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Celebrating Professional Development Award Winners and the Foundation for Struggling Readers
A lot of good happened this year! Today the RRCNA community is celebrating our Professional Development Award winners. A key tenet of Reading Recovery is a commitment to continuous professional development; the ten Teacher
Happy Holidays!
We hope you enjoy this holiday greeting from your friends at RRCNA. Wishing you a safe, restful, and happy holiday season!
Parent Testimonials
Every child deserves to read. The lives of millions of children have been positively impacted by Reading Recovery; the results are unimpeachable. Check out the videos below of parents sharing their real experiences with
Truth and Fiction: What Reading Recovery Means to Me
By Marissa Cota The most joyful part about being a Reading Recovery Teacher Leader is observing the relationships built between students, teachers, and within learning communities. A recent podcast suggests that the learning community is
Understanding MSV: The Types of Information Available to Readers
By The North American Trainers Group The letters MSV stand for meaning, structure, and visual, and recent discussions of early reading instruction refer to them as the ‘three cueing systems.’ Too often the descriptions of
Follow My Journey: Oral Exams
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 What a semester it has been!
Interview with LitCon Featured Speaker Paul Thomas
Video shared with permission by Dr. Sam Bommarito, author of Dr. Sam 7, Seeking Ways to Grow Proficient, Motivated, Lifelong Readers & Writers: https://doctorsam7.blog/2022/12/03/rethinking-reading-policy-in-the-science-of-reading-era-what-paul-thomas-will-be-saying-at-litcon-this-year-an-update-by-dr-sam-bommarito/ P. L. Thomas, Professor of Education (Furman University, Greenville SC), taught
Aligned with the Sciences: How does Reading Recovery teach phonics?
By Dr. Rebecca Jesson and Judy Aitken Shared with permission. Originally published in Volume 37 Issue 3 2022 of Literacy Forum NZ. You may have heard or even contributed to a call for Aotearoa
RRCNA Membership Spotlight: Stephanie Logsdon
Learn about your colleagues from across the country who do whatever it takes as part of the Reading Recovery Community! Stephanie is able to attend LitCon this year because of a generous financial award
Thank You, Reading Recovery Community!
Thanksgiving is a time for reflection, togetherness, and gratitude. This year, we're thankful for every member of the Reading Recovery Community. Thank you for working tirelessly to help children learn to read. Browse 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