While I’m busy recommending podcasts by ⁦Anna Geiger⁩, I’ll add this to the list - Anna’s conversation with ⁦Nate Joseph⁩ on supporting teachers to be confident and informed research consumers. A valuable and nuanced listen. podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/tri…

I really enjoyed this discussion b/w ⁦Anna Geiger⁩ & ⁦Devin Kearns⁩ on teaching strategies for reading polymorphemic words & the limited utility of syllable types. Let’s ⬇️ meta knowledge load & ⬆️ transferable skills that lift literacy 📚📝 podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/tri…

It was a pleasure to have this conversation with Karen Dudek-Brannan on everything from using social media to share research to displacement of responsibility for children’s reading success from teachers to parents - and much else!

This looks like another good reason to add this volume to my library 👇

Looking forward to getting into this 👇 ping margaret mckeown, Tanya Anne Serry PhD, 𝗗𝗿 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗲𝗹 𝗦𝘄𝗮𝗶𝗻, Tessa Weadman, Eamon Charles, Tessa Daffern

Today I attended the retirement celebration for my school friend, Her Honour, Magistrate Jenni Bowles. We’ve collaborated over the yrs on Judicial College training on language skills of vulnerable children & adolescents. Her work on “crossover kids” leaves a significant legacy 🌻

“Intensifying Reading
Interventions by Making
Instruction More Explicit”. ….Why not just start with explicit teaching for ease, efficiency, equity and educational excellence? 🚀
Thx for sharing Melanie Henry 🙋🏽‍♀️📚🛼🤞🏽

This looks like a great resource on teaching #handwriting . Ping Tanya Anne Serry PhD, 𝗗𝗿 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗲𝗹 𝗦𝘄𝗮𝗶𝗻, Tessa Weadman, Eamon Charles, Tessa Daffern 👇👇👇

“The oral language & emergent literacy skills of preschoolers: Early childhood teachers’ self‐reported role, knowledge & confidence”.
Congrats ⁦Tessa Weadman⁩ on this La Trobe University PhD paper being one of ⁦IJLCD⁩’s most accessed papers. #OpenAccess onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

''However, after accounting for variations in maternal language, storybook exposure was not a significant predictor of children’s outcomes. In contrast, direct literacy instruction remained a predictor of children’s reading/spelling skills.'' Puglisi et al. 2017

10 years ago I would have sworn that I WAS teaching explicitly.

That was before I started using Direct Instruction and learnt what explicit teaching CAN look like.

Students are more engagement & actively learning. ALL students should be able to benefit from explicit teaching.

Thanks for this take-away Sarah Gannon 😊

This 🧵 is relevant to your current PhD research Reid Smith 👇

The key identifier that we can use to distinguish a student learning English who may struggle to learn to read from one who will not are word-level measures.

write.as/manderson/rese…

This video is a 🙌 investment of 8 mins of your time. I’ve added it to my most recent blogpost on the folly of sending bulk sets of so-called sight-words home for parents to teach to their children. This practice needs to be retired. #KnowBetterDoBetter
pamelasnow.blogspot.com/2024/03/help-m…

If you can get to Perth (May 25), Sydney (May 27) or Melbourne (June 1), you can hear Emily Hanford ( #SoldAStory ) speaking in Australia. Dr Lorraine Hammond AM, Tanya Anne Serry PhD and I will also be speaking.

The what, the why & the how of evidence-based reading instruction.
sotla.com.au/emilyhanford

Our new open access paper: “A systematic narrative synthesis review of the effectiveness of genre theory and systemic functional linguistics for improving reading and writing outcomes within K-10 education”, Australian Journal of Language and Literacy. doi.org/10.1007/s44020…

New article in ILA 'The Reading Teacher' by Devin Kearns and Matthew J. Cooper Borkenhagen that's worth reading. (Paywall - sorry!) ila.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.100…
Expands on important stuff about how people learn that Mark Seidenberg talked about in Ep 10. of Sold a Story.

'A systematic narrative synthesis review of the effectiveness of genre theory and systemic functional linguistics for improving reading and writing outcomes within K-10 education'. #OpenAccess link.springer.com/article/10.100…

👶Supporting early language development 👶 We are delighted to launch our website & resources to support ELIM-I use in practice developed in partnership with iHV & Tiny Happy People. Please take a look at the 'super communicator' resources & guidance research.ncl.ac.uk/elim-i/elim-i/…