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    Reading Teachers Lounge

    This is the Reading Teachers Lounge where listeners can eavesdrop on professional conversations between elementary reading teachers. We are passionate about literacy and strive to find strategies to reach all learners. Shannon and Mary are neighbors who realized that they were “literacy soul sisters” at a dinner in their Atlanta neighborhood. Once they started chatting about reading they haven’t really stopped. Come join the conversation.

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    Reaching All Readers Jun 13, 2024
    Show notes

    We have a summer bonus episode for you!
    Shannon and Mary have Anna Geiger, the Measured Mom, join them in the lounge again to discuss the best evidence based practices that teachers can use to reach all readers. Anna's new book provides teachers and parents with a consolidated understanding of the Science of Reading findings.
    RECOMMENDED RESOURCES AND ONES MENTIONED DURING THE EPISODE

    1. our Season 5 episode with Anna Geiger, about Orthographic Mapping
    2. Reach All Readers: Using the Science of Reading to Transform Your Literacy Instruction by Anna Geiger *Amazon affiliate link*
    3. Use this link after purchase to get free bonus resources connected to Anna's book.
    4. Anna's website The Measured Mom *with lots of freebies!
    5. Anna's podcast: Triple R Teaching
    6. Science of Reading Fact Sheets
    7. Science of Reading Podcast Index *curated by Anna
    8. Beyond the Science of Reading with Angie Hanlin (Literacy Lunch & Lead video)
    9. more information about Angie Hanlin
    10. Strive for Five Conversations: A Framework That Gets Kids Talking To Accelerate Their Language Comprehension & Literacy by Tricia Zucker and Sonia Cabell *Amazon affiliate link
    11. Join us at Educate and Rejuvenate July 2024
    12. Get a free Green Chef box using our link.

    Support the show

    • Get Literacy Support through our Patreon
    • Bonus Episodes access through your podcast app
    • Bonus episodes access through Patreon
    • Buy us a coffee
    • Get a FREE Green Chef box using our link


    Season 6 Finale Jun 04, 2024
    Show notes

    Shannon and Mary gather together to review the school year and close out the podcast season. They give updates on their personal and teaching lives and share their summer plans. Later they're joined by Kelsey (wifeteachermommy) to talk about Educate and Rejuvenate 2024.
    RECOMMENDED RESOURCES AND ONES MENTIONED DURING THE EPISODE

    1. Cox Campus K-3rd Structured Literacy Training program
    2. CERI certification
    3. Join us at Educate and Rejuvenate July 2024
    4. Kelsey's podcast episode with Kristina Kuzmic
    5. Kelsey's podcast episode with Gaspare Randazzo
    6. Get a free Green Chef box using our link.

    Support the show

    • Get Literacy Support through our Patreon
    • Bonus Episodes access through your podcast app
    • Bonus episodes access through Patreon
    • Buy us a coffee
    • Get a FREE Green Chef box using our link


    Meeting Students Needs May 17, 2024
    Show notes

    Shannon and Mary chat with Nancy Young and Jan Hasbrouck about differentiation and the latest updates to the Ladder of Reading and Writing. Listeners will get a better understanding of WHY it's so important to make adjustments to curriculum, instruction, activities, and/or assessments in order to meet the various needs of their students.
    RECOMMENDED RESOURCES AND ONES MENTIONED DURING THE EPISODE

    1. our season 4 episode with Nancy Young
    2. our 2021 episode about the updates to the Ladder of Reading and Writing (more updated have been done since then, which Nancy details in this current episode)
    3. the Ladder of Reading and Writing infographic, references, terminology, and usage/permission guides
    4. Climbing the Ladder of Reading & Writing: Meeting the Needs of ALL Leaners by Nancy Young and Jan Hasbrouck *Amazon Affiliate link*
    5. extra resources related to the book from Benchmark Education
    6. Conquering Dyslexia: A Guide to Early Detection and Intervention for Teachers and Families by Jan Hasbrouck Ph.D. *Amazon affiliate link*
    7. The Science of Reading video, with Dr. Jan Hasbrouck and ReadWA
    8. Read Washington
    9. Contact Nancy via e-mail: nyoung@nancyyoung.ca
    10. Nancy Young's account on Twitter
    11. Jan Hasbrouck's account on Twitter
    12. Join us at Educate and Rejuvenate July 2024
    13. Get a free Green Chef box using our link.

    Support the show

    • Get Literacy Support through our Patreon
    • Bonus Episodes access through your podcast app
    • Bonus episodes access through Patreon
    • Buy us a coffee
    • Get a FREE Green Chef box using our link


    Delightful Word Learning with Colette Hiller May 04, 2024
    Show notes

    Shannon and Mary chat with critically acclaimed author and experienced actress & advocate Colette Hiller about ways to make word learning innovative and fun. Colette is releasing a new book titled Colossal Words for Kids, which combines educational poetry with vibrant illustrations to teach new words and related content knowledge. The book is delightful and so is Colette. Listen to this episode to gain creative ideas about how to help get students excited about word learning and how to help make the vocabulary stick in the students' minds.
    RECOMMENDED RESOURCES AND ONES MENTIONED DURING THE EPISODE

    1. Colossal Words for Kids by Colette Hiller, Illustrated by Tor Freeman *Amazon affiliate link*
    2. The B on Your Thumb: 60 Poems to Boost Reading and Spelling by Colette Hiller, Illustrated by Tor Freeman *Amazon affiliate link*
    3. Colette's website
    4. NPR Ways with Words
    5. Street Pianos project
    6. Statue Stories Chicago
    7. our episode about Building Vocabulary-check out the show note links
    8. our episode about Morphology-check out the show note links
    9. our episode about Etymology-check out the show not links
    10. Get a free Green Chef box using our link.

    Support the show

    • Get Literacy Support through our Patreon
    • Bonus Episodes access through your podcast app
    • Bonus episodes access through Patreon
    • Buy us a coffee
    • Get a FREE Green Chef box using our link


    Supportive Strategies for Working Memory Apr 19, 2024
    Show notes

    Shannon and Mary chat about how to best support learners with working memory challenges. This is a companion episode to a deep dive learning topic we went through with our Patreon community about Working Memory. Listeners to this episode will walk away with increased awareness about which students may have working memory challenges AND strategies to help those students during reading instruction.
    RECOMMENDED RESOURCES AND ONES MENTIONED DURING THE EPISODE

    1. Working Memory and Learning: A Practical Guide for Teachers 1st Edition
      by Susan Gathercole (Author), Tracy Packiam Alloway (Author)       *Amazon affiliate link*
    2. What Is Working Memory? Understanding our mental ‘scratchpad’
      Writer: Rae Jacobson Clinical Experts: Matthew Cruger, PhD , Linda Hecker, MEd
    3. 8 Working Memory Boosters
    4. Why I Can't Remember Things -- How ADHD Affects Working Memory
    5. 15 Memory Exercises for Forgetful Kids
    6. Improving Working Memory Capacity | Torkel Klingberg | TEDxNorrköping
    7. Dr. Erica Warren Executive Functioning activities
    8. Lumosity app
    9. Brain HQ app
    10. Peak app
    11. Get a free Green Chef box using our link.

    Support the show

    • Get Literacy Support through our Patreon
    • Bonus Episodes access through your podcast app
    • Bonus episodes access through Patreon
    • Buy us a coffee
    • Get a FREE Green Chef box using our link


    Meaningful Professional Learning Apr 06, 2024
    Show notes

    Shannon and Mary talk with Kelly Butler and Carla Stanford about professional learning that is meaningful. Kelly Butler worked with the Barksdale Reading Institute to bring about systems change in reading instruction in the state of Mississippi over the last twenty years. Kelly and Carla share about a free resource they're working on now called Reading Universe, which is a one-stop shop for teachers and interested stakeholders to learn about best practices in teaching reading.
    RECOMMENDED RESOURCES AND ONES MENTIONED DURING THE EPISODE

    1. ReadingUniverse.org
    2. Reading Universe Taxonomy
    3. REAP (Reading is Essential for All People)
    4. Timely Talks
    5. 10 Maxims
    6. Scaling Up for Success
    7. Why It Matters
    8. Right to Read Project (Lunch & Lit)
    9. Simple View of Reading Episode Season 5 Episode 9
    10. Cuban Literacy Initiative
    11. Contact Kelly Butler via e-mail: kbutler@msreads.org
    12. Contact Carla Stanford via e-mail: cstanford@weta.org
    13. Get a free Green Chef box using our link.

    Support the show

    • Get Literacy Support through our Patreon
    • Bonus Episodes access through your podcast app
    • Bonus episodes access through Patreon
    • Buy us a coffee
    • Get a FREE Green Chef box using our link


    the Intersection of Speech, Reading, and Language Mar 22, 2024
    Show notes

    Shannon and Mary chat with speech therapist Dr. Karen Dudek Brannan about the overlaps between speech, reading, and language. Dr. Karen helps us understand the challenges facing students with language impairments. From this episode, teachers can understand the perspective of a speech therapist to better understand speech and language challenges. After listening, you should walk away with ideas about conversations to have with the speech therapist in your building and an awareness of language challenges your students may face within your curriculum.
    RECOMMENDED RESOURCES AND ONES MENTIONED DURING THE EPISODE

    1. Dr. Karen's website
    2. De Facto Leaders Podcast
    3. Ultimate Guide to Sentence Structure
    4. free Executive Functioning Implementation Guide for School Teams from Dr. Karen
    5. Free Training from Dr. Karen about the 5-component Framework for Language Intervention
    6. Free training from Dr. Karen about support that is evidence-based and neurodiversity-affirming (by building executive functioning skills)
    7. Contact Dr. Karen on LinkedIn
    8. Dr. Karen on IG
    9. Dr. Karen on Facebook
    10. Super Sentences graphic organizer (Bookworms) -need to sign up for a free login & then find in grades 3-5 printables
    11. Super Sentences rubric grade 5 (Bookworms) -need to sign up for a free login & then find in grades 3-5 printables
    12. Get a free Green Chef box using our link.

    Support the show

    • Get Literacy Support through our Patreon
    • Bonus Episodes access through your podcast app
    • Bonus episodes access through Patreon
    • Buy us a coffee
    • Get a FREE Green Chef box using our link


    the Importance of Handwriting Mar 07, 2024
    Show notes

    Shannon and Mary discuss the importance of prioritizing handwriting instruction simultaneously with reading and writing instruction in the early grades. Learn why handwriting is essential for overall literacy development and how to include it in your daily instruction.
    RECOMMENDED RESOURCES AND ONES MENTIONED DURING THE EPISODE

    1. The Importance of Teaching Handwriting by Louise Spear Swerling
    2. Writing by hand may increase brain connectivity more than typing, readings of student brains suggest by Aria Bendix
    3. The unexpected connection between handwriting and learning to read by Sheldon H Horowitz
    4. HOW HANDWRITING AND LITERACY SKILLS GO HAND-IN-HAND
    5. The Importance of Teaching Handwriting
    6. 7 Reasons Why Handwriting Is Important for Kids
    7. The Importance of teaching handwriting for cognitive development - PLD (Australia)
    8. How to Teach Handwriting—and Why It Matters
    9. Why Don’t the Common-Core Standards Include Cursive Writing?
    10. 6 Multisensory ways to teach handwriting
    11. What Every Teacher Should Know about Handwriting (LWT)
    12. Learning Without Tears Guides
    13. Reading Universe
    14. The Importance of Handwriting Experience on the Development of the Literate Brain by Karin H. James
    15. Get a free Green Chef box using our link.

    Support the show

    • Get Literacy Support through our Patreon
    • Bonus Episodes access through your podcast app
    • Bonus episodes access through Patreon
    • Buy us a coffee
    • Get a FREE Green Chef box using our link


    Date Your Data Feb 23, 2024
    Show notes

    Shannon shares with Mary the steps she follows for analyzing student data. This Date Your Data process requires multiple steps of looking at test scores, improvement goals, student strengths and weaknesses, and then connecting the data to standards to facilitate data-driven instruction. This method of data review makes the test score information meaningful to teachers, students, parents, and other stakeholders. Listen to find out how to Date Your Data to get to know your students and their learning better.
    RECOMMENDED RESOURCES AND ONES MENTIONED DURING THE EPISODE

    1. our Season 1 episode: Understanding the MAP test
    2. Date Your Data free handout for MAP scores *created by Shannon
    3. Date Your Data free handout for analyzing other data sources *created by Shannon
    4. NWEA MAP Test information (login needed)
    5. NWEA MAP Test website (no login needed)
    6. MAP Quadrant Chart Analysis & Reflection *created by Shannon
    7. Get a free Green Chef box using our link.

    Support the show

    • Get Literacy Support through our Patreon
    • Bonus Episodes access through your podcast app
    • Bonus episodes access through Patreon
    • Buy us a coffee
    • Get a FREE Green Chef box using our link


    Building Knowledge with Linda Rhyne Feb 08, 2024
    Show notes

    Shannon and Mary are joined in by Linda Rhyne in the Reading Teachers Lounge. They share a deep dive of information from the book, The Knowledge Gap by Natalie Wexler. This episode is full of information and strategies to increase your student's knowledge helping them dive deep into comprehension and knowledge building. Linda Rhyne is a returning guest to the show and shares her expertise in guiding professional discussions to help educators meet their student's literacy goals.
    RECOMMENDED RESOURCES AND ONES MENTIONED DURING THE EPISODE

    1. The Knowledge Gap by Natalie Wexler *Amazon affiliate link
    2. The Reading Comprehension Blueprint by Nancy Lewis Hennessy *Amazon affiliate link
    3. The Reading Comprehension Blueprint Activity book by Nancy Lewis Hennessy *Amazon affiliate link
    4. Cultivating Genius: An Equity Framework for Culturally and Historically Responsive Literacy by Gholdy Muhammad *Amazon affiliate link
    5. Linda Rhyne Consulting
    6. Placing Texts at the Center of the Science Aligned ELA Classroom PDF
      M. Liben, S. Pimentel
    7. Podcast recommended listening: Melissa and Lori Love Literacy, Ep. 37: Placing Text at the Center of the ELA Classroom with Meredith Liben & Sue Pimentel
    8. Knowledge Matters Campaign
    9. Tim Shananon blog: Knowledge or Comprehension Strategies?
    10. Centering Knowledge Building: An Interactive Reading Guide. Users can access the materials Shannon and Mary used in exploring The Knowledge Gap. Linda created this interactive course and now for $25 you can access this treasury of science of reading texts and recommended articles. Listeners can use the code "LOUNGE" for $5 off!
    11. Contact Linda through e-mail contact@lindarhyneconsulting.com
    12. Follow Linda on Instagram @lindarhyneconsulting
    13. our season 5 episode with Linda Balancing It All
    14. Get a free Green Chef box using our link.

    Support the show

    • Get Literacy Support through our Patreon
    • Bonus Episodes access through your podcast app
    • Bonus episodes access through Patreon
    • Buy us a coffee
    • Get a FREE Green Chef box using our link


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