Laura O'Brien
@Quest4Readers
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She/Her. PhD Candidate, Literacy Coach. Mom, teacher, book lover, continuous learner. Living on Treaty 4 territory.
Melville, Saskatchewan
Joined June 2017
The hill I may die on!!! đź’•
"No matter what program you are using, if it is successful with most kids in tier 1, you should use the same program in tiers 2 and 3. Almost invariably, what struggling students need is not a different program, but more opportunities to practice the skills taught in the tier 1
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Check out my newest project. Like and retweet, for a chance to win a 1 year free subscription for your class! https://t.co/TOTEFXLk1g
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THERE’S NO SUCH THING AS LEARNING STYLES Stop, stop, stop, just stop with that pseudoscience
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This is among the best instructional playbooks I’ve seen in a school. And they’re going places.
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🌞✨ 15 weeks. 146 literacy resources. All curated in 1 place! 📚 Explore evidence-based knowledge and practices designed to strengthen instruction + empower educators + increase student learning! 🔗 🔗Padlet Link Here: https://t.co/2vdvLvwlW9
#UntilALLAreLiterate
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This is the most trash thing I have read all year, so I invite you to read it https://t.co/96cjlpcICV
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PRE-ORDERS OPEN! 🎉🎉🎉 Not only do we have a final cover for our @ScholasticEdu book, but @sstollar6 and I can also share that the foreword is being written by the amazing @liv2learn - what an honour for us - AND that pre-orders are now open on Scholastic & Amazon!
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New: Test your science of reading knowledge with our new practice assessment! The "Studying Science of Reading: Practice Assessment" is a free resource for pre-service and in-service teachers, offering nine quizzes on literacy development and instruction. Find it on the IRRC
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Yahoo! Inspired by Dr. Anita Archer’s career-altering Explicit Instruction Institute this summer. Let’s get ready to optimize student learning from the very start of the year. Join us on Aug. 26th. Hope to see you there!
Start the year strong. Join us for Back to School: Organizing for Instruction, practical, high-impact strategies to set the tone for a successful school year. August 26, 2025 - 9:30-11:00am https://t.co/3OknkRD7sO
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We have a new episode of Sold a Story coming next week. We're looking at the Trump administration's cuts to education research - and what they mean for the science of reading. You can follow the show and sign up for alerts at our website.
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There's an idea about how children learn to read that's held sway in schools for more than a generation — even though it was proven wrong by cognitive scientists decades ago. Teaching methods based...
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Shout-out to all the educators who know that teaching writing is more than just assigning writing. #TheWritingRevolution #HochmanMethod #WritingAcrossTheCurriculum #K12Education #ScienceofReading #ScienceofLearning
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If the student hasn’t learned, the teacher hasn’t taught. - Zig Engelmann
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The 🇨🇦 delegation with Anita Archer. 3 incredible days of Explicit Instruction Institute with Dr. Archer and my mind is 🤯. 2 more to go! How well I teach = How well they learn. #retrievalpractice @Quest4Readers
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NEW: To determine whether a classwide intervention is needed, educators must gather student data, identify appropriate cut scores, and determine a recommendation for next steps. The IRRC’s Tier 1.5 Calculator calculates your class’s median score relative to important cutoff
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Giggling at @burnsmk1's SSSR practitioner day slides... 🫢 Y'all, pls focus on isolation, blending, & segmenting.
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Hot off the press! @UFLiteracy now has an Intervention Placement Test to help you figure out where to begin interventions for specific students. Scoring patterns tell you which UFLI lesson you should start with. This is going to be really helpful! https://t.co/c3IGHfM7Iw
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Hot off the press! New Substack Post. @C_Hendrick @P_A_Kirschner @greg_ashman @rastokke @JimHewittOISE @researchEDCan @researchED1
https://t.co/tIsHRZsVOk
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I LOVED the brilliant new book “Making Words Stick” by @drmollyness and Dr. Katie Pace Miles in the Research to Classroom Practice series from @Scholastic… …And I absolutely LOVE this 1-page handout to accompany it, too! Check this out!👇🏼❤️
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As teachers, we are often told WHAT to teach but not always HOW to teach it! Effective teaching includes retrieval practice (recalling information), interleaving (mixing different topics rather than teaching topics in “blocks”), scaffolding (providing temporary supports) and so
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