Jeff Chanin

[Jeff Chanin @JeffChanin]

@karenvaites @Elizheubeck The extreme pendulum shift back to phonics should be moving back to the middle soon.

[Jeff Chanin @JeffChanin]

@burnsmk1 I think they were fine for their time…but not they need some revision

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Rough draft of k-2 model. It’s not balanced literacy. I’ll explain why.

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https://t.co/2nsDl53xlI

[Jeff Chanin @JeffChanin]

@DTWillingham I think the spirit of their attempt to create a program is correct. We should not throw away everything related to balanced literacy, rather incorporate Science of reading and make some adjustments to balanced literacy. The two are not incompatible.

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@rastokke It makes sense to keep some old practices as well as add some new ones

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@natwexler @karenvaites It’s a strong argument that reading aloud should be part of the curriculum. I agree…more studies are definitely needed. What about decoding and fluency?

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@EvidentlyR @natwexler @karenvaites Oh ok… this would make a little more sense

[Jeff Chanin @JeffChanin]

@natwexler @karenvaites Something is not quite right about this study. Simply reading aloud to children with comprehension instruction can’t possibly improve their reading comprehension that much.

[Jeff Chanin @JeffChanin]

@natwexler @karenvaites Did the readers have the text read aloud to them for the standardized tests?

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@ReadingShanahan Is this data suggesting that phonics statistical learning are equally important?

[Jeff Chanin @JeffChanin]

@ReadingShanahan Word reading difficulty is influenced by a number of factors (frequency, word length, transparency, semantic measures, and orthographic neighborhood size). What does this imply for early reading instruction?

[Jeff Chanin @JeffChanin]

@buckingham_j You don’t gain the ability to climb a mountain if you only run on flat ground. Complex excerpts and easier full length novels should be part of the curriculum. Supported reading should be with excerpts, ind. Reading should be with novels.

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@buckingham_j Yes, but as far as instruction goes, it makes sense to teach with excerpts. Children can read whole novels largely on their own to gain experience with extended texts.

[Jeff Chanin @JeffChanin]

@AlexJQuigley @ReadingShanahan You can raise the academic rigor and text complexity on an excerpt because you are teaching/scaffolding all of the hard parts but you can’t do so with a whole book. Books are best for reading ind., excerpts are best for explicit instruction.

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@rpondiscio Small group instruction can be effective if students are completing meaningful independent activities rather than busy work.

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@karenvaites @HKorbey Reading short, complex texts might instructionally yield a bigger bang for your buck.

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@rpondiscio There are elements of both balanced literacy and systematic phonics that can be combined into high quality curriculum.

[Jeff Chanin @JeffChanin]

@CurriculumIP @karenvaites When did teaching phonemic awareness become a bad thing?