We need to embrace #TheScienceOfWriting in order to strengthen students' overall #Literacy and knowledge! Explicit spelling and writing instruction is part of #TheScienceOfReading! Thank you for this perspective, Kristin Barbour and @Learning_Ally #SPOD23

#Dyslexia affects both decoding and encoding. #Reading AND #Spelling. When we monitor students' reading out of context, we better understand what they know! #SPOD23 @Learning_Ally @DeeDrosenberg

#Decoding can be more predictable if we introduce students to the flexibility of letter sounds! Teaching students to recognize irregularities can help develop their #ReadingFluency! Thank you @draliciarf and @estcok_rebecca for joining us at @Learning_Ally's #SPOD23

#Speech is represented imperfectly by words in print" explains @draliciarf and @estock_rebecca. But Orthographic Mapping could be the key to #decoding this predictable relationship between words and meaning. #SPOD23 @Learning_Ally

Excited for more conference sessions today with @Learning_Ally! #SPOD23 #LiteracyLeaders

Had a great day today at @Learning_Ally's #SPOD23 Virtual Conference, Spotlight on #Dyslexia! Excited to rejoin all these #LiteracyLeaders again tomorrow!

"#Literacy is our greatest human right" "Imagine being in the stone age with no stone, the bronze age with no bronze. We're in the age of information and we can't read the information!" ~From the film "#TheRightToRead" at @Learning_Ally's #SPOD23

'Hopefully, we can find ways that this tool can help us as educators, parents, and students!' says #EdTech expert, @iplante to the @Learning_Ally community at #SPOD23 What do you think of ChatGBT? How has it helped or hindered your classroom?

'When #StrugglingReaders record themselves--and can listen back--they're often more motivated to do the work developing #fluency!' Thank you, @iplante, for sharing this #TechnologyReview with the @Learning_Ally community!

Barret Stephenson**

OMG! @Learning_Ally's Virtual Networking Room is so cute! The perfect way to keep conversations going during lunch break at #SPOD23

This simulation of a "Social Studies Quiz" shows how the #LiteracyCrisis affects students in all subject areas! "I didn't even try." says some participants. "I felt defeated before I even started." "This is what reading looks like for me." says someone with #Dyslexia

"I started feeling better about myself. I started to eat and drink again. I felt like I could read again." ~Barret Noland, a @Learning_Ally Student! Thank you #SPOD23 for uplifting students with #Dyslexia!

Logging in for @Learning_Ally's #SPOD23! Excited to dedicate some time discussing #dyslexia education!

Had an inspiring time today at @Learning_Ally's #SpotlightLearning Conference on #LiteracyLeadership! Looking forward to the chance to practice this knowledge in a supportive community of #LifeLongLearners and #Advocates

"It's so relieving to have these and know there is a community of other educators sharing this information" ~Rebecca Brown. Thanks to @Learning_Ally for these amazing resources to help us advocate in our own communities! #LiteracyLeadership #SpotlightLearning

Teachers need to hear that their efforts are valued. Advocating for the #ScienceOfReading takes kindness and authenticity. @Learning_Ally #LiteracyLeadership #SpotlightLearning

"I was afraid of what my colleagues would think... so I decided to start small" admits Rebecca Brown. Building the courage to advocate for the #ScienceOfReading with @Learning_Ally today at #SpotlightLearning #LiteracyLeadership virtual conference!

"Thank you to all the parent advocates... It was a grassroots movement that got districts' attention" says Lori Severino (@ACEliteracy) on bringing the #ScienceOfReading into practice. #LiteracyLeadership #SpotlightLearning @Learning_Ally

"I found a community of people who are experts on the #ScienceOfReading... Together our voices are stronger!" says @missypurcell1 at @Learning_Ally's virtual #SpotlightLearning conference! "I'm trying to bring more voices to the table" agrees @jflowers1321