Tuesday, September 23, 2025

ELAR Updates for the Panhandle (Regions 14, 16, & 17)

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 Howdy -  CREST - Coalition of Reading and English Supervisors of Texas -  met virtually today for our Fall Forum.  Welcome:  As the regiona...
Wednesday, September 17, 2025

More on vocabulary...

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I've been doing a bit more research.  Vocabulary is a rope - It begins with oral language and stories (Bear, Invernizzi, Templeton, 1993...
Wednesday, September 10, 2025

Braided Rivers Theory of Reading, Writing, and Thinking

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There is no settled Science. Pearson Science of anything is not simple. Me.  Braided rivers are geological formations where water seeks it...

Am I wrong about vocabulary? Teach me what I don't know. Seriously

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Well - I received an email asking if I knew of a vocabulary assessment that a teacher could use to assess the learner's level of vocabu...
Friday, April 11, 2025

Testing Behaviors

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 I was thinking about monitoring testing behaviors while doing hall duty for STAAR. Just brainstorming. Thoughts?  https://docs.google.com/s...
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Thursday, April 10, 2025

Teacher Ed: Developing a Watch List of Practices and Replacements for Literacy Ed

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I'm teaching a graduate college class called Literacy Acquisition: Process and Pedagogy. GEEKING OUT and loving it. In our main project...
Wednesday, April 2, 2025

Getting them to read (,) right (?)

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 Getting them to read right. As in correct. Getting them to read, right? Like, at all.  Right now, our biggest hurdle is getting kids to rea...