Laura Tortorelli

Assistant professor of elementary literacy at Michigan State University. Associate editor of The Reading Teacher. I teach teachers how to teach reading.

[Laura Tortorelli @lstortorelli]

Excited to learn that our content analysis of early writing standards was a top-cited paper in RRQ 2022-2023! Thanks to @DrGerde @garyebingham and Rebecca Rohloff for conducting this high impact work with me. It's linked below so you can cite it too!😀 https://t.co/iP0DrsxkiX

[Laura Tortorelli @lstortorelli]

When I served on the reading curriculum selection committee in East Lansing, I was disappointed by how little research evidence is available for most widely used curricula. We chose Bookworms, and it's great to see more high quality studies coming out!

[Laura Tortorelli @lstortorelli]

Not to forget the colleagues who served on the committees and wrote me letters for promotion! I have been very very lucky to have such wonderful people with me on this journey. I couldn't have done it without you, and I can't thank you all enough. Go Green!

[Laura Tortorelli @lstortorelli]

It's official! The @michiganstateu Board of Trustees voted to approve my promotion to Associate Professor with Tenure today, effective July 1st!

[Laura Tortorelli @lstortorelli]

And of course my doctoral advisor @anosygnosia and my husband @EL_cmart made this career possible in the first place.

[Laura Tortorelli @lstortorelli]

Congratulations to Dr. Melanie McCormick @melaniemccor6 who successfully defended her dissertation today! It was been an amazing four years serving as her advisor!

[Laura Tortorelli @lstortorelli]

@NaseemRdz @amynoelleparks We CANNOT WAIT!!!

[Laura Tortorelli @lstortorelli]

Hot off the presses! A great study on an intervention that teachers can use to build students' informational text reading and writing, Read STOP Write!

[Laura Tortorelli @lstortorelli]

Thanks for writing with me, in response to MUCH reading, @TruckTrucks!

[Tanya S. Wright @TanyaSWright]

Check out the article on this community book distribution project in #TheReadingTeacher https://t.co/0GreW4JfZh

[Laura Tortorelli @lstortorelli]

As we go back to school, I'm getting a lot of questions about the science of reading. Thanks to @jzstrong for writing such a helpful piece to share with teachers and administrators!

[Christopher Such @Suchmo83]

A thread on phonics and how the discussion of it sometimes lacks a bit of nuance, leading to misconceptions... 🧵

[Laura Tortorelli @lstortorelli]

@TheAngelo2258 Drove a university bus!

[Dr. Julia Lindsey @JuliaBLindsey]

In July, two (!!) meta analyses about phonemic awareness came out. What does the latest research tell us about teaching phonemic awareness? 🧵 on a few important things to know:

[Dr. Kyle L. Chong 張陳創庭 🌁🌹🌻🍉 @KyleLChong]

With under a month to go, please consider sending me + @melaniemccor6 a manuscript for our special issue of the Iowa Journal for the Social Studies!

@CUFASoCForum @CUFANCSS @REAPAgrads @MSU_APA @MSUCollegeofEd @AERASocialStud1 @AERADivB @cufagradforum
https://t.co/W32fDv7ZSv

[Tanya S. Wright @TanyaSWright]

Please check out three FREE invited articles focused on phonological awareness and #phonics instruction in the latest issue of #TheReadingTeacher by Ehri, Mesmer, Flanigan & their colleagues. @MSUCollegeofEd @ILAToday
Read FOR FREE here: https://t.co/mEh0OrjNq2