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Blair Mill staff show structured "Science of Reading" routines, data use in classroom demonstration
Summary
Blair Mill Elementary staff presented the district's Science of Reading implementation to the Hatboro-Horsham School District Board on Oct. 27, describing research-aligned instructional routines, K–5 resources (UFLI, HMH Into Reading), frequent assessment and data-driven flexible grouping. Presenters said the work is part of districtwide training,
Blair Mill Elementary School principal Dr. Gee told the Hatboro-Horsham School District Board on Oct. 27 that Blair Mill has spent the past year implementing research-based approaches to improve literacy and that the school's work is now being used across the district. “A little over, I guess about a year ago, we partnered with the MCIU and our curriculum department to begin thinking about how we approach literacy instruction at Blair Mill,” Dr. Gee said.
The presentation framed the Science of Reading as the research foundation and structured literacy as the instructional approach. Literacy specialist Chrissy Kamali summarized the five pillars—phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary and comprehension—and said teachers use…
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