Dr Sam interviews Michelle Ruhe, a veteran teacher, who feels Emily Hanford has not told the full story. She has questions for Hanford and her followers. https://t.co/XoMaYQBW5t

In this week’s blog, Mary Jo Fresch talks about her newest book, The Phonics Handbook. It is a valuable resource for teachers in any phonics program. It provides up-to-date, research-based answers to all your questions about phonics. https://t.co/vkySkcoyx7

Julius B. Anthony has developed a literacy project currently being used in the St. Louis Area. It creates literacy rooms well stocked with culturally relevant books. He currently has 14 active sites. Some are at schools and some are in community centers. All are decorated with

David Harris has written passages and poems to support readers using repeated reading. In this interview, he gives teaching tips on how to effectively use repeated reading at both the primary and middle school levels. He works with Dr. Tim Rasinski. Rasinski has demonstrated

Happy Veterans Day, Thanking all vetereans for their service. My grandkids' school had a Veterans Day event and gave all veterans some nice thank-you notes and a breakfast. Great day all around. SGT E-5 Sam Bommarito (AKA Dr. Sam)

Praying for Jamaica

Many teachers are unaware of the power of repeated reading. Repeated reading effect size is larger than the effect size of phonics. Putting the two together could be a real game-changer for teachers. This blog post gives the history behind Dr. Tim Rasinski's work in this area. It

Have we forgotten that play is the way our youngest learners learn? Have we forgotten that some readers learn best from other forms of phonics? Today’s blog discusses the role of play in early childhood education and the issue of what to do for students who do not learn well with

Today's blog reviews what two reading teachers think of the current situation in reading literacy today. https://t.co/jBmJEtQsYP

Last week, Michelle Ruhe and I posted a blog about Emily Hanford's podcast series Sold a Story. We indicated we felt she and her followers did not tell the whole story. We promised a Part Two of that blog post. We are currently gathering feedback from Emily and her followers on

Fluency Friday from @TimRasinski1 - Thanks Tim!

This is a chance to see @TimRasinski1 & @DavidLHarrison1 Talk about their book 40 poems for 40 weeks.

Another Morphology Monday Post- Thanks @TimRasinski1

Here is an important cased study demonstrating that a practical research-based suppport can help teachers learn smarter. BTW that results in student to grow fast.

Dr. Sam’s blog this week reports the results of a meta-analysis that poses a major research-based challenge to some of the assertions being made on social media by SOR advocates. Instead of using this as a path for more divisiveness, Dr. Sam asks for all sides to name practices

Thanks @TimRasinski1 Morphology Monday

Doctor Sam’s Blog this week allows you to see a FREE webinar by Timothy Rasinski and David Harrison. The webinar explores how to incorporate repeated reading and poetry into literacy instruction. The webinar is approximately 25 minutes long. You can view it anytime from the blog.

On this Labor Day, let us remember that it wasn’t the CEOs and billionaires who saved us during COVID-19. It was the janitors, nurses, cleaning crews, grocery and food workers with their hard, often invisible labor.

Morphology Monday from @ReadingShanahan

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