Kate Winn
@katewinn.bsky.social
Teacher 💕 Writer 💕 Literacy Presenter 💕 Host of IDA ON’s Reading Road Trip Podcast - listen now!
It’s Testimonial Tuesday! 🎉
Each week leading up to the release of our book, Reading Assessment Done Right, we will be sharing one of the thoughtful endorsements received from a respected professional in the field. ⭐️
Thanks to Jan Hasbrouck for this week’s kind words! 📝
Each week leading up to the release of our book, Reading Assessment Done Right, we will be sharing one of the thoughtful endorsements received from a respected professional in the field. ⭐️
Thanks to Jan Hasbrouck for this week’s kind words! 📝
October 14, 2025 at 10:19 PM
It’s Testimonial Tuesday! 🎉
Each week leading up to the release of our book, Reading Assessment Done Right, we will be sharing one of the thoughtful endorsements received from a respected professional in the field. ⭐️
Thanks to Jan Hasbrouck for this week’s kind words! 📝
Each week leading up to the release of our book, Reading Assessment Done Right, we will be sharing one of the thoughtful endorsements received from a respected professional in the field. ⭐️
Thanks to Jan Hasbrouck for this week’s kind words! 📝
PRE-ORDERS OPEN! 🎉🎉🎉
Not only do we have a final cover for our book, but Stephanie Stollar and I can also share that the foreword is being written by the amazing Pam Kastner - what an honour for us - AND that pre-orders are now open on Scholastic & Amazon!
Not only do we have a final cover for our book, but Stephanie Stollar and I can also share that the foreword is being written by the amazing Pam Kastner - what an honour for us - AND that pre-orders are now open on Scholastic & Amazon!
August 19, 2025 at 6:18 PM
PRE-ORDERS OPEN! 🎉🎉🎉
Not only do we have a final cover for our book, but Stephanie Stollar and I can also share that the foreword is being written by the amazing Pam Kastner - what an honour for us - AND that pre-orders are now open on Scholastic & Amazon!
Not only do we have a final cover for our book, but Stephanie Stollar and I can also share that the foreword is being written by the amazing Pam Kastner - what an honour for us - AND that pre-orders are now open on Scholastic & Amazon!
A successful reading intervention for older students!
You’re not going to want to miss my conversation with these dedicated @nearnorthdsb.bsky.social educators!
reading-roadtrip.castos.com/episodes/s4-...
You’re not going to want to miss my conversation with these dedicated @nearnorthdsb.bsky.social educators!
reading-roadtrip.castos.com/episodes/s4-...
August 18, 2025 at 1:45 PM
A successful reading intervention for older students!
You’re not going to want to miss my conversation with these dedicated @nearnorthdsb.bsky.social educators!
reading-roadtrip.castos.com/episodes/s4-...
You’re not going to want to miss my conversation with these dedicated @nearnorthdsb.bsky.social educators!
reading-roadtrip.castos.com/episodes/s4-...
Reposted by Kate Winn
🚗 This week, Kate welcomes Dr. Tiffany Hogan to explore Developmental Language Disorder (DLD). They dig into what DLD is, how it relates to dyslexia, signs educators can watch for at different grade levels, and how to support students in the classroom
🎧 reading-roadtrip.castos.com/episodes/s4-...
🎧 reading-roadtrip.castos.com/episodes/s4-...
August 12, 2025 at 7:05 PM
🚗 This week, Kate welcomes Dr. Tiffany Hogan to explore Developmental Language Disorder (DLD). They dig into what DLD is, how it relates to dyslexia, signs educators can watch for at different grade levels, and how to support students in the classroom
🎧 reading-roadtrip.castos.com/episodes/s4-...
🎧 reading-roadtrip.castos.com/episodes/s4-...
🚗 What is implementation science, and why should educators care about it?
In this new episode, Dr. Katlynn Dahl-Leonard breaks down how this field can help close the gap between literacy research and classroom practice.
reading-roadtrip.castos.com/episodes/s4-...
In this new episode, Dr. Katlynn Dahl-Leonard breaks down how this field can help close the gap between literacy research and classroom practice.
reading-roadtrip.castos.com/episodes/s4-...
July 25, 2025 at 7:29 PM
🚗 What is implementation science, and why should educators care about it?
In this new episode, Dr. Katlynn Dahl-Leonard breaks down how this field can help close the gap between literacy research and classroom practice.
reading-roadtrip.castos.com/episodes/s4-...
In this new episode, Dr. Katlynn Dahl-Leonard breaks down how this field can help close the gap between literacy research and classroom practice.
reading-roadtrip.castos.com/episodes/s4-...
Dr. Sarah Lupo shares how to support adolescent readers across subjects with practical, research-informed strategies. We discuss 5 major challenges that make texts tough for students & tools for scaffolding instruction.
reading-roadtrip.castos.com/episodes/s4-...
reading-roadtrip.castos.com/episodes/s4-...
July 14, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Dr. Sarah Lupo shares how to support adolescent readers across subjects with practical, research-informed strategies. We discuss 5 major challenges that make texts tough for students & tools for scaffolding instruction.
reading-roadtrip.castos.com/episodes/s4-...
reading-roadtrip.castos.com/episodes/s4-...
K-2 teachers: Don’t miss the latest from @lindsaykemeny.bsky.social, diving deep into specific elements of her day, with minute-by-minute advice around arrival routines, phonics, close reading, writing, small groups/centers & read-alouds.
P.S. I’ll be giving away a copy next week on Insta!
P.S. I’ll be giving away a copy next week on Insta!
July 13, 2025 at 9:38 PM
K-2 teachers: Don’t miss the latest from @lindsaykemeny.bsky.social, diving deep into specific elements of her day, with minute-by-minute advice around arrival routines, phonics, close reading, writing, small groups/centers & read-alouds.
P.S. I’ll be giving away a copy next week on Insta!
P.S. I’ll be giving away a copy next week on Insta!
Reposted by Kate Winn
How on earth did I miss this???
Notifications ON…
Notifications ON…
🚗 Ep 1 is here! We kick off Season 4 w Leslie Laud of thinkSRSD for a chat on transforming writing instruction from K to high school. Discover how this evidence-based approach is building confidence in classrooms & reducing teacher workload.
reading-roadtrip.castos.com/episodes/s4-...
reading-roadtrip.castos.com/episodes/s4-...
S4 E1: thinkSRSD 101 with Dr. Leslie Laud
Buckle up - it's the Season 4 premiere of Reading Road Trip! Host Kate Winn kicks off the new season with Dr. Leslie Laud of thinkSRSD for a lively and practical conversation about transforming writin...
reading-roadtrip.castos.com
July 8, 2025 at 2:03 PM
How on earth did I miss this???
Notifications ON…
Notifications ON…
New! Irish educator & researcher @readwritejen.bsky.social explores how young children develop the ability to make inferences & how educators can explicitly support this essential skill. Full of playful, practical strategies & research-backed insights.
reading-roadtrip.castos.com/episodes/s4-...
reading-roadtrip.castos.com/episodes/s4-...
July 7, 2025 at 12:06 PM
New! Irish educator & researcher @readwritejen.bsky.social explores how young children develop the ability to make inferences & how educators can explicitly support this essential skill. Full of playful, practical strategies & research-backed insights.
reading-roadtrip.castos.com/episodes/s4-...
reading-roadtrip.castos.com/episodes/s4-...
Reposted by Kate Winn
July 3, 2025 at 3:59 PM
🚗 Ep 1 is here! We kick off Season 4 w Leslie Laud of thinkSRSD for a chat on transforming writing instruction from K to high school. Discover how this evidence-based approach is building confidence in classrooms & reducing teacher workload.
reading-roadtrip.castos.com/episodes/s4-...
reading-roadtrip.castos.com/episodes/s4-...
S4 E1: thinkSRSD 101 with Dr. Leslie Laud
Buckle up - it's the Season 4 premiere of Reading Road Trip! Host Kate Winn kicks off the new season with Dr. Leslie Laud of thinkSRSD for a lively and practical conversation about transforming writin...
reading-roadtrip.castos.com
June 30, 2025 at 8:06 PM
🚗 Ep 1 is here! We kick off Season 4 w Leslie Laud of thinkSRSD for a chat on transforming writing instruction from K to high school. Discover how this evidence-based approach is building confidence in classrooms & reducing teacher workload.
reading-roadtrip.castos.com/episodes/s4-...
reading-roadtrip.castos.com/episodes/s4-...
I used a First Sound Fluency progress monitoring form to see where our Year 1 K students are in relation to the Beginning of Year benchmark for when they return in the fall.
🌟 100% of the students are already at or above benchmark
🔵 89% above
🟢 11% at
#StructuredLiteracy
🌟 100% of the students are already at or above benchmark
🔵 89% above
🟢 11% at
#StructuredLiteracy
June 27, 2025 at 1:12 AM
I used a First Sound Fluency progress monitoring form to see where our Year 1 K students are in relation to the Beginning of Year benchmark for when they return in the fall.
🌟 100% of the students are already at or above benchmark
🔵 89% above
🟢 11% at
#StructuredLiteracy
🌟 100% of the students are already at or above benchmark
🔵 89% above
🟢 11% at
#StructuredLiteracy
Reposted by Kate Winn
June 12, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Interesting EOY K screening tidbit…
Only ONE student w composite score below benchmark:
Phoneme Segmentation Fluency at benchmark
Nonsense Word Fluency above benchmark (was below at MOY)
But: Letter Naming Fluency score of 3.
Very successful reader w/o letter names (yet).
Only ONE student w composite score below benchmark:
Phoneme Segmentation Fluency at benchmark
Nonsense Word Fluency above benchmark (was below at MOY)
But: Letter Naming Fluency score of 3.
Very successful reader w/o letter names (yet).
a man in a grey sweater and tie says the alphabet is fine but it 's what we do with it that matters most
ALT: a man in a grey sweater and tie says the alphabet is fine but it 's what we do with it that matters most
media.tenor.com
June 13, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Interesting EOY K screening tidbit…
Only ONE student w composite score below benchmark:
Phoneme Segmentation Fluency at benchmark
Nonsense Word Fluency above benchmark (was below at MOY)
But: Letter Naming Fluency score of 3.
Very successful reader w/o letter names (yet).
Only ONE student w composite score below benchmark:
Phoneme Segmentation Fluency at benchmark
Nonsense Word Fluency above benchmark (was below at MOY)
But: Letter Naming Fluency score of 3.
Very successful reader w/o letter names (yet).
I’m sure you’re eagerly awaiting the book I’m cowriting with Stephanie Stollar on reading assessment for frontline educators 😉 but Stephanie has this brand new book with Sarah Brown available NOW and it is a must-read for school/district leaders! 😍
June 8, 2025 at 12:09 AM
I’m sure you’re eagerly awaiting the book I’m cowriting with Stephanie Stollar on reading assessment for frontline educators 😉 but Stephanie has this brand new book with Sarah Brown available NOW and it is a must-read for school/district leaders! 😍
Just one of the dyslexia myths @readwritejen.bsky.social is debunking in her latest Substack post.
Have you subscribed yet?
readwritejen.substack.com/subscribe?ut...
Have you subscribed yet?
readwritejen.substack.com/subscribe?ut...
May 23, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Just one of the dyslexia myths @readwritejen.bsky.social is debunking in her latest Substack post.
Have you subscribed yet?
readwritejen.substack.com/subscribe?ut...
Have you subscribed yet?
readwritejen.substack.com/subscribe?ut...
Reposted by Kate Winn
So excited for this! Dr. Stephanie Stollar and Kate Winn! What a dynamic duo!!
The news is out - coming in January from me & Stephanie Stollar via Scholastic!
We get so many questions from teachers about reading assessment, and this book covers everything you need to know!
{Image is a placeholder; actual cover design to be revealed soon!}
We get so many questions from teachers about reading assessment, and this book covers everything you need to know!
{Image is a placeholder; actual cover design to be revealed soon!}
April 27, 2025 at 3:07 PM
So excited for this! Dr. Stephanie Stollar and Kate Winn! What a dynamic duo!!
The news is out - coming in January from me & Stephanie Stollar via Scholastic!
We get so many questions from teachers about reading assessment, and this book covers everything you need to know!
{Image is a placeholder; actual cover design to be revealed soon!}
We get so many questions from teachers about reading assessment, and this book covers everything you need to know!
{Image is a placeholder; actual cover design to be revealed soon!}
April 26, 2025 at 3:16 PM
The news is out - coming in January from me & Stephanie Stollar via Scholastic!
We get so many questions from teachers about reading assessment, and this book covers everything you need to know!
{Image is a placeholder; actual cover design to be revealed soon!}
We get so many questions from teachers about reading assessment, and this book covers everything you need to know!
{Image is a placeholder; actual cover design to be revealed soon!}
Any guesses what Stephanie Stollar and I were both doing at this very moment?
Hint: we’re hard at work collaborating on something, and all will be revealed at the IDA Ontario #LitLearn2025 conference in Toronto next weekend!
(Of course we will share on social media afterwards so stay tuned!)
Hint: we’re hard at work collaborating on something, and all will be revealed at the IDA Ontario #LitLearn2025 conference in Toronto next weekend!
(Of course we will share on social media afterwards so stay tuned!)
April 19, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Any guesses what Stephanie Stollar and I were both doing at this very moment?
Hint: we’re hard at work collaborating on something, and all will be revealed at the IDA Ontario #LitLearn2025 conference in Toronto next weekend!
(Of course we will share on social media afterwards so stay tuned!)
Hint: we’re hard at work collaborating on something, and all will be revealed at the IDA Ontario #LitLearn2025 conference in Toronto next weekend!
(Of course we will share on social media afterwards so stay tuned!)
The Easter Bunny came early with my copy of @lindsaykemeny.bsky.social’s 7 Mighty Moves Reading Resources from Scholastic!
K-3 educators who have read 7 Mighty Moves will appreciate this companion book with 320 pages of resources to support all 7 moves in the classroom. ❤️
K-3 educators who have read 7 Mighty Moves will appreciate this companion book with 320 pages of resources to support all 7 moves in the classroom. ❤️
March 24, 2025 at 11:01 PM
The Easter Bunny came early with my copy of @lindsaykemeny.bsky.social’s 7 Mighty Moves Reading Resources from Scholastic!
K-3 educators who have read 7 Mighty Moves will appreciate this companion book with 320 pages of resources to support all 7 moves in the classroom. ❤️
K-3 educators who have read 7 Mighty Moves will appreciate this companion book with 320 pages of resources to support all 7 moves in the classroom. ❤️
Excellent episode with an extremely knowledgeable guest!
This was my treadmilll listen yesterday and was worth every minute.
@j-metsala.bsky.social
This was my treadmilll listen yesterday and was worth every minute.
@j-metsala.bsky.social
📢 New episode with Jamie Metsala dedicated to all reading advocates! Math next! Why are some provinces still using ineffective methods to teach reading?
❌Pitfalls of balanced literacy
📖 Structured literacy
📢 Ontario’s Right to Read report
🛠️ How to advocate
open.spotify.com/episode/15GB...
❌Pitfalls of balanced literacy
📖 Structured literacy
📢 Ontario’s Right to Read report
🛠️ How to advocate
open.spotify.com/episode/15GB...
How advocacy is changing reading instruction with Jamie Metsala (Ep 43)
Chalk & Talk · Episode
open.spotify.com
March 23, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Excellent episode with an extremely knowledgeable guest!
This was my treadmilll listen yesterday and was worth every minute.
@j-metsala.bsky.social
This was my treadmilll listen yesterday and was worth every minute.
@j-metsala.bsky.social
Not actually a flex…
“Classrooms went from spaces where we, as teachers, pre-taught students how to do things like add two-digit numbers, multiply fractions & order decimals, to spaces where students figured this out on their own with the support of their random groups.” 🤔 1/2
“Classrooms went from spaces where we, as teachers, pre-taught students how to do things like add two-digit numbers, multiply fractions & order decimals, to spaces where students figured this out on their own with the support of their random groups.” 🤔 1/2
March 23, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Not actually a flex…
“Classrooms went from spaces where we, as teachers, pre-taught students how to do things like add two-digit numbers, multiply fractions & order decimals, to spaces where students figured this out on their own with the support of their random groups.” 🤔 1/2
“Classrooms went from spaces where we, as teachers, pre-taught students how to do things like add two-digit numbers, multiply fractions & order decimals, to spaces where students figured this out on their own with the support of their random groups.” 🤔 1/2
It makes me so happy to see amazing literacy bulletin boards like these in my colleagues’ rooms.
These ones are from Grade 6/7 - imagine what rock stars my current K students will be in writing and morphology by the time they get to that class?!
These ones are from Grade 6/7 - imagine what rock stars my current K students will be in writing and morphology by the time they get to that class?!
March 17, 2025 at 10:53 PM
It makes me so happy to see amazing literacy bulletin boards like these in my colleagues’ rooms.
These ones are from Grade 6/7 - imagine what rock stars my current K students will be in writing and morphology by the time they get to that class?!
These ones are from Grade 6/7 - imagine what rock stars my current K students will be in writing and morphology by the time they get to that class?!
Year 1 (PreK) students at benchmark for phonemic awareness:
Beginning of year: 43%
Middle of year: 89%
This was just with Tier 1, whole group phonics instruction.
Ongoing now: targeted small group instruction to close gaps for the few students who didn’t meet benchmark.
Beginning of year: 43%
Middle of year: 89%
This was just with Tier 1, whole group phonics instruction.
Ongoing now: targeted small group instruction to close gaps for the few students who didn’t meet benchmark.
a woman is standing in a living room with the words `` let 's do it '' written on her face .
ALT: a woman is standing in a living room with the words `` let 's do it '' written on her face .
media.tenor.com
March 17, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Year 1 (PreK) students at benchmark for phonemic awareness:
Beginning of year: 43%
Middle of year: 89%
This was just with Tier 1, whole group phonics instruction.
Ongoing now: targeted small group instruction to close gaps for the few students who didn’t meet benchmark.
Beginning of year: 43%
Middle of year: 89%
This was just with Tier 1, whole group phonics instruction.
Ongoing now: targeted small group instruction to close gaps for the few students who didn’t meet benchmark.
95% of the Year 2 kindergarten students at our school are at or above benchmark on Acadience Middle of Year screening.
If that isn’t an endorsement for explicit and systematic phonics instruction (we use UFLI) I don’t know what is.
If that isn’t an endorsement for explicit and systematic phonics instruction (we use UFLI) I don’t know what is.
a minion with a surprised look on his face and the word woohoo written below him
ALT: a minion with a surprised look on his face and the word woohoo written below him
media.tenor.com
February 27, 2025 at 11:01 PM
95% of the Year 2 kindergarten students at our school are at or above benchmark on Acadience Middle of Year screening.
If that isn’t an endorsement for explicit and systematic phonics instruction (we use UFLI) I don’t know what is.
If that isn’t an endorsement for explicit and systematic phonics instruction (we use UFLI) I don’t know what is.