Reading Recovery Connections
A blog for Reading Recovery and early literacy professionals
What is your song?
by Kim Reynolds Have you ever heard a song from the past that brings you right back to that very moment in time as if nothing has ever changed? I used to laugh at my [...]
High-Quality Tutoring Strategies to Facilitate Acceleration, Not Remediation
The latest in a webinar series hosted by the AASA, The School Superintendents Association and Learning Policy Institute features effective, high-quality tutoring strategies to accelerate, not remediate student gains during this COVID-19 school year and [...]
Reading Between the Brushstrokes: Cultivating Critical Thinkers Through Curious Conversations About Art
by Nawal Qarooni Casiano CONVERSATION AND CURIOSITY I hopped into the Zoom room from a stool in my bedroom, poised with a pen and ready to take notes. A teacher I work alongside had [...]
Just Choosing Diverse Books is Not Enough: Let’s Make Curriculum Connections
by Dr. Towanda Harris I have the great honor of being an adjunct professor for early childhood undergraduate students at a Historically Black Colleges and University (HBCU) in Georgia. For those who don’t know, [...]
Learning Loss-Myth or Reality (Check)
by Kathleen A. Brown Learning Loss: one of the many topics of conversation in the education world of the pandemic. As school districts across the nation are working tirelessly to open schools, many are [...]
LitCon 2021: A Remarkable Conference in a Remarkable Year with a Remarkable Community of Learners
by Amy Smith LitCon2021 is in the books, but we are still riding a wave of excitement about our first virtual conference. Within hours of the opening general session, I began to receive texts and [...]
LitCon Vlog Contest Winner – Becky Fritz
Becky Fritz has won a free registration to LitCon 2021 – congratulations! How has professional development improved your practice and promoted equity, equality, and excellence for your students? by Becky Fritz [...]
‘Roaming Around the Known’ with an Adult Learner
by Regie Routman This past June I received an urgent phone request from an extended family member: Would I be willing to tutor him in reading and writing so he could improve as a [...]
It Only Takes One
by Todd Nesloney I often reflect back on my own personal reading journey when talking to other educators about how to inspire kids (and even adults) to read more. I hated reading anything [...]
The Six-Word Memoir: A Tool for Distilling and Sharing Stories
by Lisa Pinkerton, Linda Randall, and Amy Smith Writing offers the possibility of catharsis and closure; justice and renewal. Writing is a way to seek and to offer support; a way to connect and [...]