Some of you might have caught familiar faces on Boston's WCVB Channel 5 in their 5 For Good segment in October.

Reporter, Erika Tarantal, visited the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. K-8 School to learn all about Literations and our programming throughout Boston and Framingham.

The Channel 5 crew recorded literacy sessions in action and interviewed several members of our community. They were amazed by our program and work, and we couldn't have been more proud to share our mission in action!

Zoom Literacy Coach Drop-Ins (OPTIONAL)

Have questions about book complexity? Have a student who has been hard to engage? Not sure how long you should stay with one RAZ book before moving on? You're not alone! 

Please join members of the Literations Program Team for drop-in hours to get advice on any questions that may have popped up in the first weeks of sessions and have some great discussions with other coaches and Literations staff.

• Fri, Nov 3 at 9am
• Wed, Nov 8 at 1pm
• Fri, Dec 1 at 9am
• Mon, Dec 11 at 1pm 

Zoom link for all Drop-Ins: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84150577396

Emergent Reader Program (ERP) Town Hall (OPTIONAL)

If you're serving an ERP student this year, we encourage you to join this Town Hall for a refresher on running the ERP program plus a deep dive into ERP best practices. We promise a fun and engaging time!

• Fri, Nov 17 at 10am
• REGISTER HERE

Reminder - No Sessions

• Fri, Nov 10 - Veterans Day Observed (Literations closed)
• Nov 22-24 - Thanksgiving Break

District Calendars

• Boston Public Schools
• Framingham Public Schools

Missed It? Understanding Learning Styles Workshop

Watch the recording of the first in a series of literacy coach volunteer workshops this school year hosted by AARP Experience Corps.

• Watch Recording

Update on the HUB

The Experience Corps HUB

Volunteer Time and Session Tracking

Literation is excited to be using the EC HUB as our data collection tool for the 23-24 school year. This will be your one-stop shop for logging your session data AND timesheets! The Operations Team is currently working diligently to get all our site schedules into the system.

Site training on this new platform will occur throughout the month of November. For most sites, your HUB training will happen at your November site meeting, and a recording/slide deck will be shared later in the month.

Please continue to track your time and session data via the paper forms provided at your site.

To Do This Month

Submit Sight Word Checklist

If you have an Emergent Reader (ERP) student, please share the completed sight word checklist with your team leader or program staff. They will record the data in our system so we can celebrate your students' reading gains at year-end.

Social Emotional Learning (SEL) Survey

We will roll out our Student SEL Survey later this month. We are awaiting final updates to the survey from Experience Corps.

Each coach will complete a 5-question survey about each of their students at the beginning and end of the year so we can understand our students' SEL growth over the year. More to come soon!

Native American Heritage Month

Visit The Link to find lots of information for Native American Heritage Month. From events to books to maps, there are lots of resources to honor and celebrate the rich history and traditions of Native Americans.

You can also go to your local public library for read-aloud books about Native people and stories that the children's librarian recommends. Here are a few that caught our eye:

• Fry Bread, Kevin Noble Maillard
• We Are Water Protectors, Carole Lindstrom
• We Are Grateful - Otsaliheliga, Traci Sorell
• SkySisters, Jan Bourdeau Waboose
• Finding My Dance, Ria Thundercloud

Coaching Quick Tips

Emergent Reader

Can't remember exactly how to introduce new words or how to play the sight word mastery games?

Watch this 7-minute video of an ERP session in action as a reminder of how to run effective word practice!

Fluency

Wondering if you've selected the appropriate book complexity for your fluency student?

Review Just Right Book Selection as a reminder of what fluent, accurate reading sounds like.