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Blinded With Science?

If you’ve been following the recent conversation about phonemic awareness, you may be experiencing a range of thoughts and emotions that include avoidance, confusion, and disappointment. I’ve felt all of those, and more!

Paying Attention to the Letters

Lucy Calkins reveals what she doesn’t (yet) know about the science of reading in her recent post in a Facebook group called Units of Study in Writing TCRWP. Her comments reveal that she is the one demonstrating “misunderstandings and misconceptions”.

Waiting On The World To Change

Lately I’ve been hearing from so many teachers and administrators who have caught the reading science fever. Woo hoo! Something you read or heard acted like a spark, lighting a fire in those old nagging feelings about the balanced literacy approach not working well enough for your students. Suddenly you see the light and you want to get everyone around you just as excited as you are.

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Waiting On The World To Change
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