The Vocab Lab

04/19/2023

Does your unit preteach tier 2 vocabulary? Check out this complete vocabulary unit to pair with your instruction of The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne in our TpT store. It includes everything you need to teach, review, and assess the tier 2 words your students need to know to comprehend this important novel. Visit our Tpt store to get more info (link in bio).

04/02/2023

One of my absolute FAVORITES to teach!
Preteaching vocabulary is absolutely essential, particularly for our struggling readers. Check out this complete vocabulary unit to pair with your instruction of The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton in our TpT store (link in bio). You won’t be disappointed!

12/14/2022

Research shows positive effects of reading to babies. I discovered this app this week, created by pediatricians and other professionals at the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. It is so helpful in providing videos, tips, and other resources for parents! There are even push notifications you can set up to meet reading goals. Definitely worth checking out and sharing to parents! 📖♥️

11/23/2022

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We Support Emily Hanford's Reporting about the Science of Reading

11/23/2022

Just finished the last episode of
THIS quote. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Drop your thoughts, vents, etc below!

10/01/2022

Share your absolute favorite podcasts below 👇🏻
(Doesn't have to be teaching related!)
education

09/23/2022

Favorite decodable books...and go!

08/26/2022

A year ago today, we started this account and posted this to introduce ourselves.
What a year it has been!!
If you are new to our page, welcome! We aim to provide teachers with resources in best practices for reading and ELA… as well as some snarky memes from time to time. 😂 We hope you enjoy our content.

Happy back to school season everyone!

08/23/2022

This is FALSE! The research behind the science of reading has been around for decades. Take the Simple View of Reading theory (Gough and Tunmer), which is a big part of the SOR's foundation, for example. It was created in 1986!

This is not some new fad in the world of education, though we have had our fair shares of those, am I right?

If you are looking for helpful and concise info on the history of SOR, check out the Tripe R Teaching Podcast Definitely worth your time!

03/29/2022

This post inspired by the podcast Unlocking Us — “Brené with Emily and Amelia Nagoski on Burnout and How to Complete the Stress Cycle.” I wish I had listened to it earlier! 🎧

03/09/2022

Defenestrate means to throw something out a window! 💨