Elizabeth Reenstra's Avatar

Elizabeth Reenstra

@guidingliteracy

πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ in πŸ‡³πŸ‡±/ Endless Curiosity re: Literacy & Continually Improving Learning Outcomes / M.Ed Literacy / K-8 CERI SL Dyslexia Specialist / Reading Specialist

599
Followers
476
Following
26
Posts
21.09.2023
Joined
Posts Following

Latest posts by Elizabeth Reenstra @guidingliteracy

Preview
Examining the relationship between special education teacher (SET) retention and resilience: An extended framework This study shares results of a survey of special education teachers (SET; nΒ =Β 818) exploring retention and resilience in one northeastern state in the…

Grateful for more attention on special education teacher retention and resilience - especially from such thoughtful researchers!

27.01.2025 02:08 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Post image

On the to-read list, published 18/12 by scientists out of the Netherlands, looks like it will be an interesting article. πŸ€“. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

19.12.2024 22:21 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
Examining the Effects of Silent Independent Reading on Reading Outcomes: A Narrative Synthesis Review from 2000 to 2020 Encouraging children to read extensively has been a widely recommended approach to developing reading. The National Reading Panel published a review study reporting inconclusive findings regarding ...

The NRP Report (2000) found that independent silent reading may not be the most efficient use of instructional time.

In our study, we replicated the finding. We found that independent reading didn't contribute meaningfully to improved reading outcomes.

πŸ”— shorturl.at/ZeBJz
πŸ”— shorturl.at/BZBpt

19.12.2024 10:44 πŸ‘ 30 πŸ” 17 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1
Preview
Rethinking Reading

Hot off the presses - a must read about #comprehension and #backgroundknowledge from Hugh Catts at @thefcrr.bsky.social #scienceofreading
www.aft.org/ae/winter202...

11.12.2024 13:12 πŸ‘ 34 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I’ve bookmarked a few on Etsy πŸ˜‰

07.12.2024 07:37 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Post image

I keep seeing this pop up on social
media ads which may be telling me something….I’m not one for ugly Xmas sweaters but I may need the T-Shirt version. πŸ€“πŸ˜‰

06.12.2024 18:01 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Post image

On the to read list πŸ€“ www.cmjpublishers.com/wp-content/u...

05.12.2024 17:53 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
Understanding dyslexia: Why early diagnosis and intervention matter Teaching students with dyslexia requires more than curriculum--it takes early screenings and access to science-backed reading instruction.

Understanding dyslexia: Why early diagnosis and intervention matter

www.eschoolnews.com/innovative-t...

27.11.2024 11:49 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Cognitive Load & Explicit Instruction with Dr. Zach Groshell with The Reading League Illinois
Cognitive Load & Explicit Instruction with Dr. Zach Groshell with The Reading League Illinois YouTube video by The Reading League Illinois

Cognitive load and explicit instruction for literacy

youtu.be/H468hf7XREA?...

29.11.2024 23:42 πŸ‘ 23 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Post image

I’ve been to London a handful of times but never in November. People weren’t exaggerating when they said how beautiful it is in the lead up to the holidays. Loving the scenery β€οΈπŸ“ΈπŸ‡¬πŸ‡§

27.11.2024 17:44 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

One of the things I love about living in Europe - in one train trip I’ve been in 4 countries. πŸ‡³πŸ‡±πŸ‡§πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡«πŸ‡·πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§

27.11.2024 10:52 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
Abstract for article titled "Instruction to support word-level reading skills for adolescent learners with learning disabilities."

Abstract for article titled "Instruction to support word-level reading skills for adolescent learners with learning disabilities."

🚨 NEW PUBLICATION ALERT 🚨

New #TosteTeam pub led by @brennanchandler.bsky.social focused on word reading skills for secondary students with LD. Included in a special issue of Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy edited by Townsend, Lupo, & colleagues. Access it here: tinyurl.com/JAALTosteTeam 1/3

20.11.2024 18:01 πŸ‘ 47 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 2
Post image Post image

Over the last 5 months I have been updating my research on reading comprehension, both in terms of my methods and in terms of new studies. This process has led to me changing my position on the importance of knowledge and reading comprehension.

Blog: www.pedagogynongrata.com/_files/ugd/2...

18.11.2024 21:02 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 3

Looking to follow some reading scientists and some practitioners who are interested in their work? I've got you covered with this starter pack! #EduSky

16.11.2024 17:51 πŸ‘ 38 πŸ” 20 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 1
Post image

TUESDAY‼️

What’s true β€œScience of Reading” and what’s BS? πŸ€·πŸ»β€β™€οΈπŸ§

Lots of misinformation out there.

Dr. Nathan Clemens enters the No BS Zone πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯

The Literacy View finds out WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW 🫡

#edusky #nobs #nobs #bsfreezone #nobsbestie #theliteracyview #realteachers #lettingloose

17.11.2024 11:32 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
Seeing the mouth: the importance of articulatory gestures during phonics training - Reading and Writing Substantial evidence exists suggesting that access to articulatory gestures during instruction improves students’ phonological awareness skills, but researchers have yet to explore the role of articul...

Excellent new article by Tina Novelli - for early phonics instruction, just drawing attention to the mouth movements facilitated learning. Check it out! doi.org/10.1007/s111...

16.11.2024 17:07 πŸ‘ 28 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 2

Likewise Catherine 😊

16.11.2024 21:31 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Three-Cueing and the Law | Shanahan on Literacy This blog entry explains what three-cueing is, why it makes no sense to teach it, but also why policy efforts aimed at banning it are problematic, too.

www.shanahanonliteracy.com/blog/three-c...

16.11.2024 15:34 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
Preview
Advantage of Handwriting Over Typing on Learning Words: Evidence From an N400 Event-Related Potential Index The growing implementation of digital education comes with an increased need to understand the impact of digital tools on learning. Previous behavioral studies have shown that handwriting on paper is ...

Take notes and make organizers by hand! (Ok to draft via keyboarding). Students don’t just memorize better by hand but learn better overall writing by hand. Writing is learning. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

11.11.2024 10:46 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Looks like I will be dusting off my BlueSky ☺️

10.11.2024 07:30 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
3 New Studies to Know on Screening Students for Dyslexia More than 40 states now require screening for dyslexia.

Looking forward to reading these 3 studies. 1) Ss of color may be under identified in screenings for reading disabilities 2) Auditory attn. deficits may affect learning trajectories for dyslexics 3) Early reading has an impact into adulthood, esp. for struggling Ss. www.edweek.org/teaching-lea...

05.01.2024 21:37 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
Why Children With Dyslexia Struggle With Writing and How to Help Them Children with dyslexia often have related writing difficulties. In the simple view of writing model, high-quality writing depends on good transcription skills, working memory, and executive functionοΏ½οΏ½...

"The writing difficulties of students with dyslexia can be partially attributed to their reading difficulties and can manifest in many ways in their writing, such as poor spelling, poor legibility, lack of diverse vocabulary, poor idea development, and/or lack of organization." #EduSky

05.01.2024 03:23 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

β€œContinuous improvement is better than delayed perfection.” -Mark Twain

02.01.2024 03:51 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Post image Post image Post image

It’s honestly rare I take a break from work or thinking about all topics related to work (okay, maybe I’m still thinking a bit 😜) but this recent holiday has been welcome and very much needed.

30.12.2023 22:11 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
A Missing Link in the 'Science of Reading' Conversation A researcher and a practitioner make a case for going beyond phonics to systematically build children's broader language development.

β€œwhat we know is that lang. & word reading need to be built across the curriculum so that we don’t neglect lang. early on, but we don’t want to neglect word reading later. It’s not a relay race, where word reading is handed off to language. It’s a parallel structure.” www.edweek.org/teaching-lea...

13.12.2023 15:03 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Post image

Stumbled on this 2002 RF Elmore piece: Hard Questions About Practice. 21 years later & I found it’s still relevant as discussions ⭕️ around the same systems issues. The only key diff. may be β€œdistributed leadership” is more of a thing..and yes, I put it in quotations. www.ascd.org/el/articles/...

03.12.2023 19:04 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
Comprehensive Reading Curricula and Teacher Expertise: We Don’t Have to Choose Successful curriculum implementation must include teachers, school leaders and the community working together..

Great piece - it’s not curriculum resources OR teacher expertise but rather how the two come together. www.shankerinstitute.org/blog/compreh...

01.12.2023 17:34 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

It was really a shame, that’s also not the first time her name has been used as support for certain arguments. I love listening to her speak and agree, she addressed it beautifully.

12.11.2023 14:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It was so nice to see you on this episode!

12.11.2023 14:38 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0