Christina Santoleri

A simple model for supporting struggling readers in the classroom. 1. Start with a universal fluency screener like DIBELS or Acadience. Identify any students reading below the 30th percentile. 2. Test the students below the 30th percentile, further. Check to see if they can identify the most common graphemes and their associated sounds. Check to see if they can add common suffixes to words and spell them correctly. Check to see if they can segment basic words. 3. If they do well on all of these sub-tests, do repeated reading drills with them. If they know the common letter sound correspondances, but struggle with suffixes, teach them morphology. If they don’t know their letter sound correspondences, but can segment words, teach them phonics. In my experience most struggling readers lack phonics knowledge and teaching phonics will make the biggest impact. If they can’t segment words and lack phonics knowledge teach them phonics, blending, and segmenting. 4. In 6 weeks retest them. If they are above the 30th percentile, great. Focus your efforts on the other students who need your help more. If they are still below the 30th, repeat steps 2 and 3.

America put a convicted felon in the White House before a woman. The message we just sent to the world. Yikes.

#allroadsleadtomccaskey #hamiltonhurricanes #communitymatters

There's no limit to what Ss can achieve with the right support, says educator Michaela Keegan Jedele. #KidsDeserveIt

🙌

❤️⚾️❤️ I think i experienced every emotion known to Philly fans in those 9 innings. ⚾️❤️⚾️ @Phillies

Help me start a yoga club for elementary students in an urban school district! amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls… #clearthelist #yoga #yogaforkids #mindfulness #teacher #MentalHealthMatters #gratitude

This. 👏 Not every day is easy BUT every day is a fresh start to show up with the best mindset to be the best you can be for your students. Bringing negative energy into a space is so "cringe" as the young people are saying.

Not just teenagers. ❤️

✌️❤️🌎

@MarkCoffin14 @amazon Thank you! New job. New district. Big changes. amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls…

Is it too late to help teachers clear their school supply lists? Let's start a fresh list! Teachers, if you want to, post your @amazon wish lists in the replies below. 👇 Folks, even if it's just one item it MAKES A DIFFERENCE! Let's support the teachers!

@MissPin5th @DonorsChoose @JohnLegere @support_a_teach @amazon This is incredible! Year 18 starting soon and taking on a new role as an ESL teacher! amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls…

CALLING ALL #TEACHERS!! Drop your #AmazonWishList and @DonorsChoose projects for a retweet. Let's get these projects funded! #clearthelist @JohnLegere #JohnClearMyList @support_a_teach #postsforpencils #teachertwitter @amazon #AdoptATeacher amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls…

@playfactile amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls… ❤️

Hey #teachers 🍎! We will help you #clearthelist ✅! Just drop your lists below and we will create a dedicated post promoting them on all our socials for a week! 📣 Tag someone who might find this helpful! 🙌 #educators #supportaclassroom #clearthelists #clearthelist24

Helping students find their unique strengths and talents makes all the difference.

Good teachers understand how to communicate their content. Great teachers understand how to connect with kids.

As someone who exclusively works teaching reading to students at the Tier 3 level, I have found that more often than not it is not that some kids can't learn to read, but rather that many kids are often not taught the way they need(structure/explicit instruction) and/or provided instruction at the intensity they need with the amount of practice they require. For many, it is easier to think that it is the kids and the family's fault for the struggle that so many kids experience. The truth is different. The more a child deviates from being able to learn "the way school districts teach reading" the less successful they are likely to be. Why? Because the system is rigid and is not designed to be self-accountable and to revise itself in real time.