Luminary Literacy

*** I’m so excited for this! Just a few days away, if you’re free to cozy up at home and learn with us, this is for you! ***

📚 Join Us for a Virtual Learning Opportunity with ISLA!

The Indiana State Literacy Association (ISLA) is hosting a virtual professional learning session focused on strengthening the quality of questions we ask students within knowledge-building curricula. Concord Community Schools Instructional Coach Taylor Freymuth will lead this session, sharing practical strategies for developing higher Depth of Knowledge (DOK) questions that deepen student thinking and promote stronger comprehension.

This session is ideal for educators who want to move beyond surface-level questioning and intentionally design prompts that encourage analysis, reasoning, and meaningful discussion during literacy instruction.

🗓 Wednesday, April 15
⏰ 6:30–7:15 PM (EST)
💻 Virtual Session

Participants will walk away with actionable ideas they can use immediately in their classrooms and curriculum planning.

🔗 Register here:
https://forms.gle/DXgfk2Qmz3V7YnfQ9

We hope you’ll join us for this engaging conversation about strengthening questioning practices to support deeper student learning!

📚 Join Us for a Virtual Learning Opportunity with ISLA!

The Indiana State Literacy Association (ISLA) is hosting a virtual professional learning session focused on strengthening the quality of questions we ask students within knowledge-building curricula. Concord Community Schools Instructional Coach Taylor Freymuth will lead this session, sharing practical strategies for developing higher Depth of Knowledge (DOK) questions that deepen student thinking and promote stronger comprehension.

This session is ideal for educators who want to move beyond surface-level questioning and intentionally design prompts that encourage analysis, reasoning, and meaningful discussion during literacy instruction.

🗓 Wednesday, April 15

⏰ 6:30–7:15 PM (EST)

💻 Virtual Session

Participants will walk away with actionable ideas they can use immediately in their classrooms and curriculum planning.

🔗 Register here:

https://forms.gle/DXgfk2Qmz3V7YnfQ9

We hope you’ll join us for this engaging conversation about strengthening questioning practices to support deeper student learning!

✨📚 Literacy-loving friends! 📚✨

Who wants to come see me AND the amazing Donalyn Miller this fall!? 🩷🙌🏻

Donalyn will be our keynote speaker at the 2025 ISLA Conference on October 25 in Indianapolis! 🎤 Plus, the Indiana State Literacy Association has put together an incredible line-up of local experts ready to share all things literacy.

I’ll be presenting on developing morphological awareness in our youngest readers—a passion of mine that can truly unlock the code for lifelong reading success! 🧩✨

📍 University of Indianapolis
📅 October 25, 2025
👉 Register here: http://www.indianareads.org/

Let’s come together to celebrate literacy, grow in our practice, and leave inspired. Hope to see you there! 💜

📚 Exciting News! 📚

I’m honored to share that I’ve been accepted as a Board Member as a Member-at-Large for the Indiana State Literacy Association (ISLA)!

As someone who is deeply passionate about literacy, I’m thrilled to join this incredible group of educators, advocates, and leaders who are committed to advancing reading and writing across our state.

Through this role, I’m excited to support and promote evidence-based literacy practices, amplify the voices of educators, and help ensure that every child in Indiana has access to high-quality literacy instruction.

Let’s keep spreading the joy of reading—one student, one classroom, one school, one library at a time! 💙📖

✨ Only 2 Spots Left for July! ✨

Summer is flying by — don’t let your child’s hard-earned skills slip away before the new school year! 📚✏️

I’m offering 1:1 tutoring sessions (30 minutes each) throughout July to help kids stay confident, keep learning, and avoid the summer slide.

✅ Individualized support
✅ In-person or online
✅ Perfect for boosting reading, spelling, or writing skills

I have just 2 spots remaining — message me soon to claim one before they’re gone!

🗓️ Let’s make this summer count!

Local families! Checkout this fun event provided by Middlebury Public Library!

To kick off summer, we'll be having a pizza and movie night in the park! Come on out to Riverbend Park for a BEARY fun time and PERUse a family-friendly film. (title listed on our website). Plus, get dinner at the Rulli's food truck that will be on site! Friday, June 6th, 6pm 🐻🍕🎬

I just had a phenomenal time sharing insights and resources with NIESC’s Early Literacy Counsel this morning! Kudos to every educator who showed up and invested in their learning, even in the midst of May and all the end of school year crazy! 👩‍🏫🙌🏻🥳 It was a joy to share my learning and connections with morphology and supporting even our littlest of learners! 📚📖

As an educator, I have been extremely impressed with the quality of webinars offered on Indiana’s Learning Lab. I’m excited to see trainings being offered to parents on this platform as well!

Early literacy skills begin at home, and if you’re looking for more ways to support your child before they start their formal education, I encourage you to take a peek at this webinar!

https://inlearninglab.com

He did it! 🙌🏻🥳

One of my tutoring students, beaming with pride, couldn’t wait to have his mom text me to share the amazing news that he passed his IREAD test in 2nd grade! The joy on his face is priceless, and I couldn’t be prouder of him. 🥰 His hard work, along with the dedication of his teachers, parents, and school, made this moment possible.

This isn’t the only celbration I’ve been able to share in… every one of my students who tackled IREAD this year as 2nd and 3rd graders passed IREAD!! 🎉🤩📚

Every child deserves and can experience this success when they receive the right instruction—grounded in the Science of Reading. 🧪📚 Teaching children to read is challenging, but it’s life-changing work. To every reading teacher out there: what you do matters. Keep going. You are making a difference! 🩷📖

An amazing cohort of teachers just completed their 📚LETRS📚 journey, and I had the profound priveledge to walk alongside them and serve as their local facilitator. 👩‍🏫

It’s been an incredible time trekking through the Language Essentials for Teaching Reading and Spelling, 📕📗 starting back in December of 2023… now arriving here in March 2025. 🤩 Each of these educators chose to invest in themselves to impact their students, and I couldnt be prouder to call them my colleagues. 🙌🏻🥳🎉

Our work is only beginning, but it’s exciting to celebrate this milestone that marks the work we’ve done, and the work we will continue!