In NYC, teachers are now writing report cards. One item on these is a Guided Reading Level. I was asked to do a correlation between the words in the books used to assign a GR Level and what was taught in the phonics program. Here is what I found. What does the GR level tell us?
🧵 Setting the record straight about IES and its contracts.
IES was founded in 2002 to “fund development and rigorous testing of new approaches for improving education outcomes for all students.”
Protip: Fluency rubrics help students AND teachers track fluency progress! You'll love hearing from Tim Rasinski all about fluency in our latest rerelease episode.
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Newsflash ⚡⚡⚡The way you think about repeated reading is about to change! One way to do repeated reading is Readers' Theater.
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Let us share a little secret - you don't need more than 15 minutes a day to increase your students' fluency. It's true! Readers' Theater is one super effective way to practice fluency. But how? Listen to Episode 209 about fluency & Readers' Theater! 🎧
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Teaching handwriting in a structured way helps our brains get even better at recognizing and telling letters apart. This is one of the skills needed to make reading a breeze! By physically shaping letters, kids build a solid understanding of how letters and sounds fit together. It lays the groundwork for literacy, stroke by stroke.
Read more about unlocking the power of handwriting on our blog! https://t.co/qOV3JeU2UZ
Readers Theater is SUPER DUPER EFFECTIVE for teaching fluency (and comprehension, too!) 🥰 In this episode, you'll hear us walk through a readers' theater routine and share resources for scripts, instruction, and more. 🎧
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"Learning to read is an active process, & teaching students how to read is a science. In this free white paper, “The Science Behind Learning to Read,” penned by Dr. Molly Ness, you will gain new insight into effective literacy instruction."
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Meet the 2025 Plain Talk About Literacy and Learning® keynotes: @drrobertbrooks, @MaryanneWolf_, and @jake_daggett!
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