PhD student at SU, literacy-obsessed educator, story-telling mom, & pun-loving wife. Davidson grad, TFA alum, DC to SYR.
Syracuse, NY
Joined October 2012
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Equity audit = such an important step in building better systems for all students. edweek.org/leadership/lesson…
Well, this is a pot of gold for everyone trying to create/augment decodable libraries right now!
Check out our new Decodable Text Guide to find passages and books that align with the UFLI Foundations scope & sequence. Access the guide from the Toolbox page: ufli.education.ufl.edu/found…
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Why Putting the 'Science of Reading' Into Practice Is So Challenging edweek.org/teaching-learning…
🌟A must read! 📖Everything you need to know about decoding, written in clear & actionable terms. Congratulations, @JuliaBLindsey! 🥳
Big News! What does the best of research and practice actually say about teaching children to decode words? Check out my new book launching today on @ScholasticTeach #ReadingAboveTheFray
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Playing Wordle or thinking about taking it up?
I wrote a blog post about reminders Wordle offers about effective phonics and spelling instruction. 🤓🔡
~5-minute read
@ASCD @ReadingForum_Ed
ascd.org/blogs/what-wordle-r…
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"Teachers cannot simply rely on a model of presenting supporting and opposing views on issues." Here are considerations for engaging ideological diversity without promoting harmful false equivalences or normalizing hateful ideas in a polarized classroom.
tolerance.org/magazine/do-yo…
"What we choose to design and how we choose to open not just our schools but ourselves will determine if we really believe that Black Lives Matter." Please read this call to action by @CarolineIHill
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“Baltimore educators won’t be spending one minute of time or one ounce of their brain power exploring this option, for a simple reason: it will not help children.” baltimoresun.com/opinion/op-…
To my fellow educators & parents near + far: Check out WCNY's TV Classroom Storytime -- awesome read alouds with embedded questions! It airs at 8 am M-F, or you can watch On Demand. Today I'm reading about some amazingly persuasive kids! video.wcny.org/video/storyti…
SCSD + WCNY = an innovative way to address this overwhelming moment in education. Proud to be a part of it. Tune in! wcny.org/tvclassroom/
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Today is a #writingworkshop moment when need to sit back, and just take in how confident and pin-drop quiet my students are with writing “moody poetry!” Being able to express feeling and mood in writing is such a powerful gift! @kffliteracy – at Syracuse, NY
What are we teaching boys when we discourage them from reading books about girls? wapo.st/2IMLcko?tid=ss_tw-am…
Talk. Draw. Spell the best you can. Really appreciate these recommendations from @ReadingShanahan nitter.gq/readingshanahan/status…
Content coaches bring informational text to life through standards-driven read alouds! 🌟📚@InstructUP @kim_raybon #StandardsBootcamps
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Which is best? Analytic or synthetic phonics? @ReadingShanahan shares some sensible, measured observations. readingrockets.org/blogs/sha… @ReadingRockets
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Well @SCSDwrites @kffliteracy, I’ve created Monsters... #opinionwriters who effectively argue their opinions! 🤣 Look out @USSenate these #third-graders are coming for you! @syracuselatin – at Syracuse, NY
Teachers perfecting the art of giving writers meaningful, rich compliments! @StJamesJC
