Monica Stephenson

Structured Literacy Teacher, Tutor, & Mentor. Orton-Gillingham, LETRS, & Wilson Language trained.

[Monica Stephenson @MrsLiteracy]

Today my English Language learners sorted pictures cards by matching the beginning phoneme with the matching grapheme.
@WallsAtFrancis @dcpublicschools @LexiaLearning
@SoRclassroom
#phonemicawareness
#phonemegraphemes
#structuredliteracy

[Monica Stephenson @MrsLiteracy]

Phoneme-grapheme mapping with pop-its! My EL Ss have been with me for a few weeks and they have mastered the letters "t", "a", "f", "b", "m", "n", "i". @SoRclassroom @WallsAtFrancis @dcpublicschools
@LexiaLearning
#structuredliteracy
#phonemegrapheme

[Monica Stephenson @MrsLiteracy]

@goyenfoundation @M_L_Kenney Let me know if you have any questions.

[Monica Stephenson @MrsLiteracy]

I am presenting...Engaging Structured Literacy Activities in Small Groups. @dcpublicschools @CityBridgeEdu @WallsAtFrancis @SoRclassroom
@LexiaLearning
#structuredliteracy

[Monica Stephenson @MrsLiteracy]

Today my new friend from Pakistan learned the phoneme and grapheme for the letter b. So far he has learned to decode the letters a, t, and b.
@SoRclassroom @goyenfoundation @WallsAtFrancis
#phonemegrapheme
#KidLips
#decoding
#speechtoprint

[Monica Stephenson @MrsLiteracy]

@MrsPallone @SoRclassroom I love it...great work. My third graders still practice articulating /f/ vs. /th/ accurately.

[Monica Stephenson @MrsLiteracy]

Today in our Needs-Based Small Group we reviewed the digrapgh phonemes with #KidLips cards. @SoRclassroom @WallsAtFrancis @Dcpspublicschools #Scienceofreading #SoR #Tools4Reading #literacygroups

[Monica Stephenson @MrsLiteracy]

Figurative language in 3rd grade...he wrote a simile about his sweet baby brother.❤

[Monica Stephenson @MrsLiteracy]

Word chaining with Elkonin boxes. He is mastering encoding words with digraphs.😊 @SoRclassroom @WallsAtFrancis @LexiaLearning @dcpublicschools #SoR #structuredliteracy #phonemegrapheme #speechtoprint #readingby3rd #encoding

[Jeffery E. Frieden 🌱 @SurthrivEDU]

ALL TEACHERS ARE READING TEACHERS
ALL TEACHERS ARE READING TEACHERS
ALL TEACHERS ARE READING TEACHERS
ALL TEACHERS ARE READING TEACHERS
(Not just the ELA teachers at your site)
ALL TEACHERS ARE READING TEACHERS
ALL TEACHERS ARE READING TEACHERS
ALL TEACHERS ARE READING TEACHERS

[Monica Stephenson @MrsLiteracy]

Using dobbers to map phonemes makes phoneme-grapheme mapping more engaging. @SoRclassroom @WallsAtFrancis @dcpublicschools #structuredliteracy #phonemegrapheme #KidLips #speechtoprint #readingby3rd #Reading #encoding

[Monica Stephenson @MrsLiteracy]

Today students encoded sentences with words that included schwas. It's one thing to be able to decode words with schwas, but can they spell them? Sentence dictation...Level 3 Fundations. @dcpublicschools @SoRclassroom @WallsAtFrancis @wilsonlanguage #SoR #encoding

[Ms. Benison- @BenisonMrs]

This!
It is so important to understand this…👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼

[Melanie Brethour @melbrethour]

If one doctor told you there was a 40% chance that a procedure will be successful, yet the doctor down the street say 95%. You want the 2nd one. That's what's happening in our classrooms. 95% of child can learn to read with instruction aligned with the science! #sor #rightoread

[Monica Stephenson @MrsLiteracy]

@MrsPallone @SoRclassroom @DidaxEducation This is a great representation of word chaining!

[Monica Stephenson @MrsLiteracy]

@melbrethour This is a great 💡! Thank you for sharing.

[Monica Stephenson @MrsLiteracy]

@MsCollinsCorner @YWLA_AISD @DrJTJackson Congratulations!!!😊

[Monica Stephenson @MrsLiteracy]

It's just as important to teach comprehension skills in Needs-Based Small Groups as it is to teach foundational skills. @WallsAtFrancis @SoRclassroom @dcpublicschools #SoR #comprehension #structuredliteracy #languagecomprehension