TheLiteracySpaceNCState

Do you know a child who needs support in reading? We are now enrolling students in our spring Wolfpack Readers tutoring program. Space is limited, so apply quickly using the link shown here and in bio!

So honored & excited to be selected as the 2022 recipient of the Timothy & Cynthia Shanahan Outstanding Dissertation Award from ⁦⁦@ILAToday⁩. I can’t thank all those from ⁦@tamu_tlac⁩ who supported me along the way enough! ⁦🎉🎉🎉 literacyworldwide.org/get-involved/a…

If you want to participate in this study, you can sign up and access the consent form at go.ncsu.edu/mtssresearchst… (and link in bio). You can contact the researchers with questions: Dennis Davis, ddavis6@ncsu.edu; Jill Grifenhagen, jfgrifen@ncsu.edu @wolfpackreaders

We are looking for elementary and middle school teachers in NC public schools who want to share their experiences with reading intervention with us in individual interviews and focus groups. All research activities will take place outside of working hours on Zoom.

#nced What would it take to make MTSS and reading intervention work for all students in K-8 in North Carolina schools? We are conducting a research study to explore this question. 🧵

Assistant Professor and Friday Institute Senior Faculty Fellow @CrystalChenLee1 organized the “Teaching and Telling Asian American Stories Virtual Symposium” to share often invisible stories of Asian Americans. Learn more and register for the event: bit.ly/3MMhfB4

Dr. Deanna Townsend-Smith will be speaking on the @FridayInstitute's policy brief on Meeting the Moment: Strategic Recommendations for Literacy & Equity in North Carolina on May 19th from 4pm-5pm. For more information and to register click here 👇🏾 bit.ly/3w1GVnx #NCed

In our latest KnERD Bite, we share three more language games you can try & share with your colleagues. We hope these activities have revealed some interesting insights about the English sound system & provided an opportunity to have some fun with language! youtu.be/O5_k90rT_CQ

If you want to participate in this study, you can sign up and access the consent form at this link: ncsu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_eF… You can contact the researchers with questions: Dennis Davis, ddavis6@ncsu.edu; Jill Grifenhagen, jfgrifen@ncsu.edu @wolfpackreaders

We are looking for elementary and middle school teachers in NC public schools who want to share their experiences with reading intervention with us in individual interviews and focus groups. All research activities will take place outside of working hours on Zoom.

We invite you to watch, try, and share the “language games” we demonstrate in our latest Knerd bite video– these activities reveal teaching insights about how English works at the phoneme level, and they're a great way to play around with language! youtu.be/ZxCaKE3QSOI

Congratulations, #NCState22. 🐺🐾🎓

When it comes to phonics instruction, there are several systematic practices that every teacher of early reading should be familiar with. In our latest KnERD bite, we demonstrate some of these core practices. Check it out here: youtu.be/FS5layWcyj0

Our elementary education seniors presented their leadership projects yesterday. Each school group was tasked with finding an item on their school improvement plan and taking the lead in addressing it. #ThinkAndDo

Check out a recent "Ask the Expert" column by the @NCStateCED in which Dr. Davis shares insights for building students' reading comprehension skills and world knowledge, based on our work at the Literacy Space: bit.ly/3knRbQ2

Check out an article by the NCSU CED that features our recent work focused on studying teacher knowledge and using it to design meaningful learning opportunities for teachers across the state: go.ncsu.edu/readingteacher…

Today we released a policy brief, Meeting the Moment: Strategic Recommendations for #Literacy & #Equity in North Carolina, that highlights 6 recommendations to strengthen North Carolina's Literacy Learning Ecosystem. Learn more: bit.ly/3vQaGGm @haspires #NCEd

On May 3, @LCI_NCSU will host their annual reading celebration when student authors from @TriangleLitNC, @CorralRiding + @refugeehopenc will read their written narratives & answer questions. Come hear their powerful stories + engage with student authors. bit.ly/35Ccx8D

How do early readers learn to read words by sight, without any conscious effort? In our latest KnERD bite, we share the Sound-Spelling-Meaning Model, or SSM, teachers can use to think through what readers do as they learn to recognize words: youtu.be/BXfnbicirNs

Cool project presented by @wolfpackreaders on the development of a small group intervention program to improve reading comprehension outcomes for ELs at #AERA22 🚨Link to ALL of the curriculum materials developed for the study, FREE here: sites.ced.ncsu.edu/the-literacy-s… #AERA2022