Literacy Curators

S1. E13. A Four Quadrant View for Assessing Students & Teaching Them to Read

In this episode I dive into the underpinnings of literacy strengths and difficulties. In a simple 4 square style, we look at the core areas we need to assess in each student and the learning profiles and instructional needs that match those assessments. This is a much watch episode for parents, caregivers, teachers, and administrators. Articles referenced - https://mydigitalpublication.com/publication/?m=13959&i=740141&p=38&ver=html5

S.1 E.12 Vocabulary: Which Words to Teach & How to Teach Them in an Engaging Way

A vocabulary quick guide: How many words to teach in a week, which ones to teach, and how to do it in a fun and engaging way. Teachers, parents, tutors, this episode will get your juices flowing with simple ways to boost vocabulary this spring and all summer long.

S.1 E.11 Fluency Part 2 - How to Teach Fluency in Small Groups

This follow-up fluency session is your step-by-step guide to fluency instruction. In a short and sweet 7 minutes, I give you the nuts and bolts of Tim Rasinski and Chase Young's approach to small group fluency instruction. Their webinars are awesome and available on demand at https://www.literacyworldwide.org/meetings-events/ila-digital-events/ila-webinars. I'm having great results with small group fluency instruction, I hope you do too. Read Like Us Step by Step Plan 1. Teacher chooses a brief, challenging, and awesome text 2. Teacher reads the entire text aloud with appropriate expression while the students listen and follow along. 3. Group rereads the text using echo reading (i.e. the teacher reads a sentence or paragraph aloud and the group reads it back, which continues through the text) 4. The group chorally rereads the entire text 5. Students partner within the group to duet read the text 6. The group performs the practiced text to the teacher or other adult at school

S.1 E.10 Text Sets

Need ideas for boosting reading skills this summer? Curating text sets on a topic supports knowledge building, decoding skills, and serves as a bridge to to new concepts.   Click here for a link to developing content knowledge in classrooms and at home. [https://achievethecore.org/collection/7/knowledge-vocabulary-k-2]

S1. E9. Visible Learning the Sequel: Integrating with Prior Knowledge

Visible Learning is the landmark book that unlocked the key to knowing your impact as a teacher. It helped us to know what educational practices work best. The much anticipated sequel is here. During this episode I delve into one of the many impactful topics in the text, Integrating prior knowledge. Get this! Integrating with prior knowledge has the power to accelerate learning and achieve over two years worth of learning in a year. Check out 3 key tools to integrate prior knowledge and accelerate literacy learning in this episode.