Melissa & Lori Love Literacy ® | Science of Reading for Teachers Ep. 128: Dear Balanced Literacy Teacher with Missy Purcell
In this episode, we talk with former balanced literacy teacher and parent, Missy Purcell. She authored a blog post titled Dear Balanced Literacy Teacher.
Missy writes, “According to Nancy Young’s ladder of reading, roughly 10-15% of kids can figure out reading out with this type of instruction, but my child, who would later be diagnosed with dyslexia, would never be able to become a proficient reader with any version of balanced literacy. He, according to Young, like 85% of students, benefit from or need systematic explicit instruction that follows a scope and sequence with fidelity to become proficient readers and writers.”
We want to normalize the idea that most kids CAN learn how to read with structured literacy instruction.
Resources
- Dear Balanced Literacy Teacher
- Looking for Heroes: One Boy, One Year, 100 Letters 2nd Edition
- These resources from the International Dyslexia Association are helpful to spread the word on social media about October as Dyslexia Awareness Month!
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