Jenny Gray🍉 M. Ed.

I created & patented French language products that decode thru #orthoepic games! I live to laugh, play and create. #linguist #onted #eduqc #success4all #UWO

[Jenny Gray🍉 M. Ed. @Watermelonworks]

Iykyk. #integrity.

[Brad Weinstein @WeinsteinEdu]

Character counts! 🧡

[Jenny Gray🍉 M. Ed. @Watermelonworks]

@liv2learn I have always used pencil and paper. It's about wiring your brain. I only use tech for oral recordings for data .

[Jenny Gray🍉 M. Ed. @Watermelonworks]

@thismomloves Using our tools, I know students who are all at EOY projections already!

[Jenny Gray🍉 M. Ed. @Watermelonworks]

Which is why we do what we do en français. Teach the code. https://t.co/dKrxG5NYV8

[Pam Kastner @liv2learn]

“Encoding is not simply a step to writing; it is a vital but underappreciated route to reading. It requires a deeper and more consistent practice of identifying the individual speech sounds in words and linking those sounds to letters. It engages children from the beginning with meaningful words, not isolated skills.

The segmentation and construction of spoken words build essential neural networks and provide a meaningful route to phoneme awareness and phonics, as children learn to master the ingenious code of letters that makes spoken words visible.” ( Herron & Gillis, 2020).

Read this do-not-miss article, Encoding as a Route to Phoneme Awareness and Phonics: A Shift in Literacy Instruction, by Jeannine Herron and Margie Gillis, here:
https://t.co/mtEbLCHaFj

[Jenny Gray🍉 M. Ed. @Watermelonworks]

@RplusDyslexia @PamelaSnow2 Yes we do!

[Jenny Gray🍉 M. Ed. @Watermelonworks]

@MrARobbins @cogscisci @tes Hey mine aren’t on tes but TpT for profit.

[Jenny Gray🍉 M. Ed. @Watermelonworks]

@ImtaBrendan It's why we need to teach academic vocabulary to little ones not just word/sound walls.

[Jenny Gray🍉 M. Ed. @Watermelonworks]

This is what we have been doing since '97 and publicly since 2009. En français. #patentedmethodology

[Melissa & Lori Love Literacy Podcast @literacypodcast]

Wondering where to spend most of your time when teaching phonemic awareness? Research supports focusing on three skills: isolating sounds, blending sounds, and segmenting sounds.

🎧 Listen Now! What Research Says About Phonemic Awareness with Matt Burns
https://t.co/nE2wuYBSgi

[Jenny Gray🍉 M. Ed. @Watermelonworks]

@PamelaSnow2 100% agree.

[Jenny Gray🍉 M. Ed. @Watermelonworks]

@PamelaSnow2 That I understand. But could you lead me to some research, please? There has been some brain research completed that defines areas of the brain that perform different functions hence the entire left/right brain theories due to tendencies in people.

[Jenny Gray🍉 M. Ed. @Watermelonworks]

@PamelaSnow2 Could you please tell me more about left brain right brain research? Is there merit to it? Links to research?

[Jenny Gray🍉 M. Ed. @Watermelonworks]

@Orchidoptera @thismomloves @UFLiteracy I created the French version. https://t.co/dKrxG5NYV8

While this is great news, Ts need to remember this is for determining the starting point for those identified for intervention. This is not a screener. I just would like others not to miss that point. 😊

[Jenny Gray🍉 M. Ed. @Watermelonworks]

@robertbenzie @krushowy @TorontoStar @MoiraWelsh Congratulations!

[Jenny Gray🍉 M. Ed. @Watermelonworks]

@literacypodcast Sets please.

[Jenny Gray🍉 M. Ed. @Watermelonworks]

@janhasbrouck I took my readers from the min requirement in the beginning of the year to double in most cases at the end of the year. Team foundational skills built upon and my methodology worked like a charm. #lifeafterdecoding #fluency

[Jenny Gray🍉 M. Ed. @Watermelonworks]

@MrZachG I have been teaching explicit learning forever. Give them the tools and they will thrive no matter where you meet them on their learning journey. #enfrançais

[Jenny Gray🍉 M. Ed. @Watermelonworks]

@thismomloves Mine were off the charts. So proud of my kiddos.

[Jenny Gray🍉 M. Ed. @Watermelonworks]

@NateJoseph19 @rastokke I had a professor tell me that I shouldn't take French. "These classes are reserved for francophones".

[Jenny Gray🍉 M. Ed. @Watermelonworks]

@literacypodcast I an have been preaching phonics forever en français.

[Jenny Gray🍉 M. Ed. @Watermelonworks]

@NateJoseph19 I know by research in action that if you take away the fear of math, students develop a love of math. #25yearsofresearchinaction