Donna Wood

This breaks my heart! Please keep these two officers in your prayers. 🙏😢 #BlueLivesMatter

Check out my classroom on @DonorsChoose! I'd love your help to bring my project to life: donorschoo.se/e/9rTQBOgo41

Approaching ELA reading, writing, listening and language standards holistically provides students with the fullest understanding of the text #coreadvocates

@achievethecore The Bottom Line: The text itself is where teachers and students should spend their time! #coreadvocates

A research study by McKeown, Beck & Blake (bit.ly/2UsPDsN) took three student groups: a control group, a strategies focused group, and a content focused group and found when the questions focused on content, conversations were longer and better #coreadvocates

What does it mean to keep text at the center of instruction? #coreadvocates

There are 10 features that make a text complex; a text with more of these features will be more complex. Reading is a complex endeavor!! #coreadvocates

We're incredibly lucky to hear from tonight's #CoreAdvocates webinar hosts, Meredith Liben (@MJLiben) and Sue Pimentel as they discuss why and how text should be at the center of instruction!

Excited to hear from Meredith Liben and Sue Pimentel on tonight's SAP Webinar, Keeping Text at the Center of Instruction #Coreadvocates

@Educationweek Weak reading instruction is a betrayal of every student’s potential, YES! edweek.org/tm/articles/20…

@Educationweek Weak reading instruction is a betrayal of every student’s potential, YES! Thank you Kyle Redford! Explicit Phonics Instruction: It's Not Just for Students With Dyslexia disq.us/t/3csg7bc

@Educationweek - Weak reading instruction is a betrayal of every student’s potential, YES! Explicit Phonics Instruction: It's Not Just for Students With Dyslexia disq.us/t/3csg7bc

Such a treat to honor @RHuskiesnews @WTPClark #WeThePeople State Champions on the Assembly Floor today! #NVLeg #Weoples #ConstitutionEducation @WCSDTweet

“Students background knowledge is essential to comprehension...” how is this built? READ! Give students rigorous passages based out of science, social studies, arts, and real life and watch them succeed! #rigorrelevanceANDrelationships #curriculummatters #readreadread

"Research has documented what works to get kids to read, yet those evidence-based reading practices appear to be missing from most classrooms." Be sure to read this excellent piece by @edukings @JaredMyracle @robin_mcclellan: #curriculummatters #empower19 edweek.org/ew/articles/20…

Professional development for teachers should focus on the actual content that students learn, explains @LouisianaSupe. @LA_Believes @EducationNext bit.ly/2TxHNhY

YES, @robin_mcclellan @JaredMyracle @edukings! 'Eds urgently need a natl movement for #professionallearning about reading. We should declare a No Shame Zone for this work—to make it safe for all eds to say, “I have unfinished learning around literacy.”' edweek.org/ew/articles/20…

Understanding the science of how the brain learns to read - what every reading teacher should know! #coreadvocates #foundationalskills #explicitsystematicsequenced

Great links to must-read literacy conversations! #coreadvocates #knowledgematters