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Introducing the Dr. Louisa Moats Award
Posted on November 11, 2020
  • Tammy Robacker
Tags
  • Contest
  • Louisa Moats
  • Reading Science
  • Science of Reading

Applications are now being accepted for the Dr. Louisa Moats Award for Excellence Implementing the Science of Reading, sponsored by Voyager Sopris Learning. This prestigious award recognizes LETRS Champion districts or schools for their excellence using the science of reading and LETRS professional learning.

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Reflections on the 2019 NAEP: Where Do We Go Now?
Posted on November 5, 2020
  • Dr. Louisa Moats
Tags
  • Literacy
  • Mississippi
  • NAEP
  • Reading Science
  • Science of Reading

Results of the 2019 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) are in, and the picture is not pretty when it comes to fourth grade reading scores.

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Embracing the Challenge—Teaching K–5 Students to Read
Posted on October 29, 2020
  • Linda Hafen
Tags
  • Literacy
  • Reading Instruction
  • Reading Intervention
  • Reading Science
  • Science of Reading

Studies that emphasize both classroom instruction and supplemental intervention programs have found that all but two percent to five percent of students can learn basic reading skills in first grade, even in populations where the incidence of poor reading is very high.

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Spotlight on Social-Emotional Learning and its Inextricable Tie with Language and Literacy Development
Posted on October 22, 2020
  • Brandi Kenner
Tags
  • Early Childhood
  • Early Literacy
  • Social-Emotional Literacy

Social-Emotional Learning has become a hot topic for education audiences from practitioners to researchers, and even curriculum developers. However, while the social-emotional domain is certainly a critical component of human learning and development, I push the educational and scientific communities to remove the silos and begin to grapple with the inextricable ties between social-emotional learning and other aspects of learning and skill development, particularly in the language and literacy domain.

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Dyslexia and Structured Literacy: Why I Fell in Love with Phonemic Awareness
Posted on October 15, 2020
  • Leslie Mata
Tags
  • Dyslexia
  • Literacy
  • Structured Literacy

The Structured Literacy approach has been found to be particularly effective with learners with dyslexia because it focuses on decoding skills, which are critical components of finding success in reading. By emphasizing spelling patterns (instead of specific words), I can lead my students toward using decoding as a strategy, rather than them trying to memorize words by their appearance. It’s true—“Memorization is Not Understanding.”

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Dyslexia: Overcoming the Challenges of Teaching Reading
Posted on October 8, 2020
  • Leslie Mata
Tags
  • Dyslexia
  • Reading Intervention

Teaching reading in any classroom requires a complex set of skills and knowledge. A guided reading program is often used and a teacher must have a highly organized system of meeting with small groups, providing direct instruction when possible, and assessing and engaging in error correction. At the same time must also be working on comprehension skills while keeping students engaged and excited about reading and one can easily agree that while teachers do one of the hardest jobs on Earth, they are often lacking adequate training in how to effectively teach reading.

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