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Input to Application: Isolated and Integrated Letter and Word Instruction
The moment of truth is the moment of input, How much you attend How much you care How you encode What you do it, and How you organise it. How well you access it depends [...]
RRCNA Blog: A Year in Review
What a year it's been! From sharing exciting RRCNA updates to spotlighting our members, the RRCNA blog is your resource for what's new in the Reading Recovery Community. We highlighted the impact of our [...]
Celebrating Professional Development Award Winners and the Foundation for Struggling Readers
A lot of good happened this year! Today the RRCNA community is celebrating our Professional Development Award winners. A key tenet of Reading Recovery is a commitment to continuous professional development; the ten Teacher [...]
Happy Holidays!
We hope you enjoy this holiday greeting from your friends at RRCNA. Wishing you a safe, restful, and happy holiday season!
Parent Testimonials
Every child deserves to read. The lives of millions of children have been positively impacted by Reading Recovery; the results are unimpeachable. Check out the videos below of parents sharing their real experiences with [...]
Truth and Fiction: What Reading Recovery Means to Me
By Marissa Cota The most joyful part about being a Reading Recovery Teacher Leader is observing the relationships built between students, teachers, and within learning communities. A recent podcast suggests that the learning community is [...]
Understanding MSV: The Types of Information Available to Readers
By The North American Trainers Group The letters MSV stand for meaning, structure, and visual, and recent discussions of early reading instruction refer to them as the ‘three cueing systems.’ Too often the descriptions of [...]
Follow My Journey: Oral Exams
Join us this year in a five-part series while we follow the journey of Courtney Smith at Clemson University as she trains to be a Teacher Leader. By Courtney Smith What a semester it has been! [...]
Interview with LitCon Featured Speaker Paul Thomas
Video shared with permission by Dr. Sam Bommarito, author of Dr. Sam 7, Seeking Ways to Grow Proficient, Motivated, Lifelong Readers & Writers: https://doctorsam7.blog/2022/12/03/rethinking-reading-policy-in-the-science-of-reading-era-what-paul-thomas-will-be-saying-at-litcon-this-year-an-update-by-dr-sam-bommarito/ P. L. Thomas, Professor of Education (Furman University, Greenville SC), taught [...]
Aligned with the Sciences: How does Reading Recovery teach phonics?
By Dr. Rebecca Jesson and Judy Aitken Shared with permission. Originally published in Volume 37 Issue 3 2022 of Literacy Forum NZ. You may have heard or even contributed to a call for Aotearoa [...]








