Quinn Lumpkins

[Quinn Lumpkins @lumpkins_quinn]

Dyslexia affects children's ability to read, but it also affects their self-esteem, confidence, and mental health. Let's not wait to help these students until after they have fallen victim to the lie that they're broken! #READ4384

[Quinn Lumpkins @lumpkins_quinn]

Being a teacher is being a full-time problem-solver! Students need to learn, and it's our job to figure out the best way to make it happen. We have to know our students and know our craft in order serve them effectively.
#MTSS #READ4384

[Quinn Lumpkins @lumpkins_quinn]

Sometimes the key to comprehension is merely to ask questions. "What's going on?" "Does this make sense to me?" "What's going to happen next?" Metacognition skills can set students up to be successful in reading throughout their entire lives! #READ4384

[Quinn Lumpkins @lumpkins_quinn]

When students come to class to learn instead of to perform, real education can occur! They will never be able to comprehend content for which they have no background knowledge.
#READ4384 #backgroundknowledge

[Quinn Lumpkins @lumpkins_quinn]

Imagine trying understand a complex concept without understanding any transitional/signal words. It'd be pretty exhausting to make all that meaning yourself! Sometimes the difference between reading and understanding lies in teaching words like "because" or "and." #READ4384

[Quinn Lumpkins @lumpkins_quinn]

True, rich word consciousness in students does not happen by mere coincidence. Until we intentionally and strategically create opportunities for our kids to learn and speak, it's all just a bunch of words! #READ4384 #wordconsciousness

[Quinn Lumpkins @lumpkins_quinn]

There is an art to teaching morphological analysis. Students need strategic and explicit instruction on specific affixes that can exponentially increase their overall vocabulary knowledge and reading comprehension. #READ4384 #morphologicalanalysis

[Quinn Lumpkins @lumpkins_quinn]

In order to really know a word you've got to be able to see it, hear it, know it, and use it correctly. Monotonous definitions can only get you so far. Words need to come alive to be comprehended! #READ4384 #specificwordinstruction

[Quinn Lumpkins @lumpkins_quinn]

Being an effective reading teacher is not always ABC's and 'A says /a/.' Sometimes it is reviewing the difference between closed and open syllables or endlessly quizzing yourself on V/CV vs. VC/V syllabication. We have to understand to teach. #READ4384 #multisyllabicwords

[Quinn Lumpkins @lumpkins_quinn]

Fluent readers can hear an audible voice in their heads as they read. Struggling readers hear nothing. Fluency is determined by explicit letter-to-sound relationships, not by memorizing a bunch of pictures! #READ4384

[Quinn Lumpkins @lumpkins_quinn]

Being bilingual is a superpower! We as teachers should make it our priority to ensure that EVERY student in our class, even our undercover superheroes, are encouraged, engaged, and educated!
#READ4384 #ELLs #duallanguageinstruction

[Quinn Lumpkins @lumpkins_quinn]

The Science of Teaching Reading is a slow idea. The practices and standards it holds teachers to are challenging. But if we choose to teach what is comfortable, we choose to deliver only subpar education to the next generation. #READ4384