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09/28/2026

Phonics!

09/28/2026

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09/28/2026

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October is Dyslexia Awareness Month, and it starts with dispelling common misconceptions! 💡

❌ Myth: Dyslexia is just reading backwards.
✅ Fact: Dyslexia is a neurobiological, language-based learning difference affecting word recognition, decoding, and spelling.

❌ Myth: Children will outgrow dyslexia with time.
✅ Fact: Dyslexia is lifelong, but with explicit, structured literacy instruction, individuals with dyslexia become successful readers and writers.

Help us spread awareness before October begins!

09/28/2026

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09/28/2026

Building strong adult education programs and systems is the topic on the amazing Jose Torres’s Podcast “I want to teach English “. Listen, Line and Subscribe!

What does it take to build a successful adult education program? Ho...

08/23/2026

This is an excellent post! Long but informative beyond social media!

Every spelling has a story.
🔎Meaning (Semantics) is first. Without it, what's the point? We need to know what the word means and how to use it in a spoken or written sentence.

🔎 The Structure (Morphology) is intertwined with the meaning. Different prefixes and suffixes adjust the base element's sense and meaning.

🔎 The Etymology tells us the word's origin and its history. It provides a travel log of its journey from the word's root language to Present-Day English. This often tells us the story behind the word's spelling.

🔎 The way a word is pronounced may have changed over time as well as the graphemes used in the spelling. Phonology is our understanding and expectation of the Sounds represented by letters, digraphs, or trigraphs in a word's spelling. Single letters, digraphs (ck, th) , and trigraphs (tch, ugh) grouped together are called graphemes.

We can notice differences in pronunciation within a word family as well as differences between English speakers in different regions of the world. Yet the spelling remains the same regardless of pronunciation differences.

🎯When we want to understand spelling, especially when we teach spelling to students, we benefit from looking at all four areas of a word's story.

Learning about Structured Word Inquiry (Bowers and Kirby, 2010) and giving attention to these four intertwined aspects of a word's story has been such a benefit to me and to my students. English spelling makes sense.

08/23/2026

Coyote and the Necklaces is a gentle Southwest tale about clever plans, watchful eyes, and the lesson that true beauty cannot be worn.

When Coyote Joe begins gathering stones and tying them into necklaces, he is certain they will make him admired by all. As he proudly loops them around his neck, Butterfly notices what Coyote is up to and quietly carries the news from village to village. By the time Coyote is ready to show off his creations, the community is already watching—with patience, wisdom, and knowing smiles.
Through warm desert landscapes, soft humor, and a timeless lesson, this story reminds young readers that attention and admiration are earned through kindness and humility, not appearances.
Told in simple, lyrical language and accompanied by richly illustrated Southwest imagery, Coyote and the Necklaces is perfect for read-aloud moments, classroom discussions, and families who value stories that teach without preaching.

Coyote and the Necklaces: A Grandmother Coyote Story

08/20/2026

TribFest 2026!

KLRN is proud to be a 2026 media partner for the Texas Tribune Festival.

Learn more about TribFest, happening Sept. 24–26 in downtown Austin, and explore conversations about the ideas and issues shaping Texas.

Learn more at: https://trib.it/tribfest2026-media-klrn

08/16/2026

Let us lift up prayers for children and their families as they start a new school year.
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07/01/2023