Leah Mermelstein Consulting

Beyond Burnout Literacy Differentiation That Works For Teachers and Students

Differentiation isn’t 26 lessons for 26 kids. That leads to burnout, not stronger students. There’s a better way—check out my article for research-aligned, effective literacy differentiation leahmermelstein.substack.com/p/beyond-bur...

Building Stronger Readers and Writers—One Word at a Time Recently, I shared a social media post about a structured approach to word study, and the response was overwhelming.

I would love if you took the time to read my first Substack. I share one instructional playbook that provides educators with a research aligned step by step vocabulary lesson.
Let me know what you think and share your own instructional playbooks. leahmermelstein.substack.com/p/building-s...

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I speak to CLT in depth in my @schoolutionspodcast S4E19 BONUS episode, releasing tomorrow (1/17/25)...inspired by my S4E19 episode with @literacysolutions.bsky.social and Dr. Jennifer Gioia).

Stay tuned! ✨️

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3 Key Steps of Orthographic Mapping Explained in 60 Seconds

@literacysolutions.bsky.social breaks down orthographic mapping with cat.

3 key parts:
➡️Sound-spelling connections (c-/c/, a-/a/, t-/t/)
➡️Blending & segmenting skills
➡️ Vocabulary knowledge

Thank you, Olivia, for the opportunity to join your podcast and share the science behind orthographic mapping! I love that our conversation highlighted how every member of a child’s learning team—caregivers, teachers, and tutors—plays a crucial role.

So excited for this line up….

Kickstart Your Coaching Cycles: A Guide for New Instructional Coaches to Break Through Roadblocks and Start Making an Impact (#NewtoCoaching Series) Kickstart Your Coaching Cycles: A Guide for New Instructional Coaches to Break Through Roadblocks and Start Making an Impact (#NewtoCoaching Series) [Petersen, Allison L.] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Kickstart Your Coaching Cycles: A Guide for New Instructional Coaches to Break Through Roadblocks and Start Making an Impact (#NewtoCoaching Series)

The art of coaching teachers is the art of dialogue

Kickstart Your Coaching Cycles by Allison Petersen is one of my favorite books.

I love how it shows us how to invite people into meaningful literacy conversations.
amzn.to/49A7hPx
#LiteracyCoaching #KickstartYourCoaching #AffiliateLink

“We-Do” Writing | Maximizing Practice to Develop Independent Writers | Professional Development Book for Educators | Grade Level K-5 Amazon.com: “We-Do” Writing | Maximizing Practice to Develop Independent Writers | Professional Development Book for Educators | Grade Level K-5: 9781078662673: Leah Mermelstein: Office Products

My book also details "Write Aloud" and gives a step by step flow for planning and teaching this type of practice session. amzn.to/4fb6SUK

YouTube video by The Literacy View Ep.40-The One About…Reading and Writing Go Together with Leah Mermelstein

Classroom Idea: Before starting a writing unit, focus on 4-5 "power sentences".

Practice these sentences together as a class—first construct using literary language then practice using literary language

Want more...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zooc...
#OralLanguage #TeachingTips

Great to ‘see’ you! I hope all is well. Its been too long!

Spelling It Out: How Words Work and How to Teach Them – Revised edition Spelling It Out: How Words Work and How to Teach Them – Revised edition [Adoniou, Misty] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Spelling It Out: How Words Work and How to Teach Them – Revised edition

These are my three favorite books on spelling. They are wonderful pairings to this blog post.
amzn.to/3CXBYBP Spelling it Out amzn.to/3CXBYBP Spelling for Life
Beneath the Surface of Words. amzn.to/4ijunOh

Caring about spelling shouldn’t hold children back from writing
@shubitz.bsky.social knocks it out of the park with her blog post
twowritingteachers.org/.../09/thoug...
#LiteracySolutions #LastingImpact #Spelling #ScienceOfWriting #Creativity

A huge thank you to Tim Shanahan for this nuanced dialogue on the Science of Reading vs. the Art of Teaching Reading!

www.shanahanonliteracy.com/blog/the-sci...
What are YOUR thoughts?
#ArtAndScience #LiteracySolutions #LastingImpact #LMC #NuancedLiteracy

I'm thrilled to be partnering with the GESDB for a workshop focused on coaching and dialogue.

This workshop is designed to equip coaches with strategies that make a lasting impact.

Let’s connect to explore how we can collaborate.

#LiteracySolutions #lastingImpact #EducationalDialogue

Hi, I'm Leah I partner with schools, districts, community organizations and families to come up with literacy solutions that have a lasting impact.

My love in this work is to discover ways to dialogue that build bigger and better ideas each day.

Just came across an article on the science of practice in literacy learning

My favorite quote: “Does this program present and teach information in ways that maximize students’ learning?”

Your thoughts?

www.collaborativeclassroom.org/.../.
#ScienceOfLearning #LiteracySolutions #LastingImpact