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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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🚨Literacy Coaches: Stop scrolling! You do NOT 🚨Literacy Coaches: Stop scrolling! You do NOT want to miss today’s Coaching Conversation Bonus Episode, with my GOOD friend Erin McBride @literacytipsters on “The Power of Coaching Cycles”! This episode is very near and dear to my heart because fun fact: Erin and I are good friends and actually used to be colleagues. We were reading interventionists together! During my first year as an interventionist, my caseload through, included covering 1-2 specials a day (at the time, our specials teachers were missing a prep period & that’s how they negotiated room for one more interventionist!). When Erin became our district’s first literacy coach, I moved into her 2nd grade position (and room) doing interventions all day. We shared an office and always had the BEST conversations. Erin is SO knowledgeable when it comes to coaching and you are going to want to listen (and re-listen) to this one! Tune in to Part 3 (of 7) of our Coaching Conversations Bonus Series: The Power of Coaching Cycles with Erin McBride 🎙️ While this series is geared for literacy coaches, educators who have coaches in their buildings would benefit from listening as well! 🤍 Comment “CYCLE” for a link to tune in! 🎉 If you have a listen, come back and let me know what resonated with you most! 🥰 #literacyincolor #literacyincolorpodcast #podcast #scienceofreading #structuredliteracy #literacyspecialist #literacycoach #literacycoaches #literacycoaching #instructionalcoach #instructionalcoaches #instructionalcoaching
Why is this account called “The COLORFUL Classro Why is this account called “The COLORFUL Classroom”? 🤔 Well, I’m glad you asked! 🤍 Comment “FIVE” to hear my origin story in Episode 5 of Literacy in Color! 🎙️ Drop a 🩷 if you’ve already tuned in—I’d love to hear what resonated with you! #literacyincolor #literacyincolorpodcast #podcast #teachersofinstagram #teachersofig #teachersofinsta #teachersfollowteachers #colortheory #colorfulclassroom #colorful
Are you feeling stuck with your reading routines o Are you feeling stuck with your reading routines or maybe you’re trying to learn more about best practices with the Science of Reading? If so, The Educator Summit Virtual conference is the conference for YOU! I am presenting my session on The ABCs of Morphology. So, if you'd like to go down the morphology rabbit hole with me, this session is for you! But that’s not all The Educator Summit offers. There will also be math sessions, science sessions, writing sessions and sessions over STEM and play in the classroom! You will get to see over 30 amazing PD sessions + 3 keynote sessions! This is a virtual PD opportunity you don’t want to miss! If you’re interested, don’t wait too long! The price goes up on November 16th. Comment “TICKET” and I’ll send you the link to this PD opportunity. #theeducatorsummit #theeducatorsummit2024 #professionaldevelopment #professionallearning #morphology #morphologytraining #structuredliteracy #scienceofreading #teachersofinstagram #teachersofig #teachersfollowteachers #elementaryteacher
Want a closer look at my recent reel 👀 on their Want a closer look at my recent reel 👀 on their - there - they’re? Why on earth do we have 3 different spellings for a word that sounds exactly the same? 🌍 Well, English isn’t crazy — it’s just a complex system. 👩🏻‍🏫 Homophones are actually an incredible facet of our language that show how intentional the spelling system really is. ☝🏼 It helps if we look at some word relatives! 👯‍♀️ 🟢“Their” is a possessive pronoun belonging with “they” and “them”. 🌟 Consider that “y” undergoing a “change to i” in the making! Another helpful mnemonic is to think of the “I” in “their” as a person (quite literally, point to a person). 🟢“There” indicates location. It’s the word “here” in it. 🏠 Another related word, “where” - with the <ere> chunk also pays homage to location. 🗺️ 🟢”They’re” is a contraction, shortened for “they are”. The contraction is taking place of the <a>. 👥 Their ➡️ Possession There ➡️ Location They’re ➡️ Contraction Give students plenty of opportunities to use these words in context to help solidify their understanding! What other words are you curious about? 🧠 Be sure to follow ➡️ @michelle_thecolorfulclassroom to build your literacy knowledge (and toolkit), so you can teach COLORFULLY! 🤍 #scienceofreading #structuredliteracy #structuredliteracyteachers #structuredwordinquiry #homophone #homophones #homophoneprinciple #grammar #grammarlesson #englishisntcrazy #literacyspecialist #instructionalcoach #structuredliteracyforall #elementaryteacher
🚨Attention Literacy Coaches! 🚨 Comment “F 🚨Attention Literacy Coaches! 🚨 Comment “FOUR” to check out Episode 4 of Literacy in Color! 🎙️ You’ll love this ✨Coaching Conversation Bonus Episode✨ with Hannah from @readingwithmrsif about her first few weeks as a literacy coach! Drop a 🩷 if you’ve already tuned in—I’d love to hear what resonated with you! #literacyincolor #literacyincolorpodcast #podcast #scienceofreading #structuredliteracy #literacyspecialist #literacycoach #literacycoaches #literacycoaching #instructionalcoach #instructionalcoaches #instructionalcoaching
Comment “APPLE” for a 🔗 to these fluency li Comment “APPLE” for a 🔗 to these fluency lists! Before we get decodable texts into students’ hands, we should be doing some word level work. What’s the precursor to reading words in isolation? Well, once kiddos have some letter sound correspondences down and blending skills, let’s give it a go. Truth be told: it will be laborious at first… sometimes painfully slow. The art of teaching informs us on how to adjust and add/remove scaffolds. However, at the end of the day, we need to let them work through the heavy lifting in order for them to build those neural pathways! Be sure to follow ➡️ @michelle_thecolorfulclassroom to build your literacy knowledge (and toolkit), so you can teach COLORFULLY! 🤍 #scienceofreading #structuredliteracy #structuredliteracyteachers #literacyspecialist #instructionalcoach #structuredliteracyforall #teacherspayteachers #elementaryteacher #phonics #phonicsfun #homeschoolmom #homeschoolideas #homeschoolresources #phonicstutor #foundationalskills
🎙️Literacy in Color just dropped its first gu 🎙️Literacy in Color just dropped its first guest interview today with Hannah Irion-Frake @readingwithmrsif ! 🤍 In this Coaching Conversations Bonus Series (for literacy coaches!), we debrief on Hannah’s first month within her FIRST year as a literacy coach. Hannah was born for this role and is already making a profound impact in her district. Tune in to Part 2 (of 7) of our Coaching Conversations Bonus Series: The Perspective of a First Year Literacy Coach with Hannah Irion-Frake While this series is geared for literacy coaches, educators who have coaches in their buildings would benefit from listening as well! 🤍 Comment “FIRST” for a link to tune in! 🎉 If you have a listen, come back and let me know what resonated with you most! 🥰 #literacyincolor #literacyincolorpodcast #podcast #scienceofreading #structuredliteracy #literacyspecialist #literacycoach #literacycoaches #literacycoaching #instructionalcoach #instructionalcoaches #instructionalcoaching

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