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The Complexity of Reading Comprehension

December 3, 2023 by megankruse Leave a Comment

The ultimate goal of reading is to gain meaning, and it can be incredibly tough to do so.  There are several models of reading comprehension that try to explain/simplify the process, including The Simple View of Reading, Scarborough’s Reading Rope, the Four Part Processing Model, and the recently developed Active View of Reading. A recent … [Read more…]

Posted in: Assessments and data, Facilitating improvements in instruction and student learning, Personal Learning, Professional learning for continuous improvement, Research, Student learning and the profession, Teacher Leader Model Standards, Uncategorized Tagged: Active View of Reading, comprehension, curriculum matters, Dr. Hugh Catts, Dr. Jennifer Buckingham, Dr. Mitchell Brookins, Dr. Nell Duke, Dr. Timothy Shanahan, four-part processing model, Iowa Department of Education, knowledge building, Mark C. Perna, Melissa & Lori Love Literacy, Nancy Hennessy, Nate Joseph, Pedagogy Non Grata, Reading Comprehension Round Table, Reading Rockets, Scarborough's rope, skill, strategy, systematic and explicit instruction, the simple view of reading

Pursuing Perseverance

November 12, 2023 by megankruse

This week has proven to be yet another in which I have found myself in pursuit of perseverance.  As I’ve been writing recently, our district is shifting its instructional coaching model from an invite-only model to a systems coaching model, which means that we no longer wait to be invited into classrooms to support teachers … [Read more…]

Posted in: Assessments and data, Collaborative culture, Facilitating improvements in instruction and student learning, Personal Learning, Professional learning for continuous improvement, Student learning and the profession, Teacher Leader Model Standards, Uncategorized Tagged: Angie Hanlin, Becky Morey, Corrine Swigart, data, FMCSD, George Couros, instructional coaching, Iowa Reading League, Jane Santiago, Jenny Herriman, Lisa Williams, Martin Luther King, Papae Wymore, perseverance, Rachella Dravis, Stephanie Edgren, Sue Haeger, systems coaching, The Reading League, Wendy Bailey

A Journey of Learning and Unlearning

October 29, 2023 by megankruse

I was thrilled to be joined by eight other educators from Fort Madison Community School District at the Decoding Dyslexia Iowa Conference this past week.  We were treated to a host of sessions that furthered our knowledge around dyslexia and structured literacy. Our keynote speaker on Thursday morning was Mindy VanZuiden, a reading tutor and … [Read more…]

Posted in: Assessments and data, Collaborative culture, Facilitating improvements in instruction and student learning, Personal Learning, Professional learning for continuous improvement, Research, Student learning and the profession, Uncategorized Tagged: Chrissy Settles, Corrine Swigart, Danyle Warner, Debbie Gehle, Denise Eide, Dr. Anita Archer, Dr. Dyslexia Dude, Dr. Shawn Robinson, Emily Hanford, Fort Madison Community School District, Grand View University, International Dyslexia Association, Iowa Reading League, James McClelland, Leann Cashman, Lisa Vincent, Lisa Williams, Mark Seidenberg, Melissa Mixer, Mindy VanZuiden, phonemic awareness, Sold a Story, Southeast Polk Community School District, Stephanie Edgren, The Four-Part Processing Model, The Logic of English, The Reading Brain, Zach Russell

Know Thy Impact

October 17, 2023 by megankruse

I’ve been wrestling with this blogpost for several days now, and am late in posting it according to my self-imposed Sunday, 1:00 p.m. deadline.  I’m not sure that I can pinpoint the struggle with getting coherent words on the screen, but perhaps the struggle is evidence of the internal struggle I’m experiencing. The Internal Struggle … [Read more…]

Posted in: Assessments and data, Collaborative culture, Facilitating improvements in instruction and student learning, Personal Learning, Professional learning for continuous improvement, Research, Student learning and the profession, Teacher Leader Model Standards, Uncategorized Tagged: behavioral expectations, capacity, compliance, EDView360, FMCSD, instructional coaching, instructional expectations, John Hattie, Pam Austin, plan-teach-reflect, Solution Tree, struggle

Moving Cheese

September 3, 2023 by megankruse

If you haven’t read Who Moved My Cheese, by Spencer Johnson, M.D., I highly recommend it.  It’s short, it’s lessons apply to both personal and work-related situations, and the advice is timeless.  The gist is quite simple:  the unexpected can happen to us at anytime.  It (an unexpected change) occurs regularly at home, at work, … [Read more…]

Posted in: Assessments and data, Collaborative culture, Facilitating improvements in instruction and student learning, Personal Learning, Professional learning for continuous improvement, Teacher Leader Model Standards, Uncategorized Tagged: Atlas of the Heart, Ben Steffensmeier, Brené Brown, change, Fort Madison Community School District, George Couros, instructional coaching, Martin Luther King, PLC, Spencer Johnson M.D., West Point, West Point Sweet Corn Festival, Who Moved My Cheese

Kicking-Off the Summer Learning Season

June 11, 2023 by megankruse

The summer learning season kicked off in beautiful fashion this past week.  On the very first two days of summer break, the Guiding Coalition members from each building in Fort Madison Community School District spent two days assessing our data, prioritizing areas of concern, and developing a targeted action plan for the upcoming 23-24 school … [Read more…]

Posted in: Assessments and data, Collaborative culture, Facilitating improvements in instruction and student learning, Professional learning for continuous improvement, Research, Student learning and the profession, Teacher Leader Model Standards, Uncategorized Tagged: Amy Thacher, Area Education Agency, Carol Tolman, data, Dr. Stanislas Dehaene, dyslexia, FMCSD, four-part processing model, guiding coalition, Jennifer Lamm, Joan Sedita, Kara Veach, Lisa Williams, Marie Kondo, Papae Wymore, phonemic awareness, Reading in the Brain, reading wars, science of reading, Stephanie Edgren, Stephanie Stollar, The Reading League, The Writing Rope

The Shrubbery of Instruction

May 14, 2023 by megankruse

On Saturday, I was on a mission.  I was bound and determined to trim the shrubs that adorn the front of our house.   This is an annual task, one that was skipped last year, and I was committed to making sure that didn’t happen again. I approached the job with little to no plan.  I … [Read more…]

Posted in: Assessments and data, Collaborative culture, Facilitating improvements in instruction and student learning, Personal Learning, Professional learning for continuous improvement, Student learning and the profession, Teacher Leader Model Standards, Uncategorized Tagged: analogy, Black and Decker, bowling, collaboration, data, Elton Kruse, Emmett Kruse, evidence-based instruction, intentional planning, Madelyn Swigart, multiple means of action & expression, multiple means of engagement, multiple means of representation, Owen Kruse, progress monitoring, results, Shelley Moore, shrubbery, the 7-10 split, Tier 1, Tier 2, Tier 3, Universal Design for Learning

Reading by the Numbers

April 23, 2023 by megankruse

100% This post was 100% inspired by the three literacy leaders I affectionately call “The Trifecta,”  Stacy Hurst, Lindsay Kemeny, and Donell Pons, hosts of Reading Horizons’ Literacy Talks podcast.  In Episode 6 of Season 3, Reading:  The Numbers Help Tell the Stories, The Trifecta focuses on the irony of how many numbers are involved … [Read more…]

Posted in: Assessments and data, Facilitating improvements in instruction and student learning, Outreach and collaboration with families and community, Personal Learning, Professional learning for continuous improvement, Research, Student learning and the profession, Teacher Leader Model Standards, Uncategorized Tagged: 1, 100, 15, 18, 2, 200, 26, 3, 44, 52, 95, Angie Hanlin, Brita Oyen, Donell Pons, dyslexia, early childhood, George Couros, GPAEA, graphemes, intervention, it takes a village, Jason Kennedy, Jennifer Lamm, LETRS, Lindsay Kemeny, Literacy Talks, Louisa Moats, Mme Lockhart, numbers, one, phonemes, phonemic awareness, predictive indicators, preschool, Reading Horizons, Reading Rockets, Solution Tree, Stacy Hurst, systematic and explicit instruction, Teaching Reading is Rocket Science, the trifecta, Tier 1, tiers

It Takes a Village

April 18, 2023 by megankruse

The African proverb, “It takes a village to raise a child,” rings true each and every day.  In fact, I would add, it takes a village to accomplish many, many tasks of worth. There are times when a crazy thought crosses my mind:  “Maybe I should teach preschool, kindergarten or first grade.”  This is a … [Read more…]

Posted in: Assessments and data, Collaborative culture, Facilitating improvements in instruction and student learning, Personal Learning, Professional learning for continuous improvement, Student learning and the profession, Teacher Leader Model Standards, Uncategorized Tagged: Cassie Leiby, collaboration, differentiation, el education, Esmeralda Rivera, flexible grouping, FMCSD, intentional planning, Justin Payne, Lacey Robinson, Melissa & Lori Love Literacy, Open Up Resources, Pamela Snow, Quincy Reed Richardson, Right to Read Project, scaffolding, Sue Haeger, UnboundEd, village

The Truth About A Lot of Things

April 2, 2023 by megankruse

The Truth About Reading The truth about reading is that we have been failing to teach kids how to read for years.  According to The Truth About Reading website, “Illiteracy and sub-literacy in America (and around the world) is a growing issue.  Awareness is important, but so is action.”  Action is happening in the state … [Read more…]

Posted in: Assessments and data, Collaborative culture, Facilitating improvements in instruction and student learning, Outreach and collaboration with families and community, Personal Learning, Professional learning for continuous improvement, Research, Student learning and the profession, Teacher Leader Model Standards, Uncategorized Tagged: Angie Hanlin, Charles Hughes, David Chalk, documentary, Dr. Anita Archer, Emily Hanford, fluency, Fort Madison High School, George Couros, Jenny Steffensmeier, John Hattie, Katie Dailey, Lisa Williams, Melissa & Lori Love Literacy, Mme Lockhart, Natalie Wexler, Nora Chahbazi, Papae Wymore, relationships, repetition, Stephanie Edgren, Sue Haeger, The Reading League, The Truth About Reading, Visible Learning
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