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Understanding Dyslexia: Raising Awareness and Building Support

Understanding Dyslexia: Raising Awareness and Building Support

Key Takeaways from Lexia’s LETRS Applied Inaugural Conference

Key Takeaways from Lexia’s LETRS Applied Inaugural Conference

Guest on the Stellar Teacher Podcast: Evidence-Based Strategies for Building Student Vocabulary

Guest on the Stellar Teacher Podcast: Evidence-Based Strategies for Building Student Vocabulary

Guest on the Route 2 Reading Podcast: Building Background Knowledge

Guest on the Route 2 Reading Podcast: Building Background Knowledge

Guest Blog Post for Campbell Creates Readers: Teaching Phonemic Awareness with Letters

Guest Blog Post for Campbell Creates Readers: Teaching Phonemic Awareness with Letters

What is the Science of Reading?

What is the Science of Reading?

Guest on The Literacy Dive Podcast: Orthographic Mapping – What It Is and  How You Can Use It In Your Reading Instruction 

Guest on The Literacy Dive Podcast: Orthographic Mapping – What It Is and How You Can Use It In Your Reading Instruction 

Guest on the Stellar Teacher Podcast: Understanding Phonological and Phonemic Awareness

Guest on the Stellar Teacher Podcast: Understanding Phonological and Phonemic Awareness

Spelling Long A Vowel Teams like a champ: Is it AI or AY?

Spelling Long A Vowel Teams like a champ: Is it AI or AY?

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Do you know the definition confer when it comes to literacy instruction?

Why Orthographic Mapping is Important when Teaching High Frequency Words

Why Orthographic Mapping is Important when Teaching High Frequency Words

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How to Teach Reading Strategies like a Boss by Implementing Tangible Takeaways

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What does it actually take to become an effective What does it actually take to become an effective literacy coach? 🎙️

Spoiler Alert: It’s not walking into classrooms with all the answers.

This episode is part Coaching Conversation where I’m joined by one of my favorite literacy coaches on social media, Leah Ruesink (@theearlyliteracycoach ) to talk about the transition from classroom teacher to coach — and all the learning that comes with it.

Comment COACH for a link to listen! 🎧 

…and be sure to come back and share your thoughts in the comments! 💭 

✨One more treat!✨
This podcast is brought to you by Reading Science Academy (@readingscienceacademy), where our friend Stephanie Stollar is giving Literacy in Color listeners an exclusive, free grouping resource bundle to help you turn fall screening data into skill-based groups that actually move students forward.

#literacyincolorpodcast #podcastforteachers #literacycoach #instructionalcoach #coaching
And we hope YOUUUUU join us! The truth is: you kn And we hope YOUUUUU join us!

The truth is: you know how to teach foundational literacy skills, but comprehension is so complex! 

Comment BETTER to joining us in September as we read Know Better, Do Better: Comprehension and dive into what the science has to say!

Here’s what you’ll get!
💚 Four 1-Hour Live Book Study Sessions
💙 Video Recordings (if you cannot join us live)
💚 For Live Attendees only: A bonus half-hour of collaborative (unrecorded) discussion time
💙 Book Study Guide & Pacing Calendar
💚Bonus Downloadable Resources to Support Your Learning

#fallSORbookstudy #scienceofreading #comprehension #knowbetterdobetter #readingteachers
b/d reversals are much more common than you may re b/d reversals are much more common than you may realize, but that doesn’t mean we simply wait for students to “grow out of them.”

In this episode, I unpack what’s actually happening in the brain when students reverse b and d, and how we can respond with intentional instruction.

I also share five of my favorite strategies for reducing reversals and discuss why some of the most common tricks we see out there aren’t always the most effective.

If you’ve ever wondered:
 📖 When should I be concerned?
 🧠 Why do students confuse these two letters?
 ✏️ What strategies actually help?

This episode is for you.

I’d love to hear: which strategy has made the biggest difference for your students’ b/d reversals?

Comment REVERSAL for a link to listen! 🎧 

✨One more treat!✨
This podcast is brought to you by Reading Science Academy (@readingscienceacademy), where our friend Stephanie Stollar is giving Literacy in Color listeners an exclusive, free grouping resource bundle to help you turn fall screening data into skill-based groups that actually move students forward.

#literacyincolorpodcast #podcastforteachers #structuredliteracy #letterreversals #bdreversals
🎉 GIVEAWAY TIME! 🎉 If you were here last we 🎉 GIVEAWAY TIME! 🎉

If you were here last week, you know I have some special giveaways coming your way over the next three weeks! This is week 2 of 3! 

ONE lucky teacher will receive a copy of “The Megabook of Fluency” by Dr. Tim Rasinski & Melissa Cheesman Smith! 🎤✨

To enter:
✅ Like this post 🩷
✅ Follow @michelle_thecolorfulclassroom 
✅ Comment below: What grade you teach and why you’d love this resource!

📦 Winner must have a U.S. mailing address.

I’ll randomly select one winner and announce them on Tuesday, August 11th, 2026 at 12pm noon ET!

Good luck! 🍎📖

#teachergiveaway #scholasticteachers #fluency #megabookoffluency #teachersofinstagram
Not going to lie, the reading brain excites me. 🤭

Très chic. 🩷

Double tap if you agree — and let me know in the comments, what do you think is “kinda chic”: structured literacy style! 

📸: @lindsaystaytonphotography at @scienceofreadingminicon 

#structuredliteracy #readingteacher #readingbrain #scienceoflearning #kindachic
Research says that repeated reading is a powerful Research says that repeated reading is a powerful way to bolster fluency.

How, though, can we make this practice meaningful and engaging?

In this episode, Dr. Chase Young offers several joyful, performance-based routines to make fluency practice come alive in the classroom:
⚪️ Reader’s Theatre
⚪️ Poetry Slams
⚪️ Teddy Talks, and 
⚪️ The “Read Like Us” Intervention

Comment PERFORM for a link to listen! 🎧 

…and be sure to come back and share your favorite artful approach in the comments! 💭 

✨One more treat!✨
This podcast is brought to you by Reading Science Academy (@readingscienceacademy), where our friend Stephanie Stollar is giving Literacy in Color listeners an exclusive, free grouping resource bundle to help you turn fall screening data into skill-based groups that actually move students forward.

#literacyincolorpodcast #podcastforteachers #scienceofreading #structuredliteracy #fluency
🍂Meet the Fall Book Study Leaders! Comment BE 🍂Meet the Fall Book Study Leaders! 

Comment BETTER to joining us in
September as we read Know Better, Do Better: Comprehension.

Your Leaders Are:
Jessica @farmerlovesphonics 
Justin @sorformore_llc 
Sarah @snippetsbysarah 
Amie @literacy.edventures 
Karina @eldilemaedu 
Jasmine @drj_indc 
Heidi @droppinknowledgewithheidi 
Michelle @michelle_thecolorfulclassroom 

Learning together is always more fun! 

Comment BETTER!

Here’s what you’ll get!
💚 Four 1-Hour Live Book Study Sessions�💙 Video Recordings (if you cannot join us live)
💚 For Live Attendees only: A bonus half-hour of collaborative (unrecorded)
discussion time
💙 Book Study Guide & Pacing Calendar
💚Bonus Downloadable Resources to Support Your Learning

#fallSORbookstudy #scienceofreading #comprehension #knowbetterdobetter #readingteachers

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