Reading Recovery Connections
A blog for Reading Recovery and early literacy professionals
You are the voice of Reading Recovery! Submit an idea for a blog today. We can’t wait to hear from you.
Subscribe
Follow My Journey: Graduation
Join us this year in a five-part series while we follow the journey of Courtney Smith at Clemson University as she trains to be a Teacher Leader. By Courtney Smith Have you ever bought a new
The International Reading Recovery Institute
Join Reading Recovery educators from around the globe to learn and connect at the International Reading Recovery Institute in Indianapolis July 12 -14. With 47 educational sessions and an evening event at the Eiteljorg
Scarborough’s Rope and Reading Recovery Downloadable Resource
Scarborough’s Reading Rope model illustrates the complexity and interconnectedness of skills needed to become a proficient reader. In Reading Recovery, students are engaged in all of these skills while learning to read and write
A Misguided Revolt: A Response to the Recent New York Times Article
By Billy Molasso, PhD From the headline to the spurious points within, the latest teacher hit piece from the New York Times seems determined to oversimplify an extremely complex problem to the unfortunate detriment
The Negative Legislative Consequences of the SOR Media Story: An Open-Access Reader
Originally published April 8, 2023. Republished with permission by Paul Thomas, author of the blog Radical Scholarship. https://radicalscholarship.com/2023/04/08/the-negative-legislative-consequences-of-the-sor-media-story-an-open-access-reader/ Increasingly since around 2013, the media story around the “science of reading” has resulted in legislation
Success Through Ongoing Support: Follow Up and Initiative
In the first blog, we mentioned that we work together as Trainers at the same UTC and both became a bit bionic last year with a new hip (Deb) and new knee (Adria). As
Success Through Ongoing Support: Preparation and Coordination
We work together as Trainers at the same UTC and both became a bit bionic last year with a new hip (Deb) and new knee (Adria). As we prepared for surgery, recovery, and follow
Intervention Essentials: Lessons With Emergent Bilingual Students
Mary D. Fried, The Ohio State University What are some essential shifts in teaching when the Reading Recovery® child is also learning English? Reading Recovery is an inclusive intervention that is successful with a
RRCNA Membership Spotlight: Rachel Spellman
Learn about your colleagues from across the country who do whatever it takes as part of the Reading Recovery Community! Rachel was able to attend LitCon this year because of a generous financial award
THE JOURNAL OF READING RECOVERY
Spring 2024
Constructing a More Complex Neural Network for Working on Written Language That Learns to Extend Itself by Carol A. Lyons
Reading Recovery IS the Science(s) of Reading and the Art of Teaching by Debra Semm Rich
Predictions of Progress: Charting, Adjusting, and Shaping Individual Lessons by Janice Van Dyke and Melissa Wilde
Teachers Designing for Context: Using Integrity Principles to Design Early Literacy Support in Aotearoa New Zealand by Rebecca Jesson, Judy Aitken, and Yu Liu