Leona Hunt

Lead Learner @ Brick City Reading Clinic

[Florida Center for Reading Research @TheFCRR]

Looking to support early literacy at home this summer? 📚

This @IESResearch infographic, developed by our FCRR colleagues, breaks down four foundational reading skills for grades K–3 and shares practical tips to build reading confidence every day.

🔗 https://t.co/cJBXW2niuD

[Leona Hunt @DrHuntReads]

Heartbreaking….God, hold this family close!

[New York Post @nypost]

‘Danny Go!’ star Daniel Coleman’s son Isaac dies at 14 after aggressive cancer diagnosis https://t.co/UYCjTXsIoB

[Leona Hunt @DrHuntReads]

🚨Florida's 3rd graders are required to take the electronic version of FAST, except in extreme cases, to be promoted! 🚨@EducationFL, can we commit to conducting a study and providing an honest report on the student outcomes of digital vs paper FAST assessments?

[Leona Hunt @DrHuntReads]

"What matters is the teaching that surrounds it (multimedia); good teaching with multimedia yields the SAME results as good teaching without it. It's not technology that makes the difference; it's pedagogy." ~Dr. Jared Horvath

[Ohio State Football @OhioStateFB]

His first love.

[College GameDay @CollegeGameDay]

From colleagues, to guest pickers, fans and beyond, those around the college football community share what Lee Corso means to them.

We love you, Coach 🧡

[Stephanie Howell @mrshowell24]

This simple activity encourages deep thinking and meaningful learning.

-Identify 3 key facts learned.
-Summarize the lesson in one sentence.
-Connect the lesson to the real world
-Share something they enjoyed about the learning experience.
https://t.co/Kl4dzaMKbY

[Jim Knight 🇺🇦 @jimknight99]

Coaching conversations should be life-giving.

That means people leave feeling heard, valued, and empowered—not judged or depleted.

#BetterConversations build #trust. And trust builds #change.

Better Conversations: https://t.co/rxckw5XO0i

[Leona Hunt @DrHuntReads]

"Complex syntax is essential for academic development and success and is a crucial foundation for subsequent reading comprehension and written language."

Soifer, 2018

[Leona Hunt @DrHuntReads]

Revisiting the power of active listening and strategic thinking before responding. "Without processing and analyzing what our client shares, our questions or offerings are much less likely to help." ~Aguilar

[Leona Hunt @DrHuntReads]

"When you look, you can look away. When you see, you cannot unsee." ~C.Cain #Gather25

[Leona Hunt @DrHuntReads]

"The foundational role of language is crucial. Language skills form the underlying architecture for all comprehension, and without adequate language skills, even extensive content knowledge cannot be properly accessed or applied." ~Tiffany Hogan, Ph.D.

[Leona Hunt @DrHuntReads]

A recent meta-analysis of motivation and reading achievement found that, on average across over 132 studies, early reading was a stronger predictor of later motivation than early motivation was of later reading (Toste et al., 2020). It doesn't have to be an either-or.

[Leona Hunt @DrHuntReads]

I am reflecting on the power of prompt, task-focused corrective feedback followed by immediate practice in supporting striving readers.

[Leona Hunt @DrHuntReads]

"To be a change leader requires the willingness and ability to change what is already being done just as much as to do new and different things." ~Peter Drucker

[Leona Hunt @DrHuntReads]

"...language comprehension becomes increasingly important as students' decoding skills develop and text becomes more complex." ~Filderman et al., 2022

[Leona Hunt @DrHuntReads]

"Cross-sectional and longitudinal studies demonstrate that decoding has the largest influence on reading comprehension for novice readers, WHEREAS..." ~Filderman et al., 2022

[Leona Hunt @DrHuntReads]

"Exceeding expectations requires surprise, and we can't ask people how to surprise them." ~R. Sze

[Leona Hunt @DrHuntReads]

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