Reading Recovery Connections
A blog for Reading Recovery and early literacy professionals
We Teach, What is Your Superpower?
by Kim Reynolds Every time I walk into my colleague’s classroom, I look up to one of my favorite signs: “I teach, what is your superpower?” As I started roaming with my second-round student, [...]
An Important Message from RRCNA
from Executive Director, Billy Molasso The world changes every day, but some days, we are unable to get our arms around how fast it is changing. The past few weeks are no exception. Each of [...]
The Road Trip
by Lynn Newmyer Every summer my husband and I look forward to choosing a destination, packing up the car and heading into a wonderful week of both wandering and purpose. We choose to have a [...]
Are You Ready for a Reset?
by Connie Dierking With the new year comes reflection. Many teachers spend their winter breaks reflecting on the days gone by and the days to come. A hot cup of coffee and a sunny [...]
It’s All About Expertise
by Debra Zarling Where do you go for help when you have a serious medical issue? Or when your car has a major breakdown? Or a pipe bursts in your home? Like many people, you [...]
Building an Even Stronger Sense of Community at National Conference
by Billy Molasso I’ve had an incredible welcome to the Reading Recovery community! As you may know, I joined RRCNA this past August as the new executive director at Jady Johnson’s retirement. I’m thankful for [...]
Active Problem Solving in Reading is NOT a Guessing Game
by Jamie R. Lipp, Ph.D. “They are not guessing. They are computing the likelihood of the features that they recognise belonging to the word they have predicted” (Clay, 2016, p.145). You may have heard [...]
Responding to the Reading Wars: Everyone’s Job
by Patricia L. Scharer, Ph.D. The Reading Wars have a long, long history. Over the past 100 years, adversaries have argued for and against numerous approaches: whole word, literature-based reading, look-say method, sight words, Initial [...]
What’s the Story?
by Amy Smith At the center of all advocacy work is a story. Reading Recovery has a rich tapestry of stories with compelling themes like renewal, transformation, and hope. Our data tells one piece of [...]
The Three Cueing Systems in Beginning Reading Instruction: Good Idea or Hoax?
by Robert Schwartz A main skirmish in the Reading Wars centers on phonics first or building on the strengths a child brings. In his blog, Dr. Tim Shanahan, a knowledgeable and highly respected literacy researcher [...]