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Understanding Dyslexia: Raising Awareness and Building Support

Understanding Dyslexia: Raising Awareness and Building Support

Key Takeaways from Lexia’s LETRS Applied Inaugural Conference

Key Takeaways from Lexia’s LETRS Applied Inaugural Conference

Guest on the Stellar Teacher Podcast: Evidence-Based Strategies for Building Student Vocabulary

Guest on the Stellar Teacher Podcast: Evidence-Based Strategies for Building Student Vocabulary

Guest on the Route 2 Reading Podcast: Building Background Knowledge

Guest on the Route 2 Reading Podcast: Building Background Knowledge

Guest Blog Post for Campbell Creates Readers: Teaching Phonemic Awareness with Letters

Guest Blog Post for Campbell Creates Readers: Teaching Phonemic Awareness with Letters

What is the Science of Reading?

What is the Science of Reading?

Guest on The Literacy Dive Podcast: Orthographic Mapping – What It Is and  How You Can Use It In Your Reading Instruction 

Guest on The Literacy Dive Podcast: Orthographic Mapping – What It Is and How You Can Use It In Your Reading Instruction 

Guest on the Stellar Teacher Podcast: Understanding Phonological and Phonemic Awareness

Guest on the Stellar Teacher Podcast: Understanding Phonological and Phonemic Awareness

Spelling Long A Vowel Teams like a champ: Is it AI or AY?

Spelling Long A Vowel Teams like a champ: Is it AI or AY?

do-you-know-the-definition-confer-when-it-comes-to-literacy-instruction

Do you know the definition confer when it comes to literacy instruction?

Why Orthographic Mapping is Important when Teaching High Frequency Words

Why Orthographic Mapping is Important when Teaching High Frequency Words

Brightly colored sticky notes with the heading "How to Teach Reading Strategies like a Boss by Implementing Tangible Takeaways"

How to Teach Reading Strategies like a Boss by Implementing Tangible Takeaways

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Today is National Schwa Day! 🥳 🎉 Big shout Today is National Schwa Day! 🥳

🎉 Big shout out to Yvette Manns @the_lit_teacher (author of @phonicsreadalouds ) for founding this incredible literacy festival!

From 🧘‍♀️ yoga & mindfulness to ☕️ hot chocolate & lemonade 🍋, there are so many schwa-filled ways to party it up with your class on (or around) April 7th — phonics style!

👇 How do YOU plan to celebrate:
🧘‍♀️ = yoga & mindfulness
🍌🍕🥗🥯= feast on schwa foods
☕ = hot chocolate moment
🍋 = lemonade stand
📖 = phonics read aloud
🛌 = pajama day vibes

BTW, it’s not too late to grab the FREE Educator Toolkit packed with schwa-tastic fun, comment SCHWA below and I’ll send it your way! 🧠💬

#nationalschwaday #schwa #phonicsreadalouds #thenotsolazyschwa
What the evidence consistently shows: 👀Explicit What the evidence consistently shows:
👀Explicit spelling instruction matters.

Spelling isn’t caught, it’s taught.

Not memorization.
Not exposure.
Students need clear models, guided practice, and feedback.

In this episode, Dr. Brennan Chandler (@brennanchandlerphd ) breaks down what the research supports — and what it means for your classroom.

We even address technology, like spell check, generative AI, and predictive text — and how that can impact a learner’s spelling development. 

Comment SPELLING for a link to listen! 🎧 

🩵One more thing!
Thank you to Reading.com (@_readingcom ) for sponsoring this episode. Visit reading.com/color for 60% off the annual plan today! 

#literacyincolorpodcast #podcastforteachers #spelling
We are exploding with admiration and gratitude to We are exploding with admiration and gratitude to be on this incredible lineup for @elizabeth_readingslp ‘s Reading SLP Summit! 🩷❤️

The Reading SLP Summit is more than a virtual conference. 

It’s an opportunity to learn from some of the most innovative leaders from the language-literacy space.

Tickets are FREE for the live event!!! 

If you can’t make it on March 28, register anyway, and @elizabeth_readingslp will send over info on how to access the replays. 

Comment SUMMIT for your FREE ticket to join us on Saturday!!
Comment SUMMIT for your FREE ticket to join us on Comment SUMMIT for your FREE ticket to join us on Saturday! 

The Reading SLP Summit is more than a virtual conference. 

It’s an opportunity to learn from some of the most innovative leaders from the language-literacy space.

Tickets are FREE for the live event!!! 

If you can’t make it on March 28, register anyway, and @elizabeth_readingslp will send over info on how to access the replays. 

Comment SUMMIT for your FREE ticket to join us on Saturday!!
Decodable books are certainly powerful, but we als Decodable books are certainly powerful, but we also need to know how to use them effectively. 👀

In this episode, Elise Lovejoy (@eliselovejoy ) of Express Readers (@expressreaders ) shares not only how we can use this instructional tool, but also how to know when it’s time to move beyond them!

Comment DECODE for a link to listen! 🎧 

Be sure to also visit the Express Readers website and check out Lyn Stone’s “Foundations for Life” available for pre-order! @lynstone8 

🩵One more thing!
Thank you to Reading.com (@_readingcom ) for sponsoring this episode. Visit reading.com/color for 60% off the annual plan today! 

#literacyincolorpodcast #podcastforteachers #decodablebooks #expressreaders
March is a busy month for @logosliteracyacademy ! March is a busy month for @logosliteracyacademy ! 💚🍀

We (@snippetsbysarah & @michelle_thecolorfulclassroom ) are presenting for some wonderful professional learning opportunities — including our own rich, monthly coaching calls on Logos Live! 

Where else can you find us this month?
🩵 The Word Inquiry in Action Conference
(Hosted by @wordtorque — also founder of @engagewthepage )

🩷The Reading SLP Summit
(Hosted by @elizabeth_readingslp )

💙The Blue Ridge Literacy Collective Spring Conference
(Hosted by @literacy.edventures & @campbellcreatesreaders, of @blueridgeliteracycollective )

These are all virtual offerings! 🎥 

Comment MARCH for all the links — and we hope to see you there!

#logosliteracyacademy #getlogofied #morphology #professionallearning
I think many educators can resonate with the cycle I think many educators can resonate with the cycle of:
➡️ Looking at the data
➡️ Talking about the data
➡️ …and then doing nothing with it 😬

As Kate Winn (@katethismomloves ) said in this episode:
“Lamenting low scores without taking action” won’t move the needle.

When we use assessment the way it’s meant to be used though, everything changes.

✨ Instruction becomes targeted
✨ Decisions become clear
✨ Outcomes actually improve

As Dr: Stephanie Stollar (@readingscienceacademy ) reminds us, “teachers are the most important variable in the equation.”

👉 Teachers with the right data — and the knowledge to act on it ✨ 

If you’ve ever felt overwhelmed by assessment…
If data meetings feel like a dead end…
If you’ve wondered, “Okay… but what do I actually DO with this?”

Comment DATA for a link to listen — and be sure to snag a copy of “Reading Assessment Done Right”! @scholasticteachers 🎧 

🩵One more thing!
Thank you to Reading.com (@_readingcom ) for sponsoring this episode. Visit reading.com/color for 60% off the annual plan today! 

#literacyincolorpodcast #podcastforteachers #readingassessmentdoneright #scholastic

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