Marnie Ginsberg

Founder, Reading Simplified--an instructional approach to SIMPLIFY reading teaching & ACCELERATE achievement for all kids. #SOR

[Marnie Ginsberg @ReadSimplified]

How long-standing and how deep is the science on early reading acquisition? Check out our hyperlinked timeline of history's heavy hitters. https://t.co/51siP2rO6q #notnewnews #sor #scienceofreading @ehanford

[Marnie Ginsberg @ReadSimplified]

@drakmog @karenvaites As a small publisher, I can attest that licensing is a bear. But I have been assuming this pattern is more ideologically driven rather than commercially driven. I don't know.

[MacKenzie Price @mackenzieprice]

Do you know someone in the 8th-11th grade who wants to get the Alpha experience but can’t move to one of our cities?

We are giving away 12 scholarships to students with ideas! We will help FUND their idea! Link in the comments.

[Marnie Ginsberg @ReadSimplified]

@EvidentlyR Congratulations!!

[Marnie Ginsberg @ReadSimplified]

@RplusDyslexia @StamStam193 Agreed. It just demonstrates that programs that don't teach syllable types can get fast results.

[Marnie Ginsberg @ReadSimplified]

Another benefit of dumping the syllable-type rules: "We compared the traditional coding method to our chunking and set-for-variability approach. We were able to read about six words using chunking in the time it took to code just one. That was really eye-opening."

[Elana Gordon @mommagordon2]

Meet Tara Hess, a fellow S2P educator. Tara is a wonderful educator who has learned how 2 accelerate growth & continues to work on refining her teaching skills year after year. Read her story in the thread⬇️
@D99Cicero @tara_deann @ReadSimplified @SoRclassroom

[Marnie Ginsberg @ReadSimplified]

@RplusDyslexia @StamStam193 https://t.co/Asq4DkqQ4F

[Marnie Ginsberg @ReadSimplified]

@RplusDyslexia @StamStam193 Strong language. This is a quote from a teacher I know personally who ran an in school experiment that she explains in the article.

Students with dyslexia need more time and intense instruction but no-rules approaches work: https://t.co/gYNbeR9KUa

[Marnie Ginsberg @ReadSimplified]

@laurapatranella Right! After all that effort, one still may need to "try one sound and if it doesn't work, try another." Just do that from the beginning.

[Marnie Ginsberg @ReadSimplified]

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[Marc Porter Magee 🎓 @marcportermagee]

Education research the least likely to replicate according to a huge new paper published by Nature

[Megan Gierka @MeganGierka]

Our latest research brief with @PurdueEDU has been published -- thank you for the collaboration!

[Marnie Ginsberg @ReadSimplified]

❝Ruthless simplicity (doing fewer things) and collective alignment (doing those things the same way) are two powerful levers for reducing this complexity.❞

[Peps @PepsMccrea]

Habit Assemblies: Accelerating culture for learning

The more complex a school, the more attention and effort is required just to maintain it… attention and effort that could (should) be going into improving learning.

Ruthless simplicity (doing fewer things) and collective alignment (doing those things the same way) are two powerful levers for reducing this complexity.

Most schools pursue collective alignment by focussing on teachers... practising agreed routines and norms together, then implementing them back in classrooms. This is great... BUT, the schools that do it best go one step further. They also practise with students. All together. At once.

A kind of *habit assembly*

Imagine 200 year 7s in the hall, all practising how to turn-and-talk. How to answer questions. How to treat others with respect. How to sit and act in ways that optimise attention.

Without this, we have to build culture from scratch, in isolation, 30 students at a time. With habit assemblies, students arrive in our classrooms already primed. We just need to stick to the plan.

The rationale for this is social norms. Our behaviour is shaped less by what we're told to do and more by what we see others doing. In a habit assembly, every student sees every other student doing the same thing. They don't just learn the routine... they internalise the norm… this is how we do things around here.

And culture compounds: once routines are internalised, each lesson reinforces the norm, which makes the next assembly even stronger.

Most schools already have the time for this. Existing assembly slots or collapsed tutor/form time can be repurposed without adding to the timetable.

Of course, this only works if it's done with students, not to them. Roll it out heavy-handedly or without buy-in and things'll backfire fast.

The more we build habits together, the stronger the culture we end up with.

PS. Video of habit assemblies in action coming soon...

[Marnie Ginsberg @ReadSimplified]

@HartofLearning @VinceBoley Thank you! Sometimes just 4 hours of instruction:
https://t.co/kU5lhqjIRV OR 4 weeks: https://t.co/y2cYYW9UDA Or nearly 4 years growth in 17 weeks: https://t.co/U0oBPyqnqo

[AIM Institute @AIMtoLearn]

Couldn’t make it to this year’s Research to Practice Symposium?

You can still learn from the leading voices in literacy and the science of reading.

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*If you attended the Symposium in person or online, keep an eye on your email for details about accessing the recordings.

[Marnie Ginsberg @ReadSimplified]

@SoRclassroom Thanks! As you know, so many US reading curricula and computer software are blocking kids from advancing with this error!

[Marnie Ginsberg @ReadSimplified]

https://t.co/rinz6EI6C6

[Marnie Ginsberg @ReadSimplified]

Don't hold up reading instruction because a kid can't spell the words yet. Reading is multiple choice. Spelling is fill-in-the-blank. Of course it takes longer! Let reading lead. 🏇

Learn more. 👇🏾

[Jonathan Haidt @JonHaidt]

Teachers and parents: if you know anyone on a curriculum selection committee, please send them this tweet, ask them to choose book-and-paper oriented curricula.

Thank you @karenvaites

[Marnie Ginsberg @ReadSimplified]

@MelK_Ed @Marjori99913509 Yes!

[Marnie Ginsberg @ReadSimplified]

@AbbyTeachesDSM @karenvaites @JonHaidt Fair point! The implementation is always the rub.

[Marnie Ginsberg @ReadSimplified]

@MelK_Ed @Marjori99913509 Great to hear! Sort of.