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Integrating Sources of Information
Integration, the efficient orchestration of many sources of information, is a clear sign of a developed self-extending system.
Cross-checking Sources of Information
Literacy Pages: The Series presents the fifth post in an 8-post series related to Reading Recovery and Teaching with Discontinuation in Mind from Early Lessons. Cross-checking is the behavior in which a student checks one or more sources of information against each other. The act of cross-checking can lead to a self-correction in which all …
Literacy Intervention in Kindergarten
If you are in the field of education, then you are most likely very familiar with the terms progress-monitoring and data-based decisions. These terms are “hot” and at the center of many school meetings. Progress-monitoring and data-based decisions are important but I wonder what would happen if effectiveness of an intervention and teacher expertise became …
Part 5: Making New Discoveries
Literacy Pages: The Series presents the fifth post in an 8-post series related to Reading Recovery and Teaching with Discontinuation in Mind from Early Lessons. Click below to check out our previous post. Self-Extending Systems: Teaching with Discontinuation and Independence in Mind Part 1: Actively Self-monitoring Part 2: Searching for Different Kinds of Information Part …
Part 4: Rereading to Confirm
Rereading to confirm is one visible piece of evidence that students are asking themselves, “Was I right?”
Part 3: Syntactic Structures
Literacy Pages: The Series presents the forth post in an 8-post series related to Reading Recovery and Teaching with Discontinuation in Mind from Early Lessons. Click below to check out our previous post. Self-Extending Systems: Teaching with Discontinuation and Independence in Mind Part 1: Actively Self-monitoring Part 2: Searching for Different Kinds of Information When …
Part 2: Searching for Different Kinds of Information
Literacy Pages: The Series presents the third post in an 8-post series related to Reading Recovery and Teaching with Discontinuation in Mind from Early Lessons. Click below to check out our previous post. Self-Extending Systems: Teaching with Discontinuation and Independence in Mind Part 1: Actively Self-monitoring Searching is when the reader actively looks for information …
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Raising Remote Readers: Keeping it Real
"Virtual learning can simulate many traditionally in-person learning experiences, but it cannot replace the feel of a book in your child's hands or the sensation of writing on paper."
Part 1: Actively Self-monitoring
Literacy Pages: The Series presents the second post in an 8-part series related to Reading Recovery and Teaching with Discontinuation in Mind from Early Lessons. Click below to check out our previous post. Self-Extending Systems: Teaching with Discontinuation and Independence in Mind Self-monitoring is an integral ability needed by students in order for them to …
Letter Learning Through a Child’s Name
Due to COVID-19, I have found myself taking a departure from my role as a literacy interventionist. For this school year, I have returned full circle to where my teaching career began more than 20 years ago - a kindergarten teacher. My primary literacy goals for these little ones are to instill a love of …
Raising Remote Readers: Never Underestimate the Bedtime Story
"If you have a virtual learner and you want to incorporate routines into your day that will support their offline literacy learning, then stay tuned for more Raising Remote Readers posts in the coming months. And remember, don't skip the bedtime story!"
Self-Extending Systems: Teaching with Discontinuation and Independence in Mind
"In order to help students achieve successful processing, we must ask ourselves an important question, are we doing the necessary analysis and planning with the development of self-extending systems in mind from week to week, day to day, and moment to moment during our students' programs?"
Coming Soon! Literacy Pages: The Series
“It is important now, more than ever, to be intentional with every moment of our instructional time whether it is in person, virtual, or a combination of the two. Please join us as we think deeply about teaching for independence from our earliest interactions with our students.”
Join us at the 2020 Literacy For All Conference!
We are happy to announce that we will be speaking at the 31st Annual PreK-8 Literacy For All Conference which takes place from October 25-27!
