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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 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

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📣 Big news!!! 🗞️ Our second Morphology 📣 Big news!!! 🗞️ Our second Morphology Read-Aloud is here and it’s ready to shine! 🪩 ✨The Super Popular Suffix <-S>✨ Why is she super popular, you ask? Well, she’s got so many jobs! From making nouns plural to working with 3rd person singular verbs and even showing possession, this is one busy suffix! Comment ESSIE for a link! 🔗 (…and yes, there is a plushie!) Use code COLORFUL2 at checkout for 15% off the book & plushie bundle (valid until 11/10/26) on the Phonics Read-Alouds Website! 🩷Grateful to Yvette for bringing me into her beautiful read-aloud ecosystem to bring these morphology books to life! 🩷 @michelle_thecolorfulclassroom @the_lit_teacher @phonicsreadalouds @logosliteracyacademy #suffixes #morphology #morphologyreadaloud #phonicsreadalouds #elementaryteachers
Where do we stand as a nation when it comes to Dys Where do we stand as a nation when it comes to Dyslexia legislation? Watch to the end and @misspurcelladvocates shares just that. What’s important to know is that legislation is not the finish line. In this episode, Missy shares how the law then turns into policies and procedures: how’s this going to look inside systems? Comment WAIT for a link to listen to this powerful conversation with Missy Purcell — and for the link to an entire Dyslexia Awareness Playlist. #dyslexia #dyslexiaawareness #dyslexiaadvocate #dyslexiaawarenessmonth #waittofail
Ameer Baraka @ameerbaraka shares what he’s advoc Ameer Baraka @ameerbaraka shares what he’s advocating for — and even more importantly, why. Things have got to change — and we need to raise our voices together. Comment CHANGE for a link to listen to this powerful conversation. Also, stay tuned for more details on the film “Undiagnosed”, a biopic based on Ameer’s life and his experience with dyslexia. It’s the first film of its kind to explore what Ameer calls “the ugly side of dyslexia” – what can happen when a child’s struggles go unidentified and unsupported for far too long. Dyslexia organizations have already reached out in support of the project, and millions of people are anticipating to see this story on screen. #dyslexia #dyslexiaawareness #dyslexiaadvocate #undiagnosed #ameerbaraka
“Ohhh, let’s just wait and see.” “Let’s “Ohhh, let’s just wait and see.” “Let’s give it time…” “Maybe they’ll grow out of it…” The answer is no. We’re sick of waiting — because “wait & see” translates to “wait to fail”. @misspurcelladvocates , the fiercest parent advocate I know, joins me for a Dyslexia Awareness Bonus Episode you do not want to miss. We’re celebrating that all 50 states officially have dyslexia legislation on the books! That’s a good thing! 🎉 …but what does that mean as it trickles down into schools? Why are kids with dyslexia still falling through the cracks, stuck waiting until dyslexia has taken a toll on them in so many other ways? Where’s the urgency? Comment WAIT for a link to listen to this powerful conversation with Missy Purcell — and for the link to an entire Dyslexia Awareness Playlist. #dyslexia #dyslexiaawareness #dyslexiaadvocate #dyslexiaawarenessmonth #waittofail
Today is World Dyslexia Day and this may be one of Today is World Dyslexia Day and this may be one of the only days of the year you’ll catch a primary color on this feed. #GoRedForDyslexia Drop a ❤️ if you’re going red & raising awareness for our 1 in 5. #worlddyslexiaday #dyslexiaawareness #dyslexia #dyslexiaawarenessmonth
Whether you want to learn more about dyslexia, how Whether you want to learn more about dyslexia, how to teach students with dyslexia, or the impact dyslexia can have on someone’s life — these books are definitely ones you should look into. Now, I want to hear from you. What other books about dyslexia have made a profound impact on your life? 💬⬇️ Save this post and send it to a teacher friend. Let’s do right by our kids. #dyslexiaawareness #dyslexiaawarenessmonth #dyslexia #dyslexic #dyslexiabooks
For years, Ameer Baraka (@ameerbaraka ) struggled For years, Ameer Baraka (@ameerbaraka ) struggled to read without knowing why. He watched his siblings succeed in school while he struggled. He internalized the labels placed on him. Eventually, those struggles became wrapped up in what he believed was possible for his life. It wasn’t until he was incarcerated as a young adult that someone finally recognized: Ameer had dyslexia. He says that simply having an explanation changed something in him. Ameer shares his incredibly powerful journey from unidentified dyslexia to literacy advocacy — and why learning to read gave him something much bigger than just literacy skills. It gave him freedom. Comment FREEDOM for a link to listen to this powerful conversation with Ameer Baraka. Also, stay tuned for more details on the film “Undiagnosed”, a biopic based on Ameer’s life and his experience with dyslexia. It’s the first film of its kind to explore what Ameer calls “the ugly side of dyslexia” – what can happen when a child’s struggles go unidentified and unsupported for far too long. Dyslexia organizations have already reached out in support of the project, and millions of people are anticipating to see this story on screen. #dyslexia #dyslexiaawareness #dyslexiaadvocate #undiagnosed #ameerbaraka

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