Podcast Highlights
(Audience: ALL)
Podcasts are such a great way to easily learn about new exciting literacy strategies based on recent research. We enjoyed listening to the following podcasts adding effective tools to our literacy tool belts to share with others.
Science of Reading: The Podcast: Vocabulary is Unconstrained with Tanya S. Wright
Dr. Wright shares practical instructional strategies for effectively working with young learners, developing vocabulary skills, and integrating vocabulary and writing into daily lessons. She encourages listeners to be purposeful and intentional in planning vocabulary instruction and to recognize the value that each student brings to the learning based on lived experiences.
Click here to listen: Session 8: Episode 7
Literacy Talks: Writing: Rethinking How We Build the Foundation
Teaching writing skills in an explicit and systematic way can be challenging. Listen to this episode to learn practical instructional strategies for how to teach students to develop strong foundational writing skills and to communicate clearly through written expression within literacy instruction.
Click here to listen: Session 4 Episode 13
Triple R Teaching: All About Teaching English Spelling with Dr. Louisa Moats
In this episode, Dr. Louisa Moats shares the importance of explicit spelling instruction to build reading fluency and vocabulary development. She explains the power of understanding basic phoneme/grapheme correspondences to support strong spelling skills and shares why English is not as irregular of a language as many have believed. This is a great overview for those of us who are in the midst of LETRS training or about to start.
Click here to listen: Episode 151
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