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Beyond the Alphabetic Principle: Bringing Etymology into Literacy Instruction - Anya Maloney
Season 2 Episode 9
Why doesn’t sounding out a word always tell us how to spell it? Bruce Howlett welcomes speech-language pathologist and literacy specialist Anya Malon…
16 hours ago
Infusing England's Rigid Phonics Mandates with Morphological Word Study - Andrea Dalland, Tanya Watt, Jo Johnson & Susannah Thorne
Season 2 Episode 8
England's phonics‑first mandates struggle to engage all learners, leaving about a third of students with limited reading abilities—even when they hav…
2 weeks, 4 days ago
The Word Mapping Project: Engaging Every Learner in Vocabulary, Morphology, Spelling & Writing Instruction - Sean Morrisey
Season 2 Episode 7
Do you want to get excited about teaching words, vocabulary, spelling, and writing instruction? Do you want to see your students embrace these subjec…
1 month, 4 weeks ago
Building Executive Function Skills into Literacy Sessions - Beth Coppoc Gunshor
Season 2 Episode 6
Do your students struggle to stay focused, avoid distractions, begin and complete assignments, or remember directions? Would you like to help them re…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Two Dyslexic Adults: What We Wish Our Teachers Knew About Language and Learning: Sara Lee talks with Marie Foley & Bruce Howlett
Season 2 Episode 5
“If only we, as dyslexics, had learned how the English writing system works—from words to sentences—when we were in elementary school! Maybe we would…
3 months ago
Vocabulary Development Through Morphology, Semantics and Complex Text - Elfrieda Hiebert
Season 2 Episode 4
If your students read accurately but with limited fluency, comprehension or interest then Elfrieda “Freddy” Hiebert’s talk will be of great benefit. …
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Connecting Math and Literacy Learning Difficulties - Meghan Hicks & Jennifer Petrich
Season 2 Episode 3
Many students who struggle with literacy also struggle with math.
Understanding the number system requires engaging linguistic, cognitive, executive …3 months, 3 weeks ago
Enriching Structured Literacy Through Integrated Word Study - Sarah Mitchell
Season 2 Episode 2
Why do so many students continue to struggle with spelling and writing even after years of phonics instruction? In this episode, Sarah Mitchell explo…
4 months ago
Scripts, Sentences and Structures: Helping Students Unlock Meaning - Louise Hewitt, Meghan Hicks & Mary Beth Steven
Season 2 Episode 1
Teaching about morphemes (the meaningful components of words), sentence structure (syntax) and grammar (the framework for organizing words and senten…
4 months, 1 week ago
Meet the Students (A.K.A. Humans) of the Boring (into words) Scholars Collective - Sara Leland & Students
Season 1 Episode 18
Title: Meet the Students / Humans of the Boring (into words) Scholars Collective
Listen Sara Leland’s students, five humans who have dyslexia, ADHA an…
4 months, 3 weeks ago