This post was started just over two weeks ago. The flu bug hit, so I was down and out for awhile. As I write today, I am enjoying the end of a week-long spring break, wishing I had my full pre-flu energy back, still unsure about the situation I wrote about below, and hoping for … [Read more…]
I had a completely different post planned for this week. I was going to try to revise the original post to mesh with the ideas I write about today, but have decided to leave it in draft form. I may post it in the future, but it needs some revision. Its topic is around my … [Read more…]
This coming week, I get the opportunity to launch a reading intervention with four seventh and eighth grade students. The opportunity came about as a result of working with Amy Thacher, our amazing Literacy Coach from Great Prairie AEA. I have had the privilege of working with Amy for many, many years and always walk … [Read more…]
via GIPHY THE System: Multi-Tiered Systems of Support My brain is on fire after listening to Stephanie Stollar on Melissa and Lori Love Literacy podcast, Episode 193. I followed up the listen by reading and rereading the episode’s script and reading Stollar’s May 4 Same as it Ever Was blogpost. I know she is saying … [Read more…]
As I listened (two or three times!) to Amplify’s Science of Reading the Podcast, Season 5, Episode 5, I was reminded, yet again, of the importance of educators focusing on universal instruction first. For those outside of the education world, this may seem a bit strange. An outsider may think, “Of course teachers would focus … [Read more…]