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I wonder if sentence diagramming could be started earlier. I used to love doing it when I was a kid. It made sense of where a word should be to me. And it made it fun because it "looked" like something, like a tree skeleton for words.
I wonder if sentence diagramming could be started earlier. I used to love doing it when I was a kid. It made sense of where a word should be to me. And it made it fun because it "looked" like something, like a tree skeleton for words.
Want to Improve Early Reading Comprehension? Start With Sentence Structure
We speak differently than we write. For comprehension development, children need exposure to syntax common to both.
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April 5, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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I wonder if sentence diagramming could be started earlier. I used to love doing it when I was a kid. It made sense of where a word should be to me. And it made it fun because it "looked" like something, like a tree skeleton for words.
I wonder if sentence diagramming could be started earlier. I used to love doing it when I was a kid. It made sense of where a word should be to me. And it made it fun because it "looked" like something, like a tree skeleton for words.
Gen Z Is Losing a 5,500-Year-Old Communication Skill, Study Finds glassalmanac.com/gen-z-is-los...
Gen Z Is Losing a 5,500-Year-Old Communication Skill, Study Finds
In a world increasingly shaped by screens and swipes, a centuries-old form of expression is quietly fading. Handwriting, once essential to education and self-expression, is now ... Continue Reading →
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March 30, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Gen Z Is Losing a 5,500-Year-Old Communication Skill, Study Finds glassalmanac.com/gen-z-is-los...
From the article, it appears that reading improvement was achieved by:
1. Adding highly trained master teachers
2. Providing specialized instruction by dividing the class
3. Adding the science of reading to the literacy curriculum
1. Adding highly trained master teachers
2. Providing specialized instruction by dividing the class
3. Adding the science of reading to the literacy curriculum
Great coverage of Louisiana’s rise from 50th in the nation on reading to 16th.
Curriculum improvement is a key pillar. Science of Reading training was added more recently, and seems to have been an accelerant.
By @jonakimehta.bsky.social:
www.npr.org/2025/03/13/n...
Curriculum improvement is a key pillar. Science of Reading training was added more recently, and seems to have been an accelerant.
By @jonakimehta.bsky.social:
www.npr.org/2025/03/13/n...
Five years since COVID, Louisiana's readers are thriving. This is their secret.
In 2019, Louisiana's fourth graders ranked 50th in the country for reading. Now, they're 16th. Here's how the state, and one rural district, pulled it off.
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March 16, 2025 at 1:53 PM
From the article, it appears that reading improvement was achieved by:
1. Adding highly trained master teachers
2. Providing specialized instruction by dividing the class
3. Adding the science of reading to the literacy curriculum
1. Adding highly trained master teachers
2. Providing specialized instruction by dividing the class
3. Adding the science of reading to the literacy curriculum
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Cool info! The love for reading better carry on: the older readers get, large print soon becomes microscopic font. 😄
Cool info! The love for reading better carry on: the older readers get, large print soon becomes microscopic font. 😄
How Large Print Books Create a ‘Virtuous Cycle’ for All Readers - EdSurge News
National research shows that improved literacy achievement begins (and ends) with student engagement.
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March 16, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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Cool info! The love for reading better carry on: the older readers get, large print soon becomes microscopic font. 😄
Cool info! The love for reading better carry on: the older readers get, large print soon becomes microscopic font. 😄
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Save it, Indiana!
Save it, Indiana!
An Indiana bill is threatening Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library.
Sometime after she wrote two of the best songs of all time in an alleged single sitting, Dolly Parton turned her talents to charming the world. She’s acted in perfect films (9 to 5), continue…
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March 6, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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Save it, Indiana!
Save it, Indiana!
Even in Wisconsin there's an alarmingly large and growing disparity in children's reading scores based on income and ethnic backgrounds. Wake up America!
✨ TRL Chapters in the News
Wisconsin’s efforts to implement the science of reading are at risk as $49M in approved funding remains tied up in political gridlock.
“Act 20 is just a piece of paper until it is fully implemented,” says TRL WI President Jeanne Schopf.
#TRLChapters #TRLChaptersInAction
Wisconsin’s efforts to implement the science of reading are at risk as $49M in approved funding remains tied up in political gridlock.
“Act 20 is just a piece of paper until it is fully implemented,” says TRL WI President Jeanne Schopf.
#TRLChapters #TRLChaptersInAction
Partisan infighting taking a toll on Wisconsin kids' ability to learn to read
Already approved funds for reading instruction are being held up by politicians' inability to work together.
www.jsonline.com
March 2, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Even in Wisconsin there's an alarmingly large and growing disparity in children's reading scores based on income and ethnic backgrounds. Wake up America!
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Maybe we need to redefine what it means to be literate in our school systems. What strategies are the tests designed to currently?
Maybe we need to redefine what it means to be literate in our school systems. What strategies are the tests designed to currently?
The Science of Reading: What Does it Really Mean? - ALSC Blog
Effective March 2021, the District of Columbia enacted Law 23-191 to address dyslexia and other reading difficulties which required the Office of the Superintendent of Education to provide support to ...
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March 2, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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Maybe we need to redefine what it means to be literate in our school systems. What strategies are the tests designed to currently?
Maybe we need to redefine what it means to be literate in our school systems. What strategies are the tests designed to currently?
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The park features five rides, nine play areas, interactive shows and family-friendly dining — all designed specifically for children up to age six.
Peppa Pig Theme Park brings kid-friendly adventures to North Texas
Families can look forward to an interactive experience as a new Peppa Pig Theme Park opens in North Richland Hills on March 1.
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March 1, 2025 at 5:04 PM
The park features five rides, nine play areas, interactive shows and family-friendly dining — all designed specifically for children up to age six.
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C'mon parents, mooove your kids! Read at least 10 minutes a day. But that's only half of it--the best part is talking about it with your child. Who's your favorite character? What's the best illustration? There's tons of questions!
C'mon parents, mooove your kids! Read at least 10 minutes a day. But that's only half of it--the best part is talking about it with your child. Who's your favorite character? What's the best illustration? There's tons of questions!
Literacy Is Freedom — Parent Shield Fort Worth
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March 1, 2025 at 8:10 AM
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C'mon parents, mooove your kids! Read at least 10 minutes a day. But that's only half of it--the best part is talking about it with your child. Who's your favorite character? What's the best illustration? There's tons of questions!
C'mon parents, mooove your kids! Read at least 10 minutes a day. But that's only half of it--the best part is talking about it with your child. Who's your favorite character? What's the best illustration? There's tons of questions!
Great study from abroad. This begs the question, can parental reading and the presence of books at home overcome genetic predisposition?
Books at home and reading to children is seen as causally related to childrens literacy development. Such studies often dont account genetics. In our study in JCPP, we do, and what happens then? 😊 with @drelsje.bsky.social @grandegerman.bsky.social
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<em>Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry</em> | ACAMH Pediatric Journal | Wiley Online Library
Background Numerous studies have investigated the associations between the home literacy environment (HLE) and children's word reading skills. However, these associations may partly reflect shared g...
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February 23, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Great study from abroad. This begs the question, can parental reading and the presence of books at home overcome genetic predisposition?
www.edsurge.com/news/2025-02...
Great article on reading fluency and its effect on children's literacy. Does FWISD's literacy tests and programs, with their emphasis on reading passages rather than whole books, hinder reading fluency?
Great article on reading fluency and its effect on children's literacy. Does FWISD's literacy tests and programs, with their emphasis on reading passages rather than whole books, hinder reading fluency?
A Reading Expert’s Case for Rethinking Fluency - EdSurge News
Reading fluency — the ability to read accurately, automatically and with appropriate expression — remains a critical yet often overlooked component of ...
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February 22, 2025 at 2:04 AM
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Great article on reading fluency and its effect on children's literacy. Does FWISD's literacy tests and programs, with their emphasis on reading passages rather than whole books, hinder reading fluency?
Great article on reading fluency and its effect on children's literacy. Does FWISD's literacy tests and programs, with their emphasis on reading passages rather than whole books, hinder reading fluency?
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Here’s why the Tarrant County government is stepping up to help boost reading rates: A resolution approved Feb. 19 calls on Tarrant County school districts to introduce plans outlining how all students can read on grade level.
Here’s why the Tarrant County government is stepping up to help boost reading rates
A resolution approved Feb. 19 calls on Tarrant County school districts to introduce plans outlining how all students can read on grade level.
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February 20, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Here’s why the Tarrant County government is stepping up to help boost reading rates: A resolution approved Feb. 19 calls on Tarrant County school districts to introduce plans outlining how all students can read on grade level.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
We've already seen the death of cursive writing in schools. But holding pencils? This is not shorthand. Writing is a skill that feeds the mind. We must act to change this narrative!
We've already seen the death of cursive writing in schools. But holding pencils? This is not shorthand. Writing is a skill that feeds the mind. We must act to change this narrative!
Children are starting school unable to sit up or hold a pencil – and I know the culprit | Kathryn Peckham
As an early years specialist, I’ve seen the drastic impact of screens replacing physical activity and face-to-face interaction, writes early childhood consultant Kathryn Peckham
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February 19, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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We've already seen the death of cursive writing in schools. But holding pencils? This is not shorthand. Writing is a skill that feeds the mind. We must act to change this narrative!
We've already seen the death of cursive writing in schools. But holding pencils? This is not shorthand. Writing is a skill that feeds the mind. We must act to change this narrative!
fortworthreport.org/2025/02/11/f...
"Lower birth rates, fewer immigrants, demographic shifts and an aging population are fueling the enrollment drops" - are these really the cause of fewer students in the classrooms? Do charter schools have anything to do with declining FWISD enrollment? 🧐
"Lower birth rates, fewer immigrants, demographic shifts and an aging population are fueling the enrollment drops" - are these really the cause of fewer students in the classrooms? Do charter schools have anything to do with declining FWISD enrollment? 🧐
Fort Worth ISD trustees discuss possibly closing as many as 25 schools to rightsize district
The school board’s discussion is the beginning of a long road toward shrinking FWISD’s campus numbers in face of declining enrollment.
fortworthreport.org
February 12, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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"Lower birth rates, fewer immigrants, demographic shifts and an aging population are fueling the enrollment drops" - are these really the cause of fewer students in the classrooms? Do charter schools have anything to do with declining FWISD enrollment? 🧐
"Lower birth rates, fewer immigrants, demographic shifts and an aging population are fueling the enrollment drops" - are these really the cause of fewer students in the classrooms? Do charter schools have anything to do with declining FWISD enrollment? 🧐
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Suggested solutions are shared screen time with adults and...exposure to books!
Suggested solutions are shared screen time with adults and...exposure to books!
Screen time delays language development in toddlers
The study’s results revealed a negative association between screen time and language development among toddlers.
www.earth.com
February 12, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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Suggested solutions are shared screen time with adults and...exposure to books!
Suggested solutions are shared screen time with adults and...exposure to books!