This morning I listened to Jake Downs | Teaching Literacy Podcast 📚 discuss connectives, appositives, and anaphora (syntax) with Rachel Knecht and Dianna Townsend. Excellent! I was pulling weeds and a rock moved in my hand! It was just a toad who buried himself back in the soil. 🐸

New study: Mesmer, H. A. E. (2024). Exploring the frequency contours in close reading texts. Reading and Writing, 1-35 na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%…

Interesting (and needed) meta-analysis on how text difficulty influences fluency intervention outcomes. This makes me rethink how I've approached text, accuracy, and fluency in the past. Good work Matthew Burns doi.org/10.1177/153450…

We have an award for a fully-funded Ph.D. student in Literacy at UNR, starting mid-August. Need to live in/close to Reno (a super cool city in Tahoe's backyard). Deadline to apply is June 15th. See comments for link to apply and how to contact me!

Fluency Friday! Here are two poems for students to celebrate the last day of school. Thank you Teachers for all you do and wishing you a wonderful summer break. TR

Great authors! I highly recommend pre-ordering.

Any evidence-based #literacy approach must include knowledge-building for students. Check out these videos showing our Tier 1- level evidence-based WOW units in action: building vocabulary and science knowledge through shared, sequential book reading nyuliteracylab.com/world-of-words

New article out today in Reading Research Quarterly looking at the effects of Professional Development! Open access article here: doi.org/10.1002/rrq.546

No lists to consult. We recommend identifying unfamiliar words in texts to be read, and choosing those that are tier 2 – will have broad application across texts.

While #vocabularydevelopment may seem daunting, it doesn't have to be! Students acquire new words in two primary ways: through incidental and explicit word learning. #TheVocabularyPlaybook

🎙️ Fresh on TLP! 🎙️Melissa and Lori from Melissa & Lori Love Literacy Podcast discuss their book and share invaluable tips for literacy teachers. A must-listen! 🎧 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e54…

I really enjoyed listening to this podcast, with Sonia Cabell and Dr. Tricia Zucker about their ‘Strive-for-Five Conversations’ on my way home from Alkali Lake yesterday. Jake Downs | Teaching Literacy Podcast 📚 podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/tea…

Thanks Jake Downs | Teaching Literacy Podcast 📚 for having me back on the Teaching Literacy Podcast! Always a great time! Listen to Jake and I dive deep into inferencing: teachingliteracypodcast.com/ep57inferences…

Loved talking with Marianne Rice about inferences. So many practical ideas in this episode!

It's finally out, Jake Downs | Teaching Literacy Podcast 📚! Read about our new small group intervenrion, "Complex text and fluency: Evaluating the read like us protocol with third and fourth grade students" 50 free prints link below. Tim Rasinski Melissa & Lori Love Literacy Podcast Literrific tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Belated- but this was such a great episode with Danielle Colenbrander! Definitely worth a listen

New publication in Education Sciences! 🎉 This study explores factors driving student growth in Title I classrooms. We partnered with a district to identify high-growth teams using Acadience data & then interviewed them about their strategies. mdpi.com/2227-7102/15/2…

🎙️What makes K-2 teacher teams effective? 🎙️ This episode explores how collaboration, data, and autonomy drive real classroom results. Listen for actionable insights! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pra…