Kirsten Taylor

@dcpublicschools First Grade 📝 @goyenfoundation Literacy Fellow 📚

[Kirsten Taylor @Taylor_SOR]

Inspired by the amazing #vocabulary instruction by @mrjergenskinder ‼️

First graders were learning about the #science behind flight.

🗣️ clap the syllables
🗣️ say the sound
🗣️ identify the graphemes
🗣️ discuss definition
🗣️ share sentence
✅ example vs. ❌ non-example

[Kirsten Taylor @Taylor_SOR]

Had the best time chatting with Melissa and Lori on @literacypodcast about explicit vocabulary instruction.

Interested in learning teacher-tested strategies? Give it a listen!!

https://t.co/ElujIpP0uA

[Melissa & Lori Love Literacy Podcast @literacypodcast]

Today’s episode is about making vocabulary instruction engaging and effective! We’re talking to:
📘 Kirsten Taylor, a 1st-grade teacher about a powerful explicit vocabulary routine
📘 Kory Jensen, a 4th-grade teacher about morphology and word parts

🔗 https://t.co/AvY6qs8t9B

[Melissa & Lori Love Literacy Podcast @literacypodcast]

Friday's episode is all about making vocabulary instruction more engaging and effective!

You'll hear from Kirsten Taylor, a first-grade teacher turned literacy coach in Washington, D.C., and she will share a powerful explicit vocabulary routine!

Mark your calendars! 📅

[Melissa & Lori Love Literacy Podcast @literacypodcast]

☘️ MARCH on the Podcast ☘️

🎉 Each month, we’re diving DEEP into a single literacy topic—giving you research-backed advice and classroom-tested tips all month long.

What can you learn about this month? VOCABULARY INSTRUCTION! 🤩 https://t.co/tZ5ndBWthN

[Science of Reading Classroom @SoRclassroom]

Want to see an explicit vocabulary routine in action?

Watch how @Taylor_SOR introduces the word "invent" to her students and prepares them to learn about Benjamin Franklin.

@KnowledgeMtrs @dcpublicschools

[Jenni vanRees @jennivanrees]

I’ve done a deep dive of this resource - Syntax Knowledge to Practice. K-3 teachers, this book is GOLD for syntax knowledge for you AND your students through scaffolded lessons. I’ve learned so much!

[Kirsten Taylor @Taylor_SOR]

Check out my latest blog and watch a video of a small group foundational literacy lesson! 📚

@SoRclassroom @goyenfoundation

https://t.co/BdesX7oOra

[Kirsten Taylor @Taylor_SOR]

Enjoyed presenting about #morphology instruction in K-2 classrooms last week!

Currently, we are using #morphememagic and embedding it into our knowledge building curriculums and structured literacy lessons.

Educators- How are you implementing morpheme instruction?

[Councilmember Brooke Pinto @CMBrookePinto]

Inspiring to see @SeatonDC bring literacy training & education to life in the classroom.

I joined Ward 2 SBOE rep @AllisterSBOE to see the impacts of literacy focused teaching & how it’s helping our kids.

I will keep fighting for literacy investments for all of our schools.

[Allister Chang @AllisterSBOE]

#Morpheme magic!

[goyenfoundation @goyenfoundation]

Oh hey, @Taylor_SOR!!! Thank you and your 1st graders for sharing your classroom with @AllisterSBOE and @CMBrookePinto!!

[Kirsten Taylor @Taylor_SOR]

At the beginning of the year, this student was segmenting every sound in CVC words.

I worked with her on successive blending, saying the sounds the slow way 🐢

Look what she can do NOW! 🤩

Proud teacher moment 👏🏻

Explicit phonics instruction is 🔑

[Kirsten Taylor @Taylor_SOR]

Ss are learning to annotate the text by highlighting key evidence and adding notes.

I always follow up with inferential questions to push their thinking 🧠

The goal ➡️ Ss internalize these skills as readers

@SoRclassroom @goyenfoundation

[Kate Winn @thismomloves]

@Taylor_SOR @goyenfoundation @SoRclassroom @dcpublicschools Totally agree! (And no need to teach different combos separately, e.g., a lesson on “st” - as soon as they know the consonant sounds, start to put them together, mix and match and use them!)

[Kirsten Taylor @Taylor_SOR]

Some phonics curriculums and sequences plan for cons. blends to be taught later on (after CVC, digraphs, welded sounds, etc.)

My advice- DON’T WAIT!

When Ss are working on CVC words, use word chaining to add extra consonants. You will be amazed at what your Ss can do! 🤩

[Kirsten Taylor @Taylor_SOR]

It’s important that Ss can read CVC words fluently before moving onto multisyllabic words.

Speed Drill 🏃🏼‍♀️
Read the CVC slowly in your 🧠
Read it the fast way out loud 📢

Ss saw these smaller words within bigger words in the text 📖

@goyenfoundation @SoRclassroom

[Kirsten Taylor @Taylor_SOR]

Here’s a quick way to have students self-monitor their comprehension 💭

As Ss read through the text, have them draw a quick sketch to show understanding of what’s happening.

My student showed he understood another meaning of bite (chomp!) 😬

[Kirsten Taylor @Taylor_SOR]

Find ways to connect phonemic awareness to writing! 🪢

Here’s a way I used syllable manipulation (with visual scaffolds) to prepare Ss for word chaining with multisyllabic words ✏️ (within the same lesson)

@goyenfoundation @SoRclassroom @dcpublicschools

[Kirsten Taylor @Taylor_SOR]

1st graders read to find out how money is made and what people can do with their money 💵

We learned about what a “vault” is and how it’s part of the process.

One student brought in a toy vault to show the class during morning meeting! Then we wrote about it 🤩

[Aysha Siddiqui M.Ed @MsSiddiqui_K]

Kinders are wrapping up Module 2 with a Socratic Seminar- discussing what makes the following texts a good story:

The Little Red Hen 🐔🐀🐕🐷🐐
The Three Billy Goats Gruff 🐐🐐🐐🧌
The Three Little Pigs 🐷 🐷🐷🐺

@goyenfoundation
#WitandWisdom
#SocraticSeminar
#SoRClassroom