New resource! Sitting on qualitative data from community engagement and not sure what to do next? This REL Northwest guide walks users through analysis, validation, and communicating findings. ow.ly/AayA50Z28Js #EducationData #CommunityEngagement

What if managing anxiety felt less like a lesson and more like a game? Use this collaborative, game-based toolkit to help students navigate worry, stress, and big emotions (Grades: 3-8) bit.ly/4eVasGb

REL Appalachia’s School Innovation through the Empowerment Collaborative partnership supports West Virginia educators in strengthening school-community relationships and work-based learning. Learn more: ow.ly/SsCK50YVYua

Looking for evidence-based early literacy resources? REL Northwest and Children’s Institute compiled tools for ages 0–grade 3. Get apps, guides, and more: ow.ly/4bA250Z28e7 #Literacy #EarlyLiteracy #LiteracyResource

WORD LADDER WEDNESDAY! 1/2 This will be my last WLW for this school year. June 1 is “Say Something Nice Day.” So, today’s word ladder asks all of us to be kind and “to say something nice.” Find more about “Say Something Nice Day” at nationaltoday.com/say-someth…

I'm starting a series on "Giving children a fighting chance' focusing on the condition for learning...come join mehttps://open.substack.com/pub/susanbneuman/p/giving-all-children-a-fighting-chance?r=8hkraq&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

We are happy to be sharing Beck et al.'s classic paper on vocabulary and contexts as our final post for the 25-26 academic year. Please enjoy and share. thereadingforum.com/vocabula…

Build Knowledge. Build Reading Fluency. Students hear the text read to them, then read it themselves.

1/2 WORD LADDER WEDNESDAY! "ALWAYS REMEMBER" Monday May 25 is Memorial Day in the US! Below is a special Word Ladder to help commemorate this important date. Colleagues in the UK, Canada, Australia, & elsewhere, please save this one for Remembrance Day, Nov. 11 !

Checking for understanding is just the first step. This article looks at what teachers can actually do with that information to improve learning. Practical and useful. bit.ly/4cTmDSq #kappanmag

2/2https://www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/what-might-matter-more-than-phonics-in-early-literacy/2026/05?M=18105069&UUID=1c5683568eabae3bf010ab2ebe655416&T=23559984

1/2 Kay Stahl and I have a piece coming out in RRQ on reconsidering what should be focused on when. Until we realize we need to think in terms of what is needed across the board and what is needed at various points in varying amounts, we will keep having these swings.

My son was given flash cards for the 50 most common words in Pre-K. Insane.

This Simple Procedural Change Can Improve Outcomes for English Learners edweek.org/teaching-learning…

This week's must-read: In EdWeek, @Elizheubeck covers important studies on the limits of phonics instruction and the relative importance of oral language and vocabulary development. 'Students performed better on standardized assessments when teachers routinely taught new vocabulary and encouraged more than one-word responses during comprehension lessons. “Certainly, there are teachers who are letting the other pieces of the literacy block crowd out the comprehension instruction,” Troyer said. That doesn’t bode well for students, according to the researchers. More time spent on phonics was associated with lower DIBELS scores, whereas more time spent on comprehension was linked with higher scores on the standardized tests designed to evaluate literacy skills in K-8 students.'