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Kate Jones, M.Ed. in Reading Education
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Here for mostly education content. Taught in Special Education for over 10 years & currently work as a Reading Specialist & Intervention Teacher. Proud University of Pittsburgh Grad. Check for my other interests: https://www.threads.net/@katrint36
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I have my math students play Yahtzee so we can discuss how to communicate mathematically and how to communicate your strategy.

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January 6, 2026 at 1:00 AM
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Using CANVA to create videos?

Tip: Hold down the shift key and select multiple elements. Choose "Group" so you can adjust the length of time shown on the video all at once.

#EdTech #CanvaEdu #VideoEditing @canva @canvaedu #EduSky
January 6, 2026 at 2:02 PM
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New literacy legislation is reshaping how we teach reading, but as IMSE’s Robin Zikmund writes, policies don’t teach kids; teachers do.​ Robin shares 5 actionable strategies schools can use to empower all students, including those with dyslexia.
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December 5, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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Loving IMSE Morphology Plus Lab!
December 4, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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edutopia.org
If “fake reading” is creeping into your classroom, you’re not alone. 🫠

Skimming and speed-reading may be rampant—but slowing down and actively engaging with text is where learning thrives.

Here’s a strategy from literacy specialist Molly Ostergaard that encourages close reading.

🧵1/6 #literacy
1-Minute Read. Literacy. A Simple and Effective Way to Teach Annotation. By Molly Ostergaard
December 3, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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💡Great ideas matter, but conventions help them land.

My latest blog explores how spelling, punctuation, and grammar support clarity and confidence in student writing—and how to teach them intentionally and efficiently.

Read more → www.jenniferserravallo.com/blog/what-do...
December 1, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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#OnThisDay in 1859, Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species was first published.

Much of the original manuscript was used as scrap paper by Darwin's children. On the back of this painting of a house is an original manuscript page from Origin!

#CambridgeUniversityLibrary (DAR 185)
A painting of a house by one of Charles Darwin's children. We see a simple outline of a house with a pitched roof, two chimneys and some lead-paned windows. We see the kitchen fire, with a clock on a mantle, and some cast iron pots on a window sill. In a window at the stop of the house we see a cat, or possibly a squirrel! A hand-written page of Charles Darwin's original manuscript for the Origin of Species. There are many ink blots and crossings out, and some foxing consistent with its age.
November 24, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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🤖 Teachers: save time with an AI-powered toolkit right in Google Sheets. Educator AI Assistant lets you generate lesson plans, rubrics, newsletters, quizzes.

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#EduSky #GoogleEDU #GoogleWorkspace
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November 19, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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What are some administrative barriers to schools achieving student literacy success through their RTI/MTSS plans? Sometimes we have to have the uncomfortable conversations. These slides are from a series I facilitated with some brave NYS school leaders. #EduCoach #EduChat
November 9, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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imse-og.bsky.social
🎉 We’re celebrating 100K followers on IG

Hear from Reader Leader Karen Follis (@phonicswithfollis) on how IMSE transformed her literacy instruction.

Share your IMSE story below!
Enter our giveaway for a free OG+ or Morphology+ course! www.instagram.com/p/DQnKEHTE11h/
November 4, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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#EduSky #teachers
“If students don’t collaborate well, that’s your clue to do it more often, not less. But structure it. Teach them how to create norms, find consensus, and move on after a disagreement.” —Heather Wolpert-Gawron, Teacher
November 8, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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Tis the season for one of my favorite picture books by Kenard Pak 🍂🍁
November 8, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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We believe in empowering every educator, so @IMSE_og, @ProjectReadAI, and @HookedOnComics have joined forces for an exciting Project Read AI Scholarship Giveaway! ✨

📚 Enter to win on IG
October 23, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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Teresa (@readwithmrsg) used IMSE Student Workbooks to introduce the fifth syllable type, Bossy R. Her students practiced, broke apart words, rebuilt them, and illustrated for extra reinforcement — making Structured literacy hands-on and fun

Student Workbooks: imse.com/products/?ta...
October 17, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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thereadingleague.org
From classrooms to the statehouse, Colorado shows that real change happens when educators, families & policymakers unite.

Learn how TRL Colorado’s 5280 Literacy Symposium sparked a movement that led to a new dyslexia screening law: https://bit.ly/3IzLled

#ItTakesALeague #TRLChaptersInAction
A Mission in Action: How Colorado’s 5280 Literacy Symposium Helped Advance the Right to Read
Read this post by TRL Colorado's president Alex Frazier to see how the chapter is making an impact on the advancement of reading instruction.
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September 20, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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edutopia.org
Warning: Your middle and high school students might not want to leave the classroom once they start playing these math games! 🥳✖️

#MathSky #ITeachMath #EduSky
14 Exceptionally Fun Math Games for Middle and High School
Robust skill-building and reinforcement of key mathematical concepts lie beneath the excitement of these games.
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September 22, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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📝 Speed up grading with GC Rubric by Alice Keeler! Build a rubric in Google Sheets with your criteria and levels, finalize it with one click, and import it into Google Classroom assignments, clean, fast, no extra clicks.

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September 18, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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🍎 FREEBIE ALERT! 🍎
Get your little learners ready for fall fun with our Red Word Apple Harvest Game!
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September 17, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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khanacademy.org
Constitution Day (Sept 17) is right around the corner.

If you’re teaching civics, history, or government, Khan Academy’s Constitution 101 is ready for your class: short videos, practice, and lessons that make this moment in history come alive. And like everything we do, it’s free.
September 15, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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thereadingleague.org
Early reading failure fuels the school-to-prison pipeline.

In a new op-ed, educator & national speaker @hilderbrandpelzer3.bsky.social explains why literacy is freedom work & how leaders can interrupt the pipeline where it begins: in our classrooms.
The School-to-Prison Pipeline Runs Right Through Reading Classrooms
Hilderbrand Pelzer III is an educator, author, and national speaker whose career spans teaching, school leadership, and district leadership. Drawing on decades as a principal, district leader, and adv...
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September 11, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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✨ Reader Leader Ashley is back!
She’s using IMSE decodable books + one-pagers to power daily literacy routines—all aligned to IMSE’s Scope & Sequence.

🛒 Print or PDF in IMSE LAB at imse.com

#ScienceOfReading #IMSETeacherTools #ReaderLeader
September 12, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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jserravallo.bsky.social
✨Skill Progressions help you make sense of the notes you already have, see exactly where students are, and plan the next step. Smarter data = smarter teaching.

Download here 👉 www.jenniferserravallo.com/store
September 8, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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More than half the states have passed new reading laws since Sold a Story.
We just updated our article and map. www.apmreports.org/story/2025/0...
New reading laws sweep the nation following Sold a Story
At least 26 states have passed laws about how schools teach reading since APM Reports’ Sold a Story podcast began in 2022. But proponents of the disproven ideas about reading exposed in the podcast ha...
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August 27, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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drheidibc.bsky.social
🧵 #EduSky #EduChat A number of schools I support use aimswebPlus as their universal screening and progress monitoring tool. The company released new norms this fall and there are significant differences, especially with the ORF norms. Schools are struggling to make sense of how to
September 4, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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🎉Pre-K Literacy Plus is here! 🎉
The ultimate evidence-based, asynchronous course for preschool teachers, early childhood educators, and administrators has officially launched!
👉 Learn more: www.imse.com/programs/pre...
September 5, 2025 at 4:32 PM