The brilliant Dr. Sharon Vaughn was our opening keynote for the PaTTAN Secondary Literacy Symposium yesterday. Her session: Implementing the Science of Reading for Students in Grades 4-9, was so very, very informative and the 450 PA educators asked the best questions!
It truly is a must-watch! Be on the lookout very soon for ALL of the other recorded sessions from this incredible day of learning!
https://t.co/63k2cBVnY3
In a major initiative to empower educators, school leaders, families, and communities in their efforts to support reading, FCRR has introduced "The Academy" – a comprehensive platform offering support to use evidence-based tools and resources. https://t.co/jvHuLmhbLz
📊Research has found that classrooms differ a great deal in quality of discussions--and those differences impact comprehension development. Please see below for examples of differences. For a self-assessment and guide to quality talk about text, see https://t.co/hWnyoFVV17
This whole issue is available free at https://t.co/ernKYWzwGd . There are some real gems in there for families as well as educators. Hope you'll check it out!
A new study confirms that reading comprehension strategies work best if combined with background knowledge.
And: the effect of 55 hours of instruction is the same as 1 hour. Kids get WAY more than 55 hrs in school. @DTWillingham
More in my Forbes post:
https://t.co/gnPx08JLCO
S is for . . . Safeguard Science and Social Studies!🛟One of 10 recommendations from a committee that includes some of the world's most respected experts in literacy education. Start reading here: https://t.co/9aHJymzKyY A series of five posts.
#KnowledgeMatters @ClassroomWonder
Some of you know that I've been trying for a very long time to get more attention to informational text, science, & social studies in early ed. So excited today about a statement from the https://t.co/inaDvW15Ig @ClassroomWonder ‼️(Okay, maybe it hasn't been quite 84 years . . .)
Recent meta-analysis found a weighted mean effect size of 0.13 w/ 88% estimates positive. (B/c I hear this confusion a lot, a reminder that "differentiation" is *not code for level-based guided reading group. Also, quality matters: https://t.co/HKC47S92YX) https://t.co/MVydtQomLT