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Follow My Journey: My Reading Recovery Community
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 My colleagues and I have
Is Poetry Unknown During Roaming Around the Known?
By Kathleen A. Brown Are you ready to rejuvenate and revive your Roaming Around the Known Sessions? Why not consider using poetry with your students? How is poetry defined? Britannica describes poetry as follows:
Retired Educator Makes $1 Million Gift to Reading Recovery Program
Reposted from Texas Woman's University February 16, 2023. https://twu.edu/news-events/news/retired-educator-makes-1-million-gift-to-reading-recovery-program/#.Y-1Qw_gjoGw.twitter An Ohio educator and philanthropist who has devoted her career to reading and literacy enhancement efforts has given a $1 million gift to support Texas
LitCon ’23: A Homecoming of Literacy Leaders
On January 28, Columbus welcomed educators from across the country and the world for the homecoming of literacy leaders at the first in-person LitCon in three years! Attendees reconnected with literacy leaders and committed to
Teaching Reading and the Goldilocks’ Dilemma: A Case for Purposeful Literacy
Originally published February 3, 2023 Republished with permission by Paul Thomas, author of the blog Academic Freedom Isn’t Free. https://radicalscholarship.com/2023/02/03/teaching-reading-and-the-goldilocks-dilemma-a-case-for-purposeful-literacy/ Everyone teaching reading is confronted with the Goldilocks’ dilemma. Using terms offered by Stephen Krashen, I
Intervention Essentials: The Annual National Evaluation of Reading Recovery
Mary Anne Doyle, University of Connecticut Originally published in The Journal of Reading Recovery. Interested in full access to the journal? Learn more about becoming a member of RRCNA. Why do all Reading Recovery® implementations
The Process of Letting Go: Exiting a Child from Reading Recovery
By Nancy Lane We all have that feeling as our time with a child draws to an end. The feeling starts in the pit of our stomachs and ends in our hearts as we prepare
Feedback about Readers: Supporting Student Identity
By Dr. Jennifer Scoggin and Hannah Schneewind During Independent Reading in a second-grade classroom, we noticed that one student was flipping back and forth in her book and had a puzzled look on her face.
Input to Application: Isolated and Integrated Letter and Word Instruction
The moment of truth is the moment of input, How much you attend How much you care How you encode What you do it, and How you organise it. How well you access it depends
RRCNA Blog: A Year in Review
What a year it's been! From sharing exciting RRCNA updates to spotlighting our members, the RRCNA blog is your resource for what's new in the Reading Recovery Community. We highlighted the impact of our
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