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03/27/2024

New tool developed to help identify students with dyslexia:

A new tool is being developed at University of California San Francisco to help identify early signs that a student could be dyslexic. It's a digital platform based on neuroscience called Multitudes, and it will be available for free to all kindergarten and first-graders at public schools in Califor...

08/06/2022

https://www.texasldcenter.org/teachers-corner/improve-reading-fluency?fbclid=IwAR1F1b2nBJ0mLDaTL9lG-Tp8Z-Er_CVx7VmtiiNLXffolGTCaD2KOOQovc4

In this blog post, we focus on reading fluency in elementary and secondary classrooms. Reading fluency is a critical reading skill that facilitates reading for understanding and is our ultimate goal for teaching reading. Despite the importance of reading fluency, many teachers may be unsure how to b...

08/06/2022

Understanding fluency and interventions https://www.readingrockets.org/article/developing-fluent-readers?fbclid=IwAR1F1b2nBJ0mLDaTL9lG-Tp8Z-Er_CVx7VmtiiNLXffolGTCaD2KOOQovc4

What should fluency instruction look like? And, what can teachers do to help students whose fluency is far behind their peers'? This article can help practitioners effectively use fluency-based assessments and select instructional practices.

04/30/2022

https://news.stanford.edu/news/2015/may/reading-brain-phonics-052815.html?fbclid=IwAR1X_Zx6dM0Jkdm9O0xO7TI7d0ABDTzfE_7h2P8rSA1Op6p5y41iO3xcfHs

Stanford Professor Bruce McCandliss found that beginning readers who focus on letter-sound relationships, or phonics, increase activity in the area of their brains best wired for reading.

03/07/2022

If a child memorizes 10 words they can only read 10 words
If a child learns 10 sounds they will be able to read 350 3 sound words, 4320 4 sound words, and 21650 5 sound words.
-Martin Kozolof 2002

02/19/2022

02/03/2022

Some schools in Portland are transitioning to LETRS a program based in the principles of SOR/Science of Reading https://www.oregonlive.com/education/2022/02/left-behind-some-portland-teachers-embrace-proven-approach-to-teaching-reading-but-most-stick-with-methods-that-havent-worked.html?fbclid=IwAR0lZleZpEQz_atUC5RhFQn28X_sNrUTs9n5e22jXxVMDPSNmyV0kOzOWAoSome

Years after district leaders vowed to dramatically raise Black and Latino students’ academic achievement, the need for Portland educators to teach reading more effectively remains glaringly obvious.

10/23/2021

Science of Reading is grounded in research

10/08/2021

https://www.readingrockets.org/article/see-brain-see-brain-read-reading-instruction-changes-brain?fbclid=IwAR32CyymhOtMYTIPgUZ-800vseaVtAwcmJWi3yxbq-dNDnZjOunw4xP6Hig

Reading instruction changes the brain. New before- and after- images that show what happens to children's brains after they get systematic, research-based reading instruction show that the right teaching methods can actually normalize brain function and thereby improve a child's reading skills.