Melanie Brethour

What an incredible honor to be able to speak with @La_Casella on @Global_Montreal this morning about the @dyslexia_canada Educational Excellence Award I received and why I am an advocate for #DyslexiaAwareness & #ScienceOfReading Thank you!

Orthographic mapping is how words stick not by memorizing or guessing, but by connecting: 🔹 Sounds (phonology) 🔹 Spelling (orthography) 🔹 Meaning (semantics) All 3 are needed. Check out Making Words Stick by Molly Ness & Katie Pace Miles. A must-read for every educator.

The authors of Making Words Stick, Molly Ness & Katie Pace Miles, explain the 4 steps to teaching orthographic mapping! 🥳 ⬇️ Listen 🎙️ shorturl.at/nhBBL Exclusive Making Words Stick One-Pager 🫶 shorturl.at/GuaIy

Understanding Dyslexia: Signs to Watch for by Age Dyslexia can manifest differently depending on a child’s age and stage of reading development. Early identification is critical to provide effective support and intervention. improvingliteracy.org/resource/under…

Melanie from @soarwithdyslexia took the Morphology+ pre-assessment and realized there was so much more to learn. Now she’s loving the course and building her skills in morphology, fluency, and comprehension. imse.com/programs/morph/ #IMSE #StructuredLiteracy

Fidelity of implementation and responsiveness to kids are NOT mutually exclusive. If you are a teacher and you say so, your understanding of implementation fidelity is likely limited. If you are an education leader and you expect rigidity of implementation, you are promoting…

"While we have advanced edtech over the years, some instructional practices are stuck in a time warp." Ten myths & misconceptions in literacy today: 95percentgroup.com/blog/details/9…

This is why we can't have nice things... I came across the poster on a teacher’s Facebook page the other day—she has nearly 200,000 followers—and many teachers were eager to use it. Several educators gently warned, “Please don’t share or use this; it’s not backed by science.”…

Same classroom. Different journeys. Many students who struggle to read, including those with dyslexia, are still not being taught using methods grounded in research. When instruction is not aligned with how the brain learns to read, these students have a different journey...

I keep saying this over and over... For many students with dyslexia, reading aloud isn’t just uncomfortable it’s traumatic! Let’s stop forcing it and start building safe, supportive classrooms! #Dyslexia #DyslexiaAwareness

Not all students with dyslexia have phonological deficits. Not all students with phonological deficits develop dyslexia. Early ID must be multifactorial and followed by evidence-based intervention. Check out the article: 📖 Catts & Petscher (2018) 📰 dyslexiaida.org/perspectives

🧠 New Harvard research shows reading struggles start as early as 18 months, not Grade 1. This means kids at risk for reading difficulties are already on a different path before school starts. news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/…