Emily Hanford I would start with Adams's Beginning to Read - or Steve Stahl's summary (link below) & Chall's stages. Kay Stahl & I have a chapter in The Oxford Handbook of Ed Psych that updates the stages. And Timothy Shanahan's blog always cuts through the nonsense thereadingforum.com/2022/02/09/beg…

It is not kind to remove the pressure until children are older. It’s cruel. Timothy Shanahan has an analogy about the ramp to get from point A to point B - it’s the same distance, and you can either make it long and gentle or short and steep. 5/

Jesse Steif Dana A Robertson Amy Campbell Dr. Michael Paff 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ I would love to figure out how all the misunderstandings develop both in print and in craft knowledge. Timothy Shanahan address a lot of these, but some (e.g., learning styles as Dana & Amy noted) just won't die

Listening to a certain podcast got me thinking of Reading First... Timothy Shanahan
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I won’t try to simplify that point for Twitter, because one can’t, any better than Timothy Shanahan did.

And it’s a 201-level piece, so apologies to parent friends.

But here’s where things get really obscene.

👉 The ‘just right books’ approach also relies on the idea that we can easily, accurately measure a child’s reading level.

As Timothy Shanahan explains…

That’s a seriously flawed premise, for many reasons:

shanahanonliteracy.com/blog/rejecting…

“However, the point of fluency training is to help students to develop the ability to read more typical prose well. That’s why I would more often focus fluency practice on the kinds of texts that I want students to learn to comprehend.”

A couple nights ago I dreamt of large boats capsizing. And then I read this piece. The current #SOR momentum, to many, feels like an over-correction. It feels like the boat might completely tip if we're not ensuring balance and asking questions about what it truly means to read.

A great post on Reading Recovery from ⁦Timothy Shanahan⁩ I have been loving trawling my way through his blog. A goldmine.

These paragraphs stand out. RR is really not worth it’s expense and is a flawed programme in what it excludes shanahanonliteracy.com/blog/me-and-re…

Timothy Shanahan “The texts used for fluency practice should be at levels that we would traditionally label as frustration level. We want students to improve their reading of these texts from their oral reading attempts, feedback, and rereading.” Ss get vocabulary and knowledge benefits as well!

And if you’re wondering “what about instructional levels?”, Timothy Shanahan calls that idea “fake news”.

shanahanonliteracy.com/blog/new-evide…

Blast from the Past: What texts should we use to teach fluency?
shanahanonliteracy.com/blog/what-text…

Deborah McCallum I coined this years ago. The quote is - leveled texts lead to leveled lives. AWT

If haven't read the piece by Patti Ghezzi ✨ for The Grade , you should read it right now. Especially if you are an education reporter. Honest, detailed account of why she missed the story about reading instruction.
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No paywall: docs.google.com/document/d/1m_… 2/2

Something I am grateful for? I learned to read easily. I'm a fast reader. It's helped a LOT on this project. I have read hundreds of articles/books about the science of reading over the past 5 years. I recommend 10 things here (was SUPER hard to choose).
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I just came upon this fantastic little guide to academic writing. This will be the one I recommend to all of my students from now on broadviewpress.com/product/style-…

Another cracker episode of the ⁦Melissa & Lori Love Literacy podcast⁩

This time they are with ⁦Timothy Shanahan⁩ whose blogs I am diving deep into as they have so much gold included.

He shared so much knowledge here.

#literacypodcast
#scienceofreading podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/mel…

Here's advice from nationally known reading expert Timothy Shanahan.
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Halle Quezada Agree with your assessment of kids skimming to get the right answer rather than reading for meaning. Science of reading has never been just about decoding, though. It's about all parts of language and literacy. The k-12 teachers of reading comprehension like Timothy Shanahan 1/2