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Join us for a great presentation about the decoding-encoding balance! events.eventzilla.net/e/the-…

Heavily decorated rooms equals over stimulation and negatively impacts student learning. edutopia.org/article/dos-and…

“balance in literacy.” It’s necessary that kids weave and fuse reading rope threads, not become highly proficient in one area to the exclusion of others so understanding instructional recalibration leading to this “balance,” & not tipping too far in one direction. Makes sense.

A little literacy nugget exploring the relationship between letter recognition & handwriting. A stellar @GleanEducation podcast w/Dr. Mohr sharing findings, the research article, & free handwriting resources. A nugget that bridges research to practice. bit.ly/3Jahh2U

We can accelerate the development of early reading proficiency for all students by implementing these practices strategically through classroom instruction and materials! This three-page guide is a great place to start. bit.ly/36onMlp #earlyreading

Comprehension Skills or Strategies | Shanahan on Literacy shar.es/aWQxPA

IMHO achieving an on-grade independent reading level by the end of 2nd grade is the #1 equity issue in public education. edweek.org/tm/articles/2019/… @DrLRepollet @karenvaites @LisaSchleer @agratitudegirl @agiordano72 @Wes_Kieschnick @WeberEducation #ALLKids @NJASANews @gscschools

CONFER! Every day. I try to see 6-8 students in every writing period (in some combination of one-to-one, small group, and/or partnership conferences). The individual or sm. group teaching is based on goals decided upon in conversation with the student(s). #ILAchat

A great read for teachers young and old #ditchHW

Aug. 6th - NJ DOE Broadcast-Opportunity to join schools across NJ in adopting the CAR process and the newly released NJDOE Instructional Units in ELA and/or Math. @njpsa @DrLRepollet @lindapeno1 @tuckerkim @duff2311 @EmilCarafa @gjablonski24 @abealarcon @deanshouts

Correlational research is often misleading...I suspect your best readers enjoy reading. Instead of expecting kids out if school practice to save the day, figure out what teachers can best do to teach kids to read better.

Here are a couple of new and brilliant examples of one of my favorite types of Close Reading questions--Sensitivity Analysis. teachlikeachampion.com/blog/…

English Ts, are you a Book Love devotee? Are you trying to figure out how to make IR accountability/assessment meaningful for Ss? Want to try a structure (w/coaching by me) that promotes JOY & GROWTH rather than compliance & coercion? @HeinemannPub @ncte @pennykittle @KellyGToGo