Samantha Osteen

Reading Specialist at BES, NBCT

[Matthew Burns @burnsmk1]

Effect sizes from 333 studies that examined the effects of various reading intervention/instruction on reading comprehension. Published with @nellkduke and @KellyBCartwrig1 @ILAToday @CECMembership @reading_league @ScienceofRead @Bigideasinlit @leadforliteracy @NCILiteracy

[Samantha Osteen @_mrsosteen]

@FixingEducation This is disturbing. Teaching is becoming so dangerous and risk to teachers safety, very scary reality.

[Samantha Osteen @_mrsosteen]

We love Fluency Friday in my room!

[Tim Rasinski @TimRasinski1]

Fluency Friday!
Monday Feb 27 is National Polar Bear Day! Here's a poem by the award winning poet David Harrison to help your students celebrate this day. Teaching reading through Art and Science!
@ILAToday @ascd @DyslexiaIDA @reading_league @IMSEOG

[Emily Hanford @ehanford]

If schools want to make sure more kids can read better, it's not enough to change classroom instruction. Lots of kids are still going to need more than what a classroom teacher with 25 kids can provide. Don't cut one-on-one help.

[Samantha Osteen @_mrsosteen]

Phonemic Awareness-segmenting sounds in words using a cut up twister mat! So much fun with Kindergarten!

[Samantha Osteen @_mrsosteen]

@IMSEOG Yep! Strong TIER 1!

[Samantha Osteen @_mrsosteen]

@MrWithersAHT First!

[Samantha Osteen @_mrsosteen]

This conversation is eye opening. Let's get our Tier 1 together.

[Jen Jones @helloliteracy]

Actual transcript:

Principal: Can you help us with reading interventions?

Me: How many students are receiving Tier 2 interventions?

Principal: 482

Me: How many students in your school?

Principal: 600

Me: That’s not a Tier 2 problem, that’s a Tier 1 problem.

[Samantha Osteen @_mrsosteen]

Interesting. Fluency is truly overlooked, but such an important stepping stone toward comprehension.

[Institute for Multi-Sensory Education @IMSEOG]

The U.S. Department of Education believe as many as 50% of intermediate grade students may not have attained sufficient fluency skills to maximize comprehension of texts they read.

[Samantha Osteen @_mrsosteen]

https://t.co/5H9ZohkW5Y. I just need $58 to fund some awesome materials for BES!

[Institute for Multi-Sensory Education @IMSEOG]

Waiting to give a child the intervention they need until they qualify for services in 2nd and 3rd grade is too late.

[Samantha Osteen @_mrsosteen]

This is AMAZING!!!

[NC Education Corps @ed_corps]

🚨BIG NEWS🚨 for young readers! @NCDPI_OEL has just announced a new resource to help PK-Gr. 5 families read & learn together—“Literacy at Home.”

Supports phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, comprehension, & oral language. Check it out! https://t.co/9j1k3GjfwA #NCEd

[Samantha Osteen @_mrsosteen]

Check out my classroom on @DonorsChoose! I am halfway to funding this project for resources as a reading specialist: https://t.co/S8JUa4TShQ

[Florida Center for Reading Research @TheFCRR]

In a recent study @theHJHwang, @SoniaCabell, and @rewjoyner synthesized impacts of integrated literacy and content-area instruction (i.e., science, social studies) on vocabulary and comprehension outcomes in the elementary years (K-5). https://t.co/hBgFlMP8Ax

[Wiley Blevins, EdD @wbny]

Yes! A scope and sequence only tells you when you BEGIN the work on a skill. It takes weeks for many students to master the skill in both reading and spelling. That requires a lot of practice and repetition.

[Heggerty @HeggertyLit]

October is Dyslexia Awareness Month and we love this infographic from @NCILiteracy because it answers the question, "What is Dyslexia?" in accessible terms.

To raise awareness and further the understanding of dyslexia amongst teachers, resources like this will be key!

[Florida Center for Reading Research @TheFCRR]

How We Learn to Read: The Critical Role of Phonological Awareness. https://t.co/1oVxdv1pYm

[edutopia @edutopia]

4 reading practices that shouldn’t make the cut in the new school year—and 7 smart alternatives!
https://t.co/dx7WKUYC0V

[EducationNC @EducationNC]

School is starting in North Carolina. But COVID-19 cases are still on the rise due to the highly transmissible delta variant.

Here's how schools can open safely, based on the latest @NCDHHS guidance. #nced https://t.co/FvghDy3UdT