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For a long time, I taught vocabulary using word lists, and I realized that was about as effective as having my students memorize spelling lists. They'd memorize it for the week, then "poof" gone.⁠
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Now, instead of having my students memori
A question that pops up often is how we use data to inform our instruction. Notice I said "inform" here because the data does not need to be in charge. I, as the interventionist, am in charge!⁠
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That being said, I absolutely use data to in
Do your students seem to forget all the skills you know you taught them? 🙋‍♀️ Lindsey and I were chatting on one of our recent podcasts about this.⁠
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You definitely taught the skills, they practiced them, you assessed them and they looked like
Have you ever had that moment where you KNOW you taught a comprehension skill... but when students need it in context, it's like it never happened?⁠
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We've been there.⁠
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When I first started tackling comprehension in my literacy intervention block,

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