Skylar Wisdom

[Dr. James Hurley @TarletonPrez]

Through a partnership with Huckabay ISD, we're excited to share that eight @TarletonState interns have received $20,000 stipends to help them while they complete their year-long internships alongside mentor teachers. https://t.co/CSOLgRtCza

[Skylar Wisdom @SkylarWisdom1]

Students with dyslexia need explicit reading instruction in order to comprehend what they are reading. #READ4384Stephenville #dyslexia

[Skylar Wisdom @SkylarWisdom1]

The four part processing system is a multi-tiered system of supports that includes the phonological processor, orthographic processor, meaning processor, and context processor. This system supports students ability to read and comprehend. #READ4384Stephenville #MTSS

[Skylar Wisdom @SkylarWisdom1]

Establishing reading groups and providing differentiated instruction can help support struggling readers in learning how to read. #READ4384Stephenville #strugglingreaders #interventions

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Without background knowledge it is difficult for students to construct a meaningful mental image or model of what the text is about. #READ4384Stephenville #backgroundknowledge

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Connection cards require students to jot down their thoughts and make connections to a text. This strategy can help students with their comprehension of informational text. #READ4384Stephenville #connectioncards #comprehension

[Skylar Wisdom @SkylarWisdom1]

Word consciousness is an important element of vocabulary development and basic language acquisition. #READ4384Stephenville #wordconsciousness #vocabularydevelopment

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Students can be taught different strategies to segment words according to the affixes and roots. This helps with understanding and applying word structure for decoding. #READ4384Stephenville #affixes #greekandlatinrootwords

[Skylar Wisdom @SkylarWisdom1]

A great word learning strategy is giving the students a word study schedule where on each day they have specific instructions on what to do with that word. For example, on Monday students will identify the word pattern. #READ4384Stephenville #wordlearningstrategy

[Skylar Wisdom @SkylarWisdom1]

A great strategy to help your students read multisyllabic words is having them circle familiar prefixes they see in books or text. #READ4384Stephenville #multisyllabicwordreading #prefixes

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Good fluency instruction includes modeling how to read and developing the students’ awareness of what they are reading. #READ4384Stephenville #FluencyInstruction

[Skylar Wisdom @SkylarWisdom1]

English language learners are able to understand English text better when they have read it in their native language first. #READ4384Stephenville #ELL #Duallanguageinstruction

[Skylar Wisdom @SkylarWisdom1]

Decoding is an artificial method of teaching reading, which means it is designed by humans. Therefore, it is important to remember to have patience when students are trying to learn this process. #READ4384Stephenville #scienceofteachingreading #putkidsfirst

[Skylar Wisdom @SkylarWisdom1]

@emily_orton2 What a great idea!