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Rachael Gabriel @rachegabriel.bsky.social · Jun 13

What is book expansion? How can expanding books to include multiple languages work to combat linguistic imperialism? This piece, from our most recent Special Issue explains the power and importance of expanding books in the classroom. Read it here: ila.onlinelibrary.wi...

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Rachael Gabriel @rachegabriel.bsky.social · Jun 12

This Teaching and Learning in Action piece, taken from our most recent Special Issue, investigates the benefits of recognising and building on Spanish-English bilingual children's home literacy practices in the classroom. Read it here: ila.onlinelibrary.wi...

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Rachael Gabriel @rachegabriel.bsky.social · May 23

From our most recent Special Issue, this piece explores the ways book expansion can enrich the learning experience and support linguistic diversity. Read it here: ila.onlinelibrary.wi...

Rachael Gabriel @rachegabriel.bsky.social · May 22

This Teaching and Learning in Action piece explores the beauty of Blackness from a Jamaican perspective in the U.S., and studies the effects of pro-Black pedagogy in classrooms. Read it here: ila.onlinelibrary.wi...

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Rachael Gabriel @rachegabriel.bsky.social · May 21

In this Action & Learning piece, from our most recent Special Issue, Muñoz and Babino propose a vision of bilingual teachers expanding biliteracy by first healing themselves. Read it here: ila.onlinelibrary.wi...

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Rachael Gabriel @rachegabriel.bsky.social · May 11

This is my stack as I get ready for Kate Frankel's talk at the Adolescent Literacy Summit on Friday.
Still time to register here reading.education.uc...

Rachael Gabriel @rachegabriel.bsky.social · May 10

Thrilled to introduce the student panel for the UConn Neag School of Education Adolescent Literacy Summit on May 16th!

Come see what these Manchester Youth Commissioners have to say about reading, writing and literacy development in and out of school.

Rachael Gabriel @rachegabriel.bsky.social · May 10

The Asset-Based Integrative View of Reading (Gabriel & Lopez, 2025) elaborates Duke & Cartright's "Active View" by considering how all the language and cognitive processes are actually accomplished.

See asset-based pedagogy and self-determination theory at work here & at the May 16th summit!

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Rachael Gabriel @rachegabriel.bsky.social · May 9

This Teaching and Learning Guide piece from the archives investigates how making film trailers for books can improve students' visualisation strategies. Read it here: ila.onlinelibrary.wi...
@crodriguezmojica.bsky.social @@ilatoday.bsky.social @navangovender.bsky.social

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Rachael Gabriel @rachegabriel.bsky.social · May 9

Another reminder that arts and electives can be the best reading intervention. #re-mediate

"Adding text with highlighted phrase boundaries enhanced the effect of readers theatre on two aspects of prosody: expression and phrasing." @ilatoday.bsky.social

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Rachael Gabriel @rachegabriel.bsky.social · May 8

This Teaching and Learning in Action piece, from our recent Special Issue, offers powerful insight into using picture books as a tool for exploring critical translingual literacies. Read it here: ila.onlinelibrary.wi...

@crodriguezmojica.bsky.social @ilatoday.bsky.social @navangovender.bsky.social

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Rachael Gabriel @rachegabriel.bsky.social · May 8

Join all of us!

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Rachael Gabriel @rachegabriel.bsky.social · May 7

Love getting questions about the Adolescent Literacy Summit because I get to brag about the speakers!!!

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Rachael Gabriel @rachegabriel.bsky.social · May 6

and the wave of abstracts that came in from our current call for papers!
www.literacyworldwid...
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Rachael Gabriel @rachegabriel.bsky.social · May 6

And, I'm thrilled about many other trends we are seeing, especially those focused on empowering literacy growth among our youngest learners like this one!

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Teaching Writing Skills Alongside the Writing Process: Interactive Writing in the Prekindergarten Classroom

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Rachael Gabriel @rachegabriel.bsky.social · May 6

As editor of the @ilatoday 's K-6 journal, The Reading Teacher, I keep seeing submissions related to phonemic awareness that simply re-introduce the concept with no new research or strategies. It's happened 4-5 times in the last few months. I wonder what this trend means for authors.
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Rachael Gabriel @rachegabriel.bsky.social · May 6

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Adolescent Literacy Summit | Reading and Language Arts Center

"Processing." Image used with permission from 58creativity. Foundations for Middle and High School Literacy May 16, 2025 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Event Re ...

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Rachael Gabriel @rachegabriel.bsky.social · May 6

Counting down to the Adolescent Literacy Summit in Hartford on May 16th. The Matthew Effect, snowball cycle of exponential, self-extending growth - or its opposite - can be interrupted (and reversed!) at any point in the cycle.

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Cycle of reading success and failure based on practice leading to exposure, understanding and confidence.

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Rachael Gabriel @rachegabriel.bsky.social · May 5

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Adolescent Literacy Summit | Reading and Language Arts Center

"Processing." Image used with permission from 58creativity. Foundations for Middle and High School Literacy May 16, 2025 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Event Re ...

reading.education.uconn.edu

Rachael Gabriel @rachegabriel.bsky.social · May 5

I'm counting down to the Adolescent Literacy Summit in Hartford on May 16th with some of the big ideas you can look forward to learning more about ;)

Here's #1. It's a flip of Shanahan's 2008 triangle that has disciplinary learning reserved only for the tippy top. It's for everyone.

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upside-down pyramid with discipline-specific texts on top supported by engagement and motivation.

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Rachael Gabriel @rachegabriel.bsky.social · May 4

Exactly.
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Rachael Gabriel @rachegabriel.bsky.social · May 4

"If little is asked of them, or if they fail to see real-world applications, they tend to give little in return"

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The Teen-Disengagement Crisis - The Atlantic

By middle school, many kids’ interest in learning falls off a cliff. The ripple effects could last for years.

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Rachael Gabriel @rachegabriel.bsky.social · May 1

In this article from our most recent Special Issue, Jennipher C. K. Frazier recounts her experience of being a literacy coach working in a 'eurocratic mandated curriculum'. Read it here: ila.onlinelibrary.wi...

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Rachael Gabriel @rachegabriel.bsky.social · Apr 25

Next in the spotlight is this 'Teaching and Learning in Action' piece from Volume 77, Issue 6, looking at how digital technologies can be used to support emerging bilingual learners. Read it here: ila.onlinelibrary.wi...

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Rachael Gabriel @rachegabriel.bsky.social · Apr 25

Next in the spotlight is this 'Teaching and Learning in Action' piece from Volume 77, Issue 6, looking at how digital technologies can be used to support emerging bilingual learners. Read it here: ila.onlinelibrary.wi...