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Bruce Howlett - Sparking the Reading Shift @reading-shift.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Let's stop focusing on decoding and start focusing on developing literacy. The three most important yet overlooked components of literacy are: morphemes (the building blocks of all words) phrases (the building blocks of sentences) syntax - the universal blueprint for build sentences.

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Bruce Howlett - Sparking the Reading Shift @reading-shift.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Still teaching reading, spelling & writing as if they are different things? The Seven Layers of Literacy lesson plan takes all students, including weak decoders & spellers, from single words to natural words pairs to phrases to sentence comprehension and writing in each lesson. ReadingShift.com

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Bruce Howlett - Sparking the Reading Shift @reading-shift.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Learn about the most important topic in literacy -- developmental language disorder DLD. Identify and support using practical methods students who struggle with language and literacy. Kathleen Love and Beth Gunshor will show you practical methods so you can be successful with these students.

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Bruce Howlett - Sparking the Reading Shift @reading-shift.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Tonight’s The Reading League Talk by Sue Hegland, author of Beneath the Surface of Words, who will be introduced by Linnea Ehri, expands on a statement made by Dr. Ehri on this For the Love of Literacy podcast. This talk will explain the role that written morphemes, morphographs.

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Bruce Howlett - Sparking the Reading Shift @reading-shift.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

With falling NAEP scores & research showing that sentence writing is essential to reading growth, let's give students a change to perform at a higher level - even if they are struggling with decoding. Yes, writing success can motivate struggling readers! more linguistic challenges - readingshift.com

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Bruce Howlett - Sparking the Reading Shift @reading-shift.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

Integrated language-literacy builds skills using the universal combining principle - symbols & sounds builds meaningful morphemes - the core of words. Words combined into phrases & sentences. The first & every lesson in Sparking the Reading Shift raises expectations & motivation. ReadingShift.com

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Bruce Howlett - Sparking the Reading Shift @reading-shift.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

The #1 goal of literacy is to read & write sentences. Sentences assign meaning to words & strongly predict & determine texts comprehension. Instead of starting with letters and sounds start with a sentence, break it into phrases, morphemes & graphemes then manipulate the parts. More ReadingShift.com

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Bruce Howlett - Sparking the Reading Shift @reading-shift.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

The Universal "Combining" Principle that all kids on the planet used to learn to read - Phonemes = morphemes in speech. Graphemes = morphemes in written words. All words are combinations of morphemes. Words combine into phrases & sentences - the key to meaning From Day 1 go from sounds to sentences

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