Assist Prof. @USUCEHS | Host of Teaching Literacy Podcast🎙️| #Literacy Curriculum and Instruction PhD 📃 @USUTEAL | Masters of #LearningTechnology
Hyde Park, UT
Joined October 2014
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🎙️What makes K-2 teacher teams effective? 🎙️
This episode explores how collaboration, data, and autonomy drive real classroom results. Listen for actionable insights!
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New publication in @EducSci_MDPI! 🎉 This study explores factors driving student growth in Title I classrooms. We partnered with a district to identify high-growth teams using Acadience data & then interviewed them about their strategies. mdpi.com/2227-7102/15/2/259
Belated- but this was such a great episode with @dccolen! Definitely worth a listen
On the Teaching Literacy Podcast with @jakeddowns, we dive into the research on morphology instruction, talk about when and how to teach morphology, and discuss misconceptions about mispronunciation correction and Heart Words: open.spotify.com/show/35SrDq… 🧵3/3
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It's finally out, @jakeddowns! Read about our new small group intervenrion, "Complex text and fluency: Evaluating the read like us protocol with third and fourth grade students" 50 free prints link below. @TimRasinski1 @literacypodcast @LiterrificInc tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
Loved talking with @marianne_rice21 about inferences. So many practical ideas in this episode!
Thanks @jakeddowns for having me back on the Teaching Literacy Podcast! Always a great time! Listen to Jake and I dive deep into inferencing: teachingliteracypodcast.com/…
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Thanks @jakeddowns for having me back on the Teaching Literacy Podcast! Always a great time! Listen to Jake and I dive deep into inferencing: teachingliteracypodcast.com/…
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I really enjoyed listening to this podcast, with @SoniaCabell and Dr. Tricia Zucker about their ‘Strive-for-Five Conversations’ on my way home from Alkali Lake yesterday.
@jakeddowns
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🎙️ Fresh on TLP! 🎙️Melissa and Lori from @literacypodcast discuss their book and share invaluable tips for literacy teachers. A must-listen! 🎧
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No lists to consult. We recommend identifying unfamiliar words in texts to be read, and choosing those that are tier 2 – will have broad application across texts.
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While #vocabularydevelopment may seem daunting, it doesn't have to be! Students acquire new words in two primary ways: through incidental and explicit word learning. #TheVocabularyPlaybook
ALT Vocabulary Development: Incidental Word Learning: notice and discuss unfamiliar words during daily interactions, wordplay, games, etc. Explicit Word Learning: Direct Instruction in pronunciations, word meanings, parts of speech, etc.
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New article out today in Reading Research Quarterly looking at the effects of Professional Development! Open access article here: doi.org/10.1002/rrq.546
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Any evidence-based #literacy approach must include knowledge-building for students.
Check out these videos showing our Tier 1- level evidence-based WOW units in action: building vocabulary and science knowledge through shared, sequential book reading
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Fluency Friday!
Here are two poems for students to celebrate the last day of school. Thank you Teachers for all you do and wishing you a wonderful summer break. TR
Great authors! I highly recommend pre-ordering.
Interested in learning how to support adolescent readers in learning from texts in science, ELA, and history? My newest book, entitled Tackling Tough Texts (written with amazing coauthors Dan Reynolds @CNHardigree) is available for pre-order! guilford.com/books/Tackling-…
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We have an award for a fully-funded Ph.D. student in Literacy at UNR, starting mid-August. Need to live in/close to Reno (a super cool city in Tahoe's backyard). Deadline to apply is June 15th. See comments for link to apply and how to contact me!
Interesting (and needed) meta-analysis on how text difficulty influences fluency intervention outcomes. This makes me rethink how I've approached text, accuracy, and fluency in the past. Good work @burnsmk1 doi.org/10.1177/153450842412…
Great read from @haemesmer How can we support students in complex text?
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New study:
Mesmer, H. A. E. (2024). Exploring the frequency contours in close reading texts. Reading and Writing, 1-35
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This morning I listened to @jakeddowns discuss connectives, appositives, and anaphora (syntax) with @rach_knecht and @mpbtownsend. Excellent!
I was pulling weeds and a rock moved in my hand! It was just a toad who buried himself back in the soil. 🐸
New TLP Episode- it's a great one!
Connectives, appositives, and anaphora anyone? @rach_knecht and @mpbtownsend break down syntax for us.
Excellent information from knowledgeable scholars
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