Shelly Todd
@alidatodd
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Instructional coach for Olathe Schools, mama to 3 strong young women, wife of Mr. Todd. LETRS facilitator trained, TRL KS board member.
Joined April 2009
Watching these two teachers team teach 6th grade social studies and the way they support students @OTMSTigerPride is inspiring.
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I love getting to work @MT_Timberwolves and seeing how the staff takes care of one another. This day included popcorn specially popped by these fabulous people.
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“Do middle schoolers even read anymore?” Yes, yes they do… when the right culture is set. I love these reflections from our @olatheschools middle schoolers.
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Oregon Trail staff will be able to leave safely from work today thanks to Mrs. Neubauer and her awesome students! Not seen: @rippee also shoveling and cleaning cars! @OTMSTigerPride
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Leah is absolutely fantastic!
Dr. Cogswell is in her first year leading THE amazing @sftcyclones Thank you for showing us each day that WE ARE BETTER TOGETHER!❤️ #sftlegacy
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Dr. Jones is an amazing instructional leader!
As we continue to celebrate our principals, please give a shout out to @DrJonesPRT. Dr. Jones has spent the last decade supporting the ONW feeder pattern with 4 yrs as an asst. principal at ONW and now in yr 6 leading the AMAZING Huskies!! TY for all you do!
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💡New on Science of Reading: The Podcast! Susan Lambert and @Doug_Lemov explore why many older students still struggle with fluency and how it impacts comprehension. 🎧 Tune in: https://t.co/f8WrUQOVHf.
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“If you’re not a fluent reader, you can’t be a deep reader.” Lemov
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Podcast Episode · Science of Reading: The Podcast · 10/08/2025 · 37m
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More evidence that fluency intervention we have is best practice.
If you're interested, @daisychristo, in why such a significant chunk of pupils arrive in Y7 as dysfluent readers (despite improvements in teaching initial decoding via SSP), the answer is strikingly obvious: Many kids don't actually read much in school: https://t.co/J7nSTJGFJR
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The decoding threshold has been studied (Wang, Sabatini, O’Reilly, & Weeks, 2019). It basically says that higher level comprehension does not improve in a linear fashion if Ss do not get to a certain level of decoding skill (word reading speed and accuracy). Below this 1/
@karenvaites @kato_NV @RKockler I don’t understand the “decoding threshold” at all. Makes no sense. .@smorrisey is my go to. But students need to have had solid g3-4 instruction, including syntax, verbal reasoning, lots of spelling (@lifelonglit ), morphology,…
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This is so deserving!
Please join me in congratulating our very first Tiger Teacher of the Month for September 2025 – Mr. Pedro Ibarra! Blu presented him with the traveling trophy today, and thanks to the generosity of our PTC, he also received a gift card in recognition of his dedication.
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You know what’s beautiful? Seeing all the ways that teachers and staff recognize greatness. @OTMSTigerPride
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Have student's attention spans been decimated by digital technologies? In @EducationNext I look at the data and conclude that's not the problem. https://t.co/VHPFkOq55t
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Our Middle School Reading Scores are Dropping – Help! | Shanahan on Literacy
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Join us for a professional development session designed to explore spelling instruction. You'll walk away with practical, research-informed strategies to support all learners! 🔗 Register today: https://t.co/7iLhQWmO48
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