s growing students’ skills more – incl early grades, when it fosters oral language development! Must-listen: #KnowledgeMatters

Superintendent Dorrell Green: “We’re now having academically-focused conversations.” 👏👏👏 He then reflected on how much this has mattered in Red Clay Consolidated School District: #KnowledgeMatters #DelawareDelivers

First grade scholars in Sara Edler ‘s classroom are describing the setting of the text. #KnowledgeMatters #yayredclay #readygen @mayaaldas Maribeth Courtney Red Clay Consolidated School District Sherri Brooks Kelly Harkins Savvas Learning

Second grade scholars in Ms. Paoli’s classroom are using text and illustrations to find supportive evidence. #KnowledgeMatters #yayredclay Sherri Brooks Red Clay Consolidated School District Maribeth Courtney @mayaaldas #textevidence

Pro-tip: Whole class punishments don’t work.

Friday night Book Study. #speechtoprint Louisa Moats Chapter 5 night means #morphemes

All students having access to, and working with, grade level content has been biggest benefit of using high-quality curriculum, Harold Shaw tells us. This wasn’t happening consistently with previous curriculum in Red Clay Consolidated School District. #KnowledgeMatters Kelly Harkins

We were honored to have DE Dept of Education Secretary of Education Dr. Susan Bunting on our recent #KnowledgeMatters School Tour. Here, she explains why #LeadersMatter in success with high-quality curriculum. #DelawareDelivers

It's Wakelet Wednesday! This week it's the Literacy Nugget Wakelet! Each PD resource a bit of literacy gold! Every nugget focuses on important literacy learning & follows a Read, Watch/Listen, Do format. Perfect for PLCs, team meetings,& more! Access here: wke.lt/w/s/a8VJ5G

If you've ever had questions about how to be an effective advocate for your child's #literacy needs, this infographic is for you. improvingliteracy.org/brief/advocati…

All APM Reports podcast episodes and articles abt how kids learn to read collected here: features.apmreports.org/reading/ Listen here: Hard Words podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/har… At a Loss for Words podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/at-… What the Words Say podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wha…

THIS. Screening for reading difficulty should be **brief**. 1 minute ORF, mid-first and beyond ✅ Why are we making teachers & kids sit through multiple “screening” subtests—or long computer administered screeners—to give us the same information??

2 problematic reading behaviors & what to do about them: Ss taking their eyes off the print & sound-by-sound reading, all tackled by the dynamic duo at Readsters. drive.google.com/file/d/1AElOwF…

How We Learn to Read: The Critical Role of Phonological Awareness. improvingliteracy.org/brief/how-we-l…

* Reading Teachers Do you know the 4 phases most children go through on their journey to becoming skilled readers? The table below summarizes those phases. It can be found in my blog on reading scientist, Linnea Ehri, right here: parkerphonics.com/post/the-essen…

Working from a detailed curriculum doesn’t stifle teacher agency, it enhances it. 1/

Yesterday, I used DIBELS for my first time. That was so much easier. I never want to do another PM Benchmark test again.

This past month I have had the privilege of collaborating with some of my favorite people at our 95percentgroup Science of Reading Symposia: Margie Gillis Margie Gillis Sharon Dunn and Stephanie Stollar We have more coming! 95percentgroup.com/professional-d…

It's the Easter holidays (for many), so I have two copies of The Art and Science of Teaching Primary Reading to give away. Simply **retweet this tweet** for your chance to win a copy.

The Scientific Principles of Reading Instruction, will be free on Kindle for the next 4 days. If you want a book that systematically, takes you through the scientific research on reading instruction and explains in plain language, check it out here: amazon.com/Scientific-Pri…