Beth Berardinelli

Reading Specialist at Myers Elementary, Bellwood-Antis School District

[Beth Berardinelli @BASDK4Reading]

@tiffany_peltier Agreed!

[Beth Berardinelli @BASDK4Reading]

@liv2learn Woohoo!!! I was literally just quoting her right this second in a PowerPoint for middle school SL inservice tomorrow!

[Beth Berardinelli @BASDK4Reading]

@SoundSyllable @jasonwade71 Thank you!

[Beth Berardinelli @BASDK4Reading]

@tetheredtoed1 @ehanford @markseidenberg 👍

[Beth Berardinelli @BASDK4Reading]

@curriculum_kosd @ehanford @markseidenberg 👍

[Beth Berardinelli @BASDK4Reading]

@FaithBorkowsky Love this!!

[Beth Berardinelli @BASDK4Reading]

@janhasbrouck @NancyYoung_ I meant marry reading and writing 😉

[Beth Berardinelli @BASDK4Reading]

@janhasbrouck @NancyYoung_ And the chapters reading and writing like the ladder? Thinking about texts for our k-12 structured literacy initiative…..writing and spelling are concerns in both the elementary and secondary buildings. Thank you so much!!!!

[Beth Berardinelli @BASDK4Reading]

@tetheredtoed1 @everyonereadste I think many PA structured literacy teacher-advocates share this concern… can we organize to push PA Congress? I know Jason Oritay (spelling??) from the Pittsburgh area was one of the congressman pushing for greater accountability with act 55/chapter 49.

[Beth Berardinelli @BASDK4Reading]

@liv2learn Yes!!!! I am so behind on catching up on social media latent, but so glad that I caught this!!!

[Beth Berardinelli @BASDK4Reading]

@teachisdrunk It’s the kids’ special Ed teacher not the teacher’s, take it to special Ed admin on the kids’ behalf.

[Beth Berardinelli @BASDK4Reading]

@teachisdrunk “Her” special ed teacher? Co-teaching is collaborative and a shared responsibility.

[Beth Berardinelli @BASDK4Reading]

@PamelaSnow2 @Aare Excellent response!!! Thank you!

[Beth Berardinelli @BASDK4Reading]

@tiffany_peltier @StanDehaene area of the brain already specialized for naming objects

[Beth Berardinelli @BASDK4Reading]

@tiffany_peltier @StanDehaene 1 of 2 I don’t read this as overthrowing the idea that reading is “unnatural”, rather explaining why the left hemisphere is more efficient than the right for processing print given its prominence in language processes. And that the brain is going to build its “letter box” in an

[Beth Berardinelli @BASDK4Reading]

@Gail_Eidman_CFP @DrTeresaSanders @felicite34 It should still be in effect, right??? And I think if you have a solid tier 1 curriculum and solid tier 2 and 3 interventions, by this time in first grade there are outlying students’ whose limited progress warrants pursuing sped eval.

[Beth Berardinelli @BASDK4Reading]

@DrTeresaSanders @Agdnopropaganda @GSchifanelli @felicite34 And explicit instruction for some less severe students could avoid the need for SPED. Mastery of foundational skills has to be the top priority of Tier 1 instruction in K and 1.