Bob Probst

@KyleneBeers Did they keep those quips in the audio version? #liftingliteracy #G2Great

A6 A surprise for me was how much it meant to have my daughter Meredith read the book for the audio version. She did a brilliant and funny job as she inserted her own quips ("Really, Mom, could you not find any researchers who have single-syllable last names!") #liftingliteracy

@KyleneBeers A4 That is wonderful news! #liftingliteracy #G2Great

As a total aside, I'm THRILLED to be doing this after just getting the call from my oncologist that my new scans from this morning revealed that I'm still in remission! YES! #liftingliteracy #g2great #FCancer

@kasal_finley A4 Yes, and most words point to things, people, ideas that exist outside of the text. They need to be able to make those connections, and do it honestly, in search of something like truth or accuracy. #liftingliteracy #G2Great

A4: because if they don’t have the background info/knowledge then they won’t be blue to make meaning even if they know all the words. They need to be able connect the words to something they know. #liftingliteracy

A4: I was just writing about this today. A couple years ago I assigned a reading on Chernobyl and my HS seniors (born in 2003) looked at me completely confused. They had no real context. It was a reminder that I’m old & that student have to have background info #liftingliteracy

@KyleneBeers A3 Sometimes I wonder if I'm pushable. . . I look at my own reading behaviors and I see laziness too often. Perhaps kids need to be more reflective about their own reading. #liftingliteracy #G2Great

A3 Once @BobProbst and I were in a MS where the principal had labeled kids as "pushables" (kids who with a little push could make a higher state test score) or "slippables" (kids who might slip to a lower score). We left there so sad. #liftingliteracy #g2great

@KyleneBeers A2 Part of the problem with the science of reading is that it is neither science nor about reading. #liftingliteracy #G2Great

Helping young students learn the letter-sound code doesn't need to be debated. AND recognizing that reading is FAR more than simply sound-out words is not debatable. Why we spend time arguing these things is beyond me. #liftingliteracy #g2great

@mrbgilson A2 Beyond decoding, reading involves weighing relationship of words to things outside the text (thus honesty and truth are important), raising questions that the text provokes, taking a stand on issues brought up by the text, and more. #liftingliteracy #G2Great

Folks... 🤩 #liftingliteracy

@KyleneBeers A1 Someone once said that "writing is the technology of extended thought." Perhaps we can't think complex thoughts without being able to read. #liftingliteracy #G2Great

This is such a smart statement. We are "wired" to walk, to talk, to see, to taste . . . but our brains are not wired to read. Instruction is imperative. #liftingliteracy #g2great

@DrMaryHoward Hi, there. #liftingliteracy

@BobProbst So good to see you on my screen Bob! #liftingliteracy #G2Great

I think I'm here.#liftingliteracy

@franmcveigh Thanks, Fran.

@BobProbst Welcome, Bob! YAY! #liftingliteracy

@adriaklein_read @KyleneBeers Been trying to reply to you all night. Great to see you again! #g2great

Kylene, Time for you to go shovel snow. #g2great

Thanks! See you all later. Stay out of crowded bars.#g2great

And the importance of having an independent reader, one who doesn't simply accept the visions offered by his group, his party, his religion. A responsible reader.#g2great

A7 Sometimes I think that reshaping self is a necessary (but occasionally unpleasant) first step in reshaping society. #g2great

A7 The big problem is that reshaping oneself may require letting go of treasured beliefs or visions and replacing them with one less comfortable but more defensible. #g2great

Just realized. . . . I probably didn't need to put on a tie for this. #g2great

A6 The problems of the world are often the problems of our literature and nonfiction. If we let kids seek relevance, and speculate about possibilities, then they may be attacking the problems that matter to them. #g2great

A5 I didn’t make clear to students the importance of responsible literacy, since literacy enable them to shape themselves and the world around them. #g2great

A4 If we value lacrosse we may reject football. Sorry -- that a personal and irrelevant comment. #g2great