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Ep. 185: Understanding the How and Why of Sound Walls with Mary Dahlgren
Sound wall expert Mary Dahlgren explains how sound walls differ from word walls, why it's important to teach all 44 speech sounds, and how sound wall…
2 years, 7 months ago
Ep. 184: First Steps for Reading with Spencer Russell (Quick Tips from Our Teacher Friends)
Spencer Russell, a former kindergarten and first-grade teacher and the founder of Toddlers Can Read, shares his motivation for teaching reading and e…
2 years, 8 months ago
Ep. 183: Aligning Phonemic Awareness Instruction to Research
In this conversation, Becky Pallone and Michael Hart discuss how their phonemic awareness instruction has evolved over time. They emphasize the impo…
2 years, 8 months ago
Ep. 182: Plain Talk Conference Recap
Melissa and Lori just returned from the Plain Talk About Literacy & Learning Conference in New Orleans and they will share their takeaways with YOU! …
2 years, 8 months ago
Ep. 181: What Research Says About Phonemic Awareness with Matt Burns
Matt Burns discusses the importance of phonemic awareness in reading instruction. Phonemic awareness is an outcome of skilled reading, not a precurso…
2 years, 8 months ago
Ep. 180: Teaching the Alphabet with Shayne Piasta
Shayne Piasta discusses best practices for teaching alphabet knowledge. She tells us what the research suggests about teaching letter names and soun…
2 years, 9 months ago
Ep. 179: The RAND Reading Model with Hugh Catts
Summary
In this episode, the hosts discuss the RAND Model, a heuristic for thinking about reading comprehension. The model was developed in the late 1…
2 years, 9 months ago
Ep. 178: The Simple View and Scarborough’s Reading Rope with Hugh Catts
Summary
In this episode, Hugh Catts discusses two popular reading models: the Simple View of Reading and Scarborough's Reading Rope. The Simple View o…
2 years, 9 months ago
Ep. 177: The Five Pillars of Reading with Hugh Catts
Summary
In this episode, the hosts discuss the five pillars from the National Reading Panel and their history. They explore the confusion that can ari…
2 years, 9 months ago
#1 2023 Countdown: Ep. 143: Maximizing Small Group Reading Instruction
FROM MARCH 10, 2023
Today we’ll be talking to a team of authors about a recent article they published on small group instruction, titled Maximizing Sm…
2 years, 10 months ago