Nessy creates fun, multisensory software for children of all abilities including ESL, #dyslexia, mainstream and #homeeducation. Learning happens when it's fun!
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This is a great 📖 for building capacity in 🏫 for evidence-aligned literacy instruction! It is written by Chris Such @Suchmo83, a U.K.-based education consultant with decades of real world experience. 💚
The ?s at the end of each chapter are perfect for a summer book study! 💁🏻♀️
Spring has sprung and it’s time to re-read a few of my favourite books on the #ScienceOfReading!
Re-Read Recommendation #13: Primary Reading Simplified, by @Suchmo83
I was honoured to be invited to preview this book before its release and to write a book review which can be found here: learningandthebrain.com/blog…
Here are my three key takeaways from this phenomenal book:
📘Effective reading lessons require 3 core elements: regular decoding and fluency practice; discussions about the text; practice writing about the text and exposure to different genres of texts!
📘Comprehension is not a standalone skill that can be taught in isolation (ex. No more strategy of the week!!)
📘Model and practice reading fluency with evidence based approaches such as partner reading and choral reading, and explicitly teach new vocabulary!
#PrimaryReadingSimplified
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Wow, what a fantastic webinar @edwebnet Every teacher needs to watch this webinar about orthographic mapping and excited about their new book Making Words Stick @Scholastic
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🙌🏾🙌🏾This is great @MmeLockhartLDSB ! We continue learning more about the importance of explicit instruction in Reading Part2 @etfoaq - Teacher directed, not student led. This approach will ensure that No child gets left behind. @TaggettC
Explicit Instruction: What is it and why is it important? by @MmeLockhartLDSB
Kim is a Second Language (FSL) and Special Education teacher and Science of Reading advocate.
US/Canada 📬 bit.ly/4lygNs0
U.K. 📮bit.ly/42FI03w
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Have you explored @NessyLearning ? It offers a variety of programs to help students practice foundational literacy and math skills in an engaging way! A great tool for reinforcing learning. #StructuredLearning #MathFluency #ScienceOfReading
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SENCO? Teacher? Tutor? TA? Join in with the #dyscalculiaday Educator Conference online and recorded with AMAZING speakers and get @NessyLearning FREE for the rest of the academic year!
@RenLearnUK
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👂 You heard that right... for reading fluency, AVERAGE is GOOD!
Students who read above average on ORF are likely reading TOO FAST to make sense of what they are reading.
Check out this article by @janhasbrouck to learn more: ow.ly/W52A50Tls2h
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The Outlier
Sold a Story Episode 11: There’s a school district in eastern Ohio where virtually all the students become good readers by the time they finish third grade. How did they do it?
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We are carrying out a range of reading tasks today during our library time in #Year5 today, @NessyLearning , Welsh Guided reading tasks and reading for pleasure.
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If you are interested in learning what you can do instead of round-robin or popcorn reading(ineffective reading strategies) you can read about the 11 alternatives below... edutopia.org/blog/alternativ…
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Here is the link! Sorry I forgot to post it in the original post 🤦♀️ My brain says it’s time for the holidays!! docs.google.com/document/d/1…? @DyslexiaIDA @NessyLearning @KJWinEducation @Parents4RJ @dyslexiaON
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“If young children aren’t being exposed to written language through read alouds, where are they going to get exposure to all those rare words??” @SoniaCabell
#Vocabulary #ReadAlouds
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Do you know why the /n/ is sometimes spelled kn, as in the words knee, know, and knight, etc?
The more we know about the layers of our language, the better we can support our students in reading and writing.
The answers can be found in the origin of the words(etymology) and the differentiation of meanings(semantics).
Read this quick article if you are interested in understanding how etymology impacts spelling.
Students don't need to memorize this, but sharing with them the story of how the spelling of some words came to be can support students' understanding that English words are not haphazard.
What's the purpose of the "k" in "kn" words? Learn about it here! #swi #dyslexia
wordtorque.com/knuffelcontac…
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Students do not magically learn to read with more time. Truth is, failure to teach foundational reading skills using a structured literacy approach means that more and more middle school and high school students can’t read independently.
As both a teacher AND parent of daughters in grades 7 and 9, this resonates with me deeply. However, it’s never too late to teach a child to read. In fact, all students, regardless of their age, have the #RightToRead.
Check out this @IESResearch document for evidence-based strategies to help older, emergent readers: ies.ed.gov/ncee/WWC/Docs/Pra…
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“I would make sure the literacy pieces are what is being covered in that time [literacy block]. Explicitly teaching grapheme-phoneme correspondences and phonics. That is so critical to learning.” - @SoniaCabell
We were lucky to be a part of the @LiteracyIRL Conference in Dublin this weekend with keynote speaker @SoniaCabell.🍀
We appreciated this important presentation:
How Integrated Content and Literacy Instruction Improves
Language Comprehension
Sonia Q. Cabell,
PhD Florida State University
Keynote, @LiteracyIRL Conference 🙏
This video clip was our pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. 🌈
Shout it from the rooftops! 📣
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Our bestie, Tiffany James, of @NessyLearning crossed the pond to take a sneak peek of our training center and lab school. We will always be grateful for our partnership in making #dyslexia services available to all…..
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Míle buíochas, @NessyLearning 📚 A very generous and dare we say ‘sweet’ touch - hugely appreciated by all at #LAICon2024 👏
We were happy to supply programs, books, CHOCOLATE 🍫 and more to all of the attendees at the @LiteracyIRL conference in Dublin today. 🍀
Hats off to all the teachers who are spending their Saturday learning about bridging reading research into practice. 👏
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Pod and I have begun our train journey to the @LiteracyIRL conference in Dublin on behalf of @NessyLearning! Yipeee!
We can’t wait to see @fiorentini_cm , @SoniaCabell , @bowe_treasa, @literacytutor5, @Playful_Class, Dr,
Jen O’Sullivan and others!
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So this year I am working with a fourth-grade boy who at the start of his work with me did not know the names and sounds of most letters in the alphabet.
He was non- reader with virtually no sight words.
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📚 #DyslexiaAwarenessMonth I’m sharing some of my favorite books for the classroom and home. My Favorite Read-Alouds for Dyslexia Awareness Month and ALL year long! These are in my classroom for staff to borrow. What would you add?
