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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
The snow has melted and we’ve had our first warm The snow has melted and we’ve had our first warm week of the year! Are warmer days finally ahead?! ☀️ Your luck may just be twofold! If teaching vowel teams (hello, ea = /ē/ 👋), this BONUS base lesson FREEBIE on <heat> is the perfect word study extension. Instead of stopping at sounds, this lesson helps students: ✔️ connect phonics + meaning ✔️ see how words grow from a base ✔️ make sense of words like heated, heater, preheat, and heatwave (Hello, generative vocabulary growth!) You’ll find these word cards embedded in this sample BASE Lesson — our co-developed lesson framework from @logosliteracyacademy that’s embedded right into phonics instruction (You don’t need a separate morphology block!). In fact, we also have Morpheme Chains embedded into every single BASE lesson! 🎙️We also broke down our signature B.A.S.E. lesson plan framework on a recent episode of Literacy in Color, and now you can try it out for yourself!! 👉 Comment HEAT and we’ll send you the FREE lesson to try with your students! Phonics is powerful… but phonics with meaning & structure? That’s where the magic happens! ✨ #logosliteracyacademy #getlogofied #morphology #morphemechain
What’s my flex? Well, I read A LOT. 📚 🤭…and as a mom of littles, podcast host, author, literacy coach & consultant — part of that includes a hefty dose of children’s books — including decodable texts! Who can relate? 😆 If you teach small humans, you know high quality decodable texts are part of a healthy diet in building foundational skills! I’m grateful to have @expressreaders decodables in my teacher toolbox! They’re highly engaging with great storylines — ones students actually want to read! If you don’t have these in your collection yet, they even offer free samples on their website! 👇 Comment “EXPRESS” and I’ll send you the link! (P.S. How many books have YOU read this year?! 😆😆) #expressreaders #decodablereaders #decodablebooks #structuredliteracy #scienceofreading
Yvette Manns (@the_lit_teacher ), author of @phoni Yvette Manns (@the_lit_teacher ), author of @phonicsreadalouds and founder of National Schwa Day, reminds us that Read-Alouds are more than just story time. They’re a shared ritual that build language & knowledge while bridging connection! In this episode, Yvette shares practical read-aloud strategies teachers can use immediately! Ever hear of her TAPES method for teaching new vocabulary? We also chat joyful learning! Speaking of which, have you heard of National Schwa Day?! (April 7th is right around the corner!) 📖 We also share some more exciting news… our new Morphology Read-Aloud is here: The Always Finished Suffix <-ED>! 👉 Use code COLORFUL1 for 15% off (valid through 4/26/26). If you love read-alouds, phonics instruction, and joyful literacy learning, this episode is for you. Comment READ for a link to listen! 🎧 🩵One more thing! Thank you to Express Readers (@expressreaders ) for sponsoring this episode. Visit expressreaders.org for a free decodable sample! #literacyincolorpodcast #podcastforteachers #readalouds #phonicsreadalouds #schwaday

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