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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?

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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

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

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We know that read-alouds are the perfect opportuni We know that read-alouds are the perfect opportunity to build language comprehension.

We also know that when we make our read-alouds more interactive with pre-planned stopping points, we’re providing our students with richer experiences.

However, have you ever stopped to wonder: are all stopping points bringing about similar outcomes?

While Turn & Talks are fabulous for checking understanding, Dr. Molly Ness shares that Think Alouds are ideal for BUILDING comprehension.

Comment “READ-ALOUD” for a link to listen to this episode with @a_reading_mother !

#literacyincolor #literacyincolorpodcast #podcast #educationpodcast #podcastforteachers #podcastforeducators #scienceofreading #structuredliteracy #readaloud #readalouds #languagecomprehension #thinkalouds
Okay, elementary teachers — I’m sure you’re Okay, elementary teachers — I’m sure you’re seen this approximated spelling before! 

Magishun for magician 

…but let’s talk about why it doesn’t work in our system.

Want the cheat code? All you have to do is answer one simple question.

What’s a magician?

Well, one who does magic.

💥Boom! Magic! — Magic ends in a <c>.

There’s your clue!

A magician doesn’t do magish. 

<sh> is not the only grapheme to represent /sh/. We often see the letter <i> influencing <c> or <t> to spell the /sh/ sound as well:

When we consider if a word is morphologically complex, it cues us in on the spelling. 

Want to learn more about morphology?
@snippetsbysarah and I created a course: Mastering Morphology! @logosliteracyacademy 

Comment MAGIC for more details! 

—and just for fun — than you think of another word with the <ian> suffix??

#scienceofreading #structuredliteracy #morphology #masteringmorphology #structuredwordinquiry #morphologycourse #getlogofied #logosliteracyacademy
Don’t skip your read-alouds! 📣 In Episode 4 Don’t skip your read-alouds! 📣 

In Episode 40 of Literacy Color, I sit down with Dr. Molly Ness to talk about the importance of read-alouds — particularly the use of think-alouds to help build language comprehension.

We also address equity & book access, as Dr. Ness shares all about her efforts to help end book deserts. (Side note: did you know she has a podcast?! @endbookdeserts )

The benefits of read-alouds far surpass vocabulary acquisition and knowledge building though. Comment “READ-ALOUD” for a link to listen to this episode!

Thanks for joining me, @a_reading_mother !

#literacyincolor #literacyincolorpodcast #podcast #educationpodcast #podcastforteachers #podcastforeducators #scienceofreading #structuredliteracy #readaloud #readalouds #languagecomprehension #thinkalouds
Did you hear the news ?!🗞️ @snippetsbysarah Did you hear the news ?!🗞️ 

@snippetsbysarah & @michelle_thecolorfulclassroom joined forces to create @logosliteracyacademy !

—but truth be told, we’re channeling our inner Sarah Michelle… Word Slayers! 🤣🤣 @sarahmgellar #buffythevampireslayer 

Our goal is to create SOR-aligned courses & PD for individual teachers and schools. 

Our first big project is bringing our 3-part morphology course series to life.

Our first course, Mastering Morphology: Foundations for Every Educator is available now. Comment MASTER for more details!

Then, our K-2 Morphology Course can be expected Fall 2025 & our 3-5 Course about Winter 2025 (potentially sooner)!

Let us know if you share in our 90s TV excitement! 🤣🤣

— and be sure to follow us on our new account @logosliteracyacademy !

Let’s get logofied. 🤓🧠

#literacyincolor #literacyincolorpodcast #podcast #educationpodcast #podcastforteachers #podcastforeducators #scienceofreading #structuredliteracy #morphology #masteringmorphology #structuredwordinquiry #morphologycourse #getlogofied #logosliteracyacademy
Want to study with us? 💬📚 We’re bringing Want to study with us? 💬📚

We’re bringing “The Writing Revolution 2.0” to life this summer—and YOU’RE invited. ✍️✨

Our lineup of incredible book study leaders will guide you step-by-step from sentence fundamentals to full essays.

Ready to transform your writing instruction? Drop REVOLUTION in the comments to join us! ⬇️

#WritingRevolution #TeacherBookStudy #ScienceOfReading #WritingInstruction #EducatorPD #TeacherSummerPD #StructuredLiteracy #ElementaryTeachers #ELATeachers
Phonics & Morphology go together like a horse & ca Phonics & Morphology go together like a horse & carriage. 

Each sentence strip targets a different phonics feature:
⚪️CVC
🟡Digraphs 
⚪️Blends
🟡Silent E
⚪️Vowel Teams 
🟡R-Controlled

Yet, look at how we can address the same morphological concept time and time again.

Suffix <-s> is quite the busy morpheme. 

Sometimes it makes nouns plural:
dogs, chicks, skunks, snakes, goals, girls.

Sometimes, though, it adjusts the verb tense:
runs, pecks, stinks, slides, eats, twirls

We can show students how some morphemes appear to be the same — they have the same spelling. However, they hold a completely different function — therefore, it’s a completely different morphemic unit.

This is learning opportunity has grammar embedded into phonics as well. 

Drop a 🩷 if you love seeing activities like this. Save this post for future reference. 

Bonus challenge: comment a simple decodable sentence (with your target phonics feature) that you can try this work with. For example:
CVC: The cats meow. The cat meows.

#morphology #phonicsfun #iteachkinder #iteach1st #iteach2nd #grammar #scienceofreading #structuredliteracy #readinginterventionist #literacycoach #logosliteracyacademy #getlogofied
Comment FUN if you’re ready for the funnest, SOR Comment FUN if you’re ready for the funnest, SOR-aligned conference of the summer!

@droppinknowledgewithheidi shares her why for @scienceofreadingminicon here!

Tag your literacy bestie and come join us in Racine this July! 

Let’s learn, laugh, and grow together this summer!

@scienceofreadingminicon 

#SORminicon25 #sorminicon  #professionallearning #teachertraining #scienceofreading #structuredliteracy #literacyconference #readingconference #teacherpd

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