Dr. Sam Bommarito

Sam Bommarito_-Co-Editor of Mo Rdr.; Mo- ILA/STL ILA Brd Member; Presenter; National Literacy Consultant Happy husband&grandpa

[Dr. Sam Bommarito @DoctorSam7]

@rockwoodschools Please have a look at my blog about a virtual project we are doing in S. Africa, designed to help middle school students who are non-readers. BTW, I live in the St. Louis region.
https://t.co/RtxUP2R8cd

[Dr. Sam Bommarito @DoctorSam7]

@rockwoodschools Please have a look at my blog about a virtual project we are doing in S. Africa, designed to help middle school students who are non-readers. BTW, I live in the St. Louis region.
https://t.co/RtxUP2R8cd

[Dr. Sam Bommarito @DoctorSam7]

I'm re-posting my most important blog of the year, kicking off a series on Artfully Teaching the Science of Reading!
Stay tuned for:

Saturdays: New blogs on the topic of artfully teaching the science of reading
Sundays: Expert interviews about Literacy instruction.
Read now and empower teachers to help kids thrive!
https://t.co/97lDymi2yO

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@BigFamiliesFTW @teachergoals For Sure!!!!

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This post is based on what I said during my presentation in Canada this past week. It is important because it explains the advantages of taking a centrist point of view about the teaching of reading. It also explains why I am critical of SOME of the current legislation being adopted nationwide. The NRP identified 5 ways to teach phonics. The new legislation effectively bans all but one of those ways. That way is synthetic phonics. The NRP said that all phonics instruction must be systematic. It never said that synthetic phonics was the only systematic form of phonics instruction. If we need mandates, they should be implemented in a way that allows teachers to use all 5 ways of teaching phonics. It is assumed each teacher would do this within their district's adopted curriculum.

https://t.co/I77U9kTjDE

[Dr. Sam Bommarito @DoctorSam7]

This is a project I am doing with several literacy leaders. We are giving PD to South African teachers. They are learning how to apply Tim Rasinski's work in repeated reading to bridge the gap between decoding and comprehension. Please have a look.
https://t.co/vSc3SKgX0C

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@Mayas556 True!

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In this week's Read All About It, Dr. Sam talks about something very special. It's his upcoming appearance at the SoMLA (State of Maryland Literacy Association) conference. He will be the keynote speaker on March 24. Not only that, in an evening dinner event honoring Dr. Tim Rasinski, he will conduct a live podcast with Tim. Tim will join that event virtually. Tim will be on the big screen, and Dr. Sam will be on the stage in front of 100 dinner guests. That is a sight worth seeing. More information can be found in the Read All About It post on how to register for this in-person conference. See you there! https://t.co/LJ0dMeIjNU

[Dr. Sam Bommarito @DoctorSam7]

@KJWinEducation T
Yes this for angels of change

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@KJWinEducation Amen to that! Agents of change! They’re all over and we need to find each other!!

[Dr. Sam Bommarito @DoctorSam7]

This week's post is one of several I've done on fluency. Fluency is more than just saying words fast. Fluency instruction should be delivered to improve prosody. Fluency can be taught. When you look at the research around TEACHING fluency, you'll find that Dr. Tim Rasinski's research on repeated readings provides the foundational research around that topic. One major misunderstanding is that repeated reading only teaches the specific words in the immediate passage that is practiced. That is not the case. Repeated reading practice also improves students' performance on the next set of words they read. https://t.co/Z250DOHVRj

[Dr. Sam Bommarito @DoctorSam7]

@PCSnow1604 Done!

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If I would try- the very moving story about this song. Prepare to be inspired!

[The Disrespected Trucker @DisrespectedThe]

Alright, so while I explore social media i find the best and worst of our world.

This is the best and most inspirational.

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Alright, so while I explore social media i find the best and worst of our world.

This is the best and most inspirational.

[Dr. Sam Bommarito @DoctorSam7]

Hey it gets even better. Julia is going to be leading a team of teachers who will providing a hands on demo of the Fluency plan to the attendies at an upcoming dinner event That event is being held as part of The State of Marylands reading convention March 22&23 https://t.co/Ittk0L1Zwo . And there's more. @TimRasinski1 will be on the big screen at that dinner. It will be a live feed. He'll be helping Julia and her team make sure the dinner guests have a great hands on experience carrying out the plan demonstration. I'll be there too because it just so happens the dinner is being given in TIm's honor. I just have to be there to help honor my long time friend. And there's more but I'm not going to tell you what. Keep monitoring the SoMLA site to find out the other big suprise. It's going to be a great convention, I hope to see many of you there! @TimRasinski1 @benchmark

[Dr. Sam Bommarito @DoctorSam7]

@MelK_Ed I'm at my desktop computer now. The name of the book i'm talking about is The Fluency Development Lesson: Closing the Reading Gap
by Ph.D. Lynne Kulich (Author), Ph.D. Timothy Rasinski (Author), D.Litt. David L. Harrison (Author) @TimRasinski1 @davidharrsion @BenchmarkEdu

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Here is what Julia Armstrong, a very talented 5th grade teacher, had to say after she used the book. Long story short she LOVED it. All the short passages and word ladders by David Harrison were there to run off for each week's lesson. His passages are always high interest and usually provide subject area background for the students. Here's the link to what Julia said https://t.co/WkD8M8NYVZ
@TimRasinski1 @Benchmark