VSLA -- VCLE Chapter

VSLA conference: VCLE receives the Merit Award & VCLE leaders

Join us for a "free" conference with Sonia Cabell! sign up with the QR code. Oct. 25

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Hey Kindergartener Teachers—cool study. Co-taught OT-classroom teacher handwriting intervention! Not only improved handwriting but also letter naming and word reading. Handwriting is ESSENTIAL! ila.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.100…

Fluency Friday! Here are 2 poems about Hanukkah – which begins the evening of Dec 7 . I hope you can use the poems in exploring the 8 days of Hanukkah w students, & also build rdg fluency as students rehearse & perform them. @ILAToday @ascd @DyslexiaIDA @reading_league @IMSEOG

Word Ladder Wednesday! Tis the season for Jack-o’-Lanterns (and word study)! Enjoy! @ILAToday @ascd @DyslexiaIDA @reading_league @IMSEOG

For Fluency Friday! As a follow-up to Wednesday’s Word Ladder (Jack-O’-Lantern), here's a Halloween poem by the great Kenn Nesbitt (@poetry4kids) for students to rehearse (repeat reading) & perform with expression (prosody). @ILAToday @ascd @DyslexiaIDA @reading_league @IMSEOG

Save the date for our Fall Retreat!

VCLE Fall Retreat 2023 Registration docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

📝 Learning to read & write are essential to #Education4All 📖 #WorldLiteracyDay is coming up on September 8th & we want your help to celebrate #LiteracyDay ✍🏾 Please send us your submissions over DM or info@gce-us.org so we can highlight your work! #InternationalLiteracyDay

Sept 8-- International Literacy Day!

Today we remember former @UN Secretary-General & Nobel Peace Laureate, Kofi Annan, who passed #OnThisDay in 2018. Homage to a tireless advocate for a fairer and better world who became a global champion for peace & all humanity. on.unesco.org/3K2Zhd2

VCLE welcomed VDOE's Jill Nogueras to our meeting today! #VSLA23

VCLE rep. & student ambassadors: Dr. Parlier, F. Algarm, F. Hammons, & Dr. Goodwin. #VSLA23

VCLE accepted a merit chapter award yesterday at VSLA. #VSLA23

What are your plans for dinner?? Yesterday members of VCLE met up for dinner at 219 Bistro while others took a ride on the ferry over to Old Towne for lunch and a quick walk through the historic district. Share your photos with the hashtag #VSLA23

On the 20th anniversary of E.D. Hirsch's seminal article, we are delighted to announce our new blog! In The Know will connect reading researchers with PK–12 educators, to narrow gaps between research & practice. @bdavidsonKMC explains: knowledgematterscampaign.org/post/after-twe… #KnowledgeMatters