Reading specialist, dyslexia practitioner, word nerd, SoR advocate. Director, Springfield Children’s Dyslexia Center. Board President, TRL-IL. Views my own.
Illinois, USA
Joined November 2020
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This blog post from @PamelaSnow2 is brilliant. Favorite quote: “Putting adjectives in front of the word ‘literacy’ is not an acceptable substitute for teaching children how to read.”
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Whoa. TCRWP is being quietly dissolved, and Lucy Calkins is out. This is… I’ve been waiting for this for a very long time. tc.columbia.edu/articles/202…
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Phonics: there's a lot of energy warning vs too much phonics bc it'll be boring.
Knowing the reality in schools, interviewed people who own tutoring services, and worked in adult and youth prisons... too much systematic phonics is the very very very last thing I'm worried about.
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Don’t forget to join us for lunch this Wednesday from 12-1pm for our Lunch & Learn to discuss reading comprehension.
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“Reading several texts on a single topic is like activating Velcro in students’ brains, to which more knowledge can be added and from which references can be drawn for future use in different settings.”
Which is better for supporting reading comprehension, units designed around topics or themes?
“Does it even matter? We subscribe that it matters. A lot.”
Don’t miss the latest from @MJLiben, David Liben, and Sue Pimentel:
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Starting tomorrow… I’m so looking forward to chatting with Illinois educators about comprehension and knowledge-building!
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Illinois has ONE university with an A. One.
The National Council on Teacher Quality released their ratings today of colleges & universities related to how they align with the reading research.
IT MATTERS where you attend college/university. Choose wisely and be informed. nctq.org/review/standardScor… @NCTQ
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Very appropriate. Literacy is freedom
We're excited! To celebrate Juneteenth, the @RightToReadFilm will be available to screen at home for FREE! Sign up today!
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“You cannot use poverty as an excuse. That’s the most important lesson,” Deming added. “It’s so important, I want to shout it from the mountaintop.” What Mississippi teaches, he said, is that “we shouldn’t be giving up on children.”
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Ooo. Haven’t dug into this yet, but looking forward to doing so. Yay for open access!
Really, really well done intro to this new special issue on dyslexia in RRQ
“Understandings and
Misunderstandings About Dyslexia”
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