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Mindful Teacher Rachel

@mindfulteacher.bsky.social

First Grade Teacher Structured Literacy • Reading Research Social Emotional Learning Teacher Author • World of Phonics Series Executive Functioning Skills

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Mindful Teacher Rachel @mindfulteacher.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

"Why would anyone believe such a silly idea? Easy. The students are struggling already wiht math and I find math hard to teach." - Zach Groshell

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natejoseph.bsky.social @natejoseph.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Students with intellectual disabilities benefit from phonics: news.stanford.edu/stories/2025...

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Learners with disabilities benefit from more complex reading instruction

Stanford education scholars Chris Lemons and Lakshmi Balasubramanian share strategies for helping students with intellectual and developmental disabilities learn to read.

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Mindful Teacher Rachel @mindfulteacher.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Sound-spelling based word list generator that shows words in order of frequency?! YES please! Check out: devinkearns.com/phinder/

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Phinder | A Resource for Phonics Lessons

This is a free website that allows teachers and researchers to find words that match certain letter-sound patterns. Teachers can create word lists for phonics lessons, and researchers can find words f...

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Mindful Teacher Rachel @mindfulteacher.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

If we do ONE thing as teachers, it’s gotta be teaching them to READ! Literacy is a powerful tool that supercharges all other subjects and allows for independence, the ability to understand other perspectives, and the ability to use resources to problem solve.

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Mindful Teacher Rachel @mindfulteacher.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

My students know how to read CVC words! What’s next?

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Mindful Teacher Rachel @mindfulteacher.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

No one is saying that we shouldn't teach high frequency words. HOW we teach them literally changes how the brain is reading. I only teach high frequency words in the context of phoneme-grapheme relationships.

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Mindful Teacher Rachel @mindfulteacher.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

I definitely want to focus more of my work in early literacy here now! What should I share? Who should I follow? Who is sharing new research and evidence-based practices?

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