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Timothy Shanahan
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Timothy Shanahan
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Timothy Shanahan is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Education at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Chicago, IL, USA
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    Timothy Shanahan
    @ReadingShanahan
    Nov 20, 2022
    Replying to @TCAdvancingLit and @TCRWP
    Would the signers explain if phonics is so essential why defend a commercial product that omitted it for 20 years and then be upset that anyone would denounce that omission — so screwing kids out of an essential is unifying but denouncing that omission is divisive?
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    Timothy Shanahan
    @ReadingShanahan
    Jan 7, 2023
    Who's right? Emily Hanford or her critics. Shanahan weighs in. shanahanonliteracy.com/blog/is-emily-…
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    Timothy Shanahan
    @ReadingShanahan
    Dec 17, 2022
    Shanahan on Literacy wishes everyone a joyous holiday season and a literate new year! Cherish your own ability to read and write and please do all you can to ensure that gift is given to all.
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    Timothy Shanahan
    @ReadingShanahan
    Sep 10, 2022
    What do you think of "phonics first" or "phonics only" approaches to beginning reading? shanahanonliteracy.com/blog/what-do-y…
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    Timothy Shanahan
    @ReadingShanahan
    Jul 22, 2023
    Knowledge or comprehension -- what should we teach? shanahanonliteracy.com/blog/knowledge…
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    Timothy Shanahan
    @ReadingShanahan
    Jan 4, 2020
    Do your teachers know what good modeling looks like in literacy instruction? shanahanonliteracy.com/blog/does-mode…
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    Timothy Shanahan
    @ReadingShanahan
    Feb 5, 2022
    Phonics instruction, yes, but how much phonics? shanahanonliteracy.com/blog/how-much-…
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    Timothy Shanahan
    @ReadingShanahan
    Nov 19, 2022
    Replying to @mandercorn
    The argument that it’s okay for professional educators to omit phonics from instruction despite the research because the journalist failed to describe other features of quality reading instruction is dopey.
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    Timothy Shanahan
    @ReadingShanahan
    Feb 27, 2021
    Making fluency teaching part of your daily routine: Everything you wanted to know about repeated reading shanahanonliteracy.com/blog/everythin…
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    Timothy Shanahan
    @ReadingShanahan
    Jan 25, 2020
    Why is it so hard to improve reading achievement? What aren't we doing right? shanahanonliteracy.com/blog/why-is-it…
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    Timothy Shanahan
    @ReadingShanahan
    Dec 2, 2023
    Why main idea is not the main idea -- or how best to teach reading comprehension shanahanonliteracy.com/blog/why-main-…
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    Timothy Shanahan
    @ReadingShanahan
    Jan 8, 2020
    Ever wonder if leveled reading gives kids a learning advantage in reading? mydigitalpublication.com/publication/?i…{%22issue_id%22:644729,%22publication_id%22:%2213959%22,%22page%22:16}
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    Timothy Shanahan
    @ReadingShanahan
    Nov 5, 2022
    Instruction that really improves reading comprehension -- teaching cohesion shanahanonliteracy.com/blog/comprehen…
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    Timothy Shanahan
    @ReadingShanahan
    Feb 4, 2023
    More on Hansford's "Sold a Story" -- Now for the Concerns shanahanonliteracy.com/blog/more-on-h…
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