📚 Free TRL IL Webinar How Writing Instruction Can Revolutionize Education featuring @natwexler.bsky.social 🗓 March 12, 7–8 PM CT 🔗 Register: bit.ly/TRLILWexler 🔗 TRL-IL: bit.ly/TRLILJoin ☕ Coffee Chat 🗓 March 21, 9–10 AM CT 🔗 Register: bit.ly/TRLILCoffeeChat

🚨 @thereadingleague.org Conference Spotlight 🚨 Two of our very own TRL-IL board members are presenting at #TRLConf2025! 🎤 Dr. Ben Zulauf & @martinmirelesedu.bsky.social 📚 Developing a District Language & Literacy Instructional Strategy Framework 🗓️ Oct 8–10 | Chicago 🔗 Register: cvent.me/zBvBoV

📚 It’s time for our annual free summer literacy symposium! We proudly honor the impactful contributions of our previous speakers. This year’s symposium is co-sponsored by Amplify, & we’re eager to continue advancing research-aligned, evidence-based practices together. 🔗 Register: t.co/4aAg428aQW

I had a wonderful experience presenting at the SIOP® Conference! It was an incredible opportunity to engage with dedicated educators, exchange ideas, and deepen our collective understanding of language instruction. I’m already looking forward to next year’s conference!

📢 Join us for the Leading in Literacy Symposium with @D99Cicero, co-sponsored by @Amplify! 📍 Unity Junior High, Cicero, IL 📅 July 23, 2025 | 8:30 AM–2:00 PM 🎙️ Featuring: @dtwuva.bsky.social Daniel Willingham, Kristen McQuillan, Sonia Cabell, Melissa Orkin! #ScienceOfReading #ScienceofLearning

SIOP® Virtual Conference (July 8-9) When teaching content, you are teaching language. Whether in kinder or 8th, we deconstruct academic language to facilitate access. My session: Strategies for Language Acquisition & Content Development 🗓 Wed, July 9 🕑 2:15 (CST) #SIOPNC25 @siopmodel.bsky.social

It's Friday!! Looking for a great webinar? Some of the best are free on our website, thanks to our members! 🎥 Webinars: il.thereadingleague.org/chapter-reso... 🌟 Membership: www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticket...

Presenting at #SIOP2025! @siopmodel.bsky.social Session Preview: Strategies for Language Acquisition & Content Development 🗓️ July 9, 2025 | 2:15–2:45 PM CST The bridge from a simple to a compound sentence? A conjunction. Explicitly teach them while reading & when writing! 🔗 savvas.com/SIOP2025

Join us for our first TRL IL event: Literacy Across Languages: The Science of Reading for Multilingual Learners Register: zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/literacy-across-languages-the-science-of-reading-for-multilingual-learners-2 Membership: zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/649f4f63-fb7d-4213-8993-834ca80ca9d8

We appreciate everyone who joined and peacefully exercised their constitutional rights in the city yesterday. We are one community. Solidarity matters. Before entering education, I worked as a paralegal studying for a career in immigration and criminal law. Community has always guided my work.

Syntax: Somewhere Between Words and Text w/ Dr. Nancy Chapel Eberhardt — hosted by TRL Illinois 🎥 Watch More TRL-IL Webinars: il.thereadingleague.org/chapter-reso...

This is an excellent example of applying principles from the science of learning to SPANISH language instruction. As a reminder, all language is taught in the context of content.

Teachers are expected to use evidence-based approaches & strategies yet no one has ever trained us how to interpret research! Huge thanks to @rastokke.bsky.social who shared this 1-page “red flags for education research” for teachers and the literacy coaches and consultants who tell us what to do!

Dr. Timothy Shanahan establishes that effective reading comprehension instruction must focus on building students’ language knowledge at the word, sentence, and text levels using content-rich texts.

📢 TRL IL Sponsored (No-Cost) Literacy Webinar! Dr. @leslielaud.bsky.social will present easy-to-implement, evidence-based writing strategies grounded in the science of writing. 📅 April 10th il.thereadingleague.org/calendar/the... ⏰ 6:00–7:30 PM CT 🔗 bit.ly/TRLILLaud25

This lends to the conversation that we must teach how language works within context while teaching the students the content knowledge within knowledge-rich, complex texts.

TRL IL Members! March 22 will be our next Coffee Chat w/Dr. Tinaya York! Dr. York will be, following up on our March 13 webinar with Mitchell Brookins, discussing her work in Illinois focused on adolescent literacy and ensuring access to complex text for ALL.

📢 Sponsored (No-Cost) Literacy Webinar! Dr. Brookins will discuss scaffolding student writing through complex texts & share strategies to support writing, enhance textual analysis, & strengthen academic success! 📅 March 13 ⏰ 7-8:30 PM CT 🔗 Register: bit.ly/TRLILBrookins25 @thereadingleague.org

Current reading tests overlook the crucial role of background knowledge in comprehension. It’s time for assessments that truly reflect how students learn to read. Discover a better approach in our latest blog post: knowledgematterscampaign.org/post/reading...

📢 We're thrilled to share a new TRL Compass resource to support English learners (ELs)! Our Contrastive Analysis Resource has IPA-based charts & Venn diagrams comparing English phonology with six languages. Support your EL students with this resource today: www.thereadingleague.org/compass/engl...

Controversial Takes: 🔹Effective Spanish Instruction > Authentic Spanish Instruction 🔹Effective English Instruction > Authentic English Instruction 🔹Effective Language Instruction > Authentic Language Instruction

Connect reading and writing to deepen learning! @thereadingleagueil.bsky.social @knowledgematrs.bsky.social

Put text at the center to build content knowledge! @knowledgematrs.bsky.social @thereadingleagueil.bsky.social

Don't forget to join us this Thursday, February 13 at 7pm CT! The great Sue Pimentel will be discussing how to keep the text, rather than standards, front and center when you are planning and implementing your literacy instruction. 📅 Register here: bit.ly/TRLILPimentel

If you're curious to know more about the role of knowledge in learning and curriculum, download this free e-book, a collaborative effort by an international team of eight experts. link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

Vocabulary is not about memorizing lists, it's about learning connections between words. Learn how teachers can leverage AI-generated insights to enhance vocabulary acquisition in this free webinar with Dr. Elfrieda “Freddy” Hiebert, January 14, 2025 @ 3:30 pm EST. Info: textproject.org/register

January is on its way—and with it comes another free literacy webinar to kick off the new year! ✨ Join us to talk all things reading comprehension with David & Meredith Liben! 📅 Date: January 9 ⏰ Time: 6:00–7:30 PM Register today! bit.ly/TRLILLibens

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