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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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    Ideas for Differentiation with Wiley Blevins Jan 18, 2024
    Show notes

    Shannon chats with her favorite literacy guru, Wiley Blevins, about the decisions and methods that go into differentiation. Shannon picks his brain about some of her reading students. Also, Wiley shares insights from his coming book about adjustments that teachers can make before or during their lessons to better suit the learning levels of their students. We always get some much wisdom from Wiley, whether it be from a direct chat, a webinar he hosts, or from a book he's authored. Listen to this entire episode to get inspired about ways you can best meet your students' needs.
    RECOMMENDED RESOURCES AND ONES MENTIONED DURING THE EPISODE

    1. Differentiating Phonics Instruction for Maximum Impact: How to Scaffold Whole-Group Instruction So All Students Can Access Grade-Level Content by Wiley Blevins *Amazon affiliate link (For PreOrder)
    2. Wiley's website
    3. Reading Rockets: Differentiated Instruction for Reading
    4. Reading Rockets: What is differentiated instruction?
    5. Differentiated Reading Instruction: Multiple Pathways to Literacy Success (Solution Tree)
    6. Read Write Think: Differentiating Instruction Strategy Guide Series
    7. (Kappan Online) Teaching Reading: Development and Differentiation
    8. FCRR: Features of Effective Instruction Overview
    9. Sadlier School: 13 Ideas for Differentiated Reading Instruction in the Classroom
    10. (Read Naturally) Differentiating Instruction: Teaching Differently to Improve Instruction
    11. Benchmark Decodable Books
    12. UFLI Foundations Deconudable Text Guide
    13. Linnea Ehri Continuous Blending Study
    14. Stanford Study (Bruce McCandliss)
    15. Empowering Writers
    16. Our Season 4 Episode with Wiley

    Support the show

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


    Gifts for Our Readers with Dr. Karen Gazith Jan 05, 2024
    Show notes

    Shannon and Mary chat with Dr. Karen Gazith about her new book The Power of Effective Reading Instruction. The conversation flowed through many topics but ultimately what you can gain from our discussion is the gifts we give our readers when we teach with intention. Listen to this episode to gain fresh ideas for enhancing your own reading instruction.
    RECOMMENDED RESOURCES AND ONES MENTIONED DURING THE EPISODE

    1. Ask the Right Questions about RTI
    2. Wait to Fail Model
    3. The Power of Effective Reading Instruction: How Neuroscience Informs Instruction Across All Grades and Disciplines by Karen Gazith *Amazon affiliate link
    4. Teaching with Purpose: How to Thoughtfully Implement Evidence-Based Practices in Your Classroom by Karen Gazith *Amazon affiliate link
    5. Website for Karen Gazith
    6. Connect with Karen on Facebook
    7. Connect with Karen on LinkedIn
    8. Connect with Karen on Twitter
    9. Karen's E-mail: Karen.gazith@hotmail.com

    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


    Read Aloud to Boost Comprehension Dec 07, 2023
    Show notes

    Mary and Shannon chat with Dr. Molly Ness about her new book Read Alouds for All Learners. Molly shares how teachers should intentionally plan their read alouds, with thought put into the vocabulary instruction, the purpose for reading, the think aloud process, and engagement and extension activities for students after reading. Listen to this episode for TONS of ideas from our guest about how to get the most learning out of your read aloud experiences.
    RECOMMENDED RESOURCES AND ONES MENTIONED DURING THE EPISODE

    1. Reading Rockets: Reading Aloud to Build Comprehension
    2. Reading Rockets: Vocabulary Development During Read Alouds
    3. ASCD: The Hidden Power of Read Alouds
    4. Scholastic: 5 Easy Skills to Teach Kids During Read-Alouds
    5. Read Write Think: Teacher Read-Aloud that Models Reading for Deep Understanding
    6. Cox Campus: Meaningful Read Alouds for Vocabulary and Oral Language Comprehension
    7. Read Alouds for All Learners: A Comprehensive Plan for Every Subject, Every Day, Grades PreK-8 (Learn the step-by-step instructional plan for Read Alouds for All Learners) by Molly Ness * Amazon affiliate link
    8. Think Big with Think Alouds: A Three-Step Planning Process That Develops Strategic Readers by Molly Ness *Amazon affiliate link
    9. Love in the Library by Maggie Tokuda-Hall *Amazon affiliate link
    10. The William Hoy Story: How a Deaf Baseball Player Changed the Game by Nancy Churnin *Amazon affiliate link
    11. The Decline by Nine (Scholastic Reads Podcast)
    12. End Book Deserts (Podcast by Molly Ness)
    13. Website for Molly Ness
    14. Contact Molly on Twitter
    15. Contact Molly on IG

    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 Comprehension Process Nov 23, 2023
    Show notes

    Shannon and Mary wrestle with understanding the nature of the comprehension process. They discuss ideas from the Blueprint for Reading Comprehension and Executive Skills and Comprehension to understand the different cognitive processes and executive functioning required for students to extract and construct meaning from texts.
    RESOURCES MENTIONED DURING THE EPISODE

    1. the Reading Comprehension Blueprint by Nancy Hennessy *Amazon affiliate link
    2. Executive Skills and Reading Comprehension: A Guide for Educators by Kelly B. Cartwright *Amazon affiliate link
    3. A Blueprint for Reading Comprehension webinar recording
    4. A Comprehension Checkup webinar recording
    5. excerpt from Chapter 1: the Reading Comprehension Blueprint
    6. The Science of Reading Comprehension Instruction by Nell Duke
    7. Webinar and other info from Nell Duke
    8. Reading Comprehension Orchestra
    9. How do we teach the Language Comprehension strand of Scarborough's Reading Rope?
    10. Don't Stop Teaching Comprehension-Just Embed it In Context (Natalie Wexler)
    11. Does text structure instruction improve reading comprehension?
    12. Reading for Meaning: Teaching Rubric
    13. The Role of Background Knowledge in Reading Comprehension: A Critical Review
    14. Reading Rockets: Comprehension 101
    15. Micro Comprehension Amplify
    16. Cohesive devices
    17. Common Lit Curriculum
    18. Idaho Comprehension Routines
    19. Shanahan blog: Knowledge or Comprehension Strategies?

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    • Bonus episodes access through Patreon
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    Best Reading Instructional Moves Nov 09, 2023
    Show notes

    Shannon chats with Lindsay Kemeny about her new book titled 7 Mighty Moves: Research-Backed, Classroom-Tested Strategies to Ensure K-3 Reading Success. Both Shannon and Lindsay have classroom experience teaching Kindergarten, first grade, and second grade students, so their discussion was filled with details and stories about the best instructional strategies and techniques teachers should use to help their students become fluent readers.
    RESOURCES MENTIONED DURING THE EPISODE

    1. 7 Mighty Moves: Research-Backed, Classroom-Tested Strategies to Ensure K-to-3 Reading Success by Lindsay Kemeny *Amazon affiliate link
    2. Videos and Resources that accompany Lindsay's book
    3. Lindsay's website
    4. Lindsay on Twitter @LindsayKemeny
    5. Lindsay's Youtube channel
    6. Lindsay's blog
    7. FREE Science of Reading self-paced Professional Development unit from Lindsay
    8. FCRR Student Center Activities (Phonics, Phonemic Awareness, Fluency, etc)
    9. Explicit Instruction: Effective and Efficient Teaching (What Works for Special-Needs Learners) by Anita L. Archer *Amazon affiliate link
    10. our Decodable Texts episode
    11. our Scope and Sequence episode with Wiley Blevins
    12. our Phonemic Awareness episode Season 4
    13. our Phonemic Awareness episode Season 1
    14. Book a free call with us to tour our Patreon and see if it's right for you!
    15. Get Literacy Support through our Patreon

    Support the show

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    • Bonus episodes access through Patreon
    • Buy us a coffee
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    We Love Mistakes Oct 19, 2023
    Show notes

    Shannon and Mary talk about why they love student mistakes. They share how to make mistakes meaningful in the ways they show insight into students' learning. They chat about establishing a trusting relationship with students so they feel comfortable showing us mistakes. Lastly, they discuss ways to provide student feedback without inducing shame. Learning happens between the lessons, and in this episode, you'll find concrete ideas for what to do and say each day with your students to promote a growth mindset and engagement in learning.
    RESOURCES MENTIONED DURING THE EPISODE

    1. Actual Reading Errors
    2. Reading Simplified: 4 Types of Reading Errors
    3. Common Reading Mistakes and How to Fix Them
    4. Error Analysis for Reading
    5. Achieve to the Core: Mistakes Tell us What Students are Ready to Learn
    6. How to Help when Students Don't Notice Errors
    7. Teaching Students to Embrace Mistakes
    8. Examination of the Student Mistakes in Oral Reading
    9. Yo Yo Ma: Music Happens Between the Notes (On Being podcast)
    10. The Big Secret Episode from Season 1
    11. Explicit Instruction: Effective and Efficient Teaching (What Works for Special-Needs Learners) by Anita L. Archer *Amazon affiliate link
    12. Book a free call with us to tour our Patreon and see if it's right for you!
    13. Get Literacy Support through our Patreon


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    Intervention in the Upper Grades Oct 05, 2023
    Show notes

    Shannon and Mary meet with Kionna Squires (@DaLiteracyLady) to talk about the challenges facing older struggling readers. During the discussion, they explain how meeting students where they are IS rigorous and the right thing to do for our readers. They also share ideas for boosting student engagement and their favorite activities for upper grade reading intervention.
    RESOURCES MENTIONED DURING THE EPISODE

    1. Texas Center for Learning Disabilities: Effective Reading Interventions for Upper Elementary Students
    2. Providing Reading Interventions for Students in Grades 4-9 (What Words Clearinghouse)
    3. EdWeek: How Schools Can Support Older Students Who Lag in Reading
    4. Reading Rockets: Best Practices in Planning Interventions for Students with Reading Problems
    5. Teaching Phonics & Word Study in the Intermediate Grades by Wiley Blevins *Amazon affiliate link
    6. Florida Center for Reading Research 4th and 5th Grade Activities
    7. Assessing Reading Multiple Measures (Core Literacy) *Amazon affiliate link
    8. Structured Literacy Interventions edited by Louise Spear-Swerling *Amazon affiliate link
    9. Raffi songs
    10. Moon Dogs books
    11. The Big Secret Episode from Season 1
    12. Explicit Instruction: Effective and Efficient Teaching (What Works for Special-Needs Learners) by Anita L. Archer *Amazon affiliate link
    13. Book a free call with us to tour our Patreon and see if it's right for you!
    14. Get Literacy Support through our Patreon


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    Etymology and Orthographic Study Sep 21, 2023
    Show notes

    Shannon and Mary host a returning guest to the Reading Teachers Lounge @MindfulTeacherRachel, who you heard in Season 5 on the Schwa episode. In this episode, Shannon, Mary, and Rachel talk about English word histories and how they may inform how a word is spelled. Check out this discussion to get ideas for how to share word origin stories with your reading students and help students see how important morphology is in addition to sound symbol connections.
    RESOURCES MENTIONED DURING THE EPISODE

    1. Online Etymology Dictionary
    2. When is an O a Scribal O?
    3. Literacy Nest resource for Scribal O
    4. Scribal O video
    5. Latin Connective I
    6. Word Smarts: Van Cleave Vocabulary
    7. Connecting Vowels
    8. Historical Layers of English: Reading Rockets
    9. IG Post from Laura.Loves.Teaching: English Language Layer Cake
    10. Scribal O slides by Laura Watkins
    11. Real Spelling Toolbox
    12. Sounds & Syllables (Jason Wade) on Twitter
    13. Word Origins by John Ayto *Amazon affiliate link
    14. Once Upon a Word by Jess Zafarris *Amazon affiliate link
    15. Beneath the Surface of Words by Sue Scibetta Hegland *Amazon affiliate link
    16. And Sometimes Y by Rachel *Amazon affiliate link
    17. Short Vowel Protectors by Rachel *Amazon affiliate link
    18. Science of Reading book list (compiled by Rachel and others)
    19. Contact Rachel on Twitter @TeachRachelSOR
    20. contact Rachel on IG @MindfulTeacherRachel
    21. contact Rachel on TikTok @TeacherRachelSORSEL
    22. our SCHWA episode with Rachel from last season
    23. Book a free call with us to tour our Patreon and see if it's right for you!
    24. Get Literacy Support through our Patreon


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    Back to School Reflections and Plans Sep 07, 2023
    Show notes

    Shannon and Mary meet again to begin the 6th season of the podcast. They recap their summer activities in both professional and personal lives, update the audience on the plans they're making for their reading students this school year, and preview what's coming next in Season 6 of the podcast.
    RESOURCES MENTIONED DURING THE EPISODE

    1. Georgia Department of Education: Dyslexia Information
    2. Great E-books about Structured Shared Reading & Writing and other guides Regarding Dyslexia
    3. Assessing Reading Multiple Measures from Core Literacy Library *Amazon affiliate link*
    4. Book a free call with us to tour our Patreon and see if it's right for you!
    5. Get Literacy Support through our Patreon


    COME JOIN THE CONVERSATION!

    Our Website
    Facebook
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    Our Patreon
    Shannon's TpT Store

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    Summer Reading Tips Jun 15, 2023
    Show notes

    Shannon and Mary bring you a surprise bonus episode for Season 5. They chat with Dr. Amanda Alexander from Scholastic about statistics about summer reading. In the episode, they all share tips about how to make the most of the summer reading experience.
    Note: The research statistics cited were compiled by Scholastic in conjunction with Fluent Research. The findings are based on a nationally representative sample of 1,724 parents and children, including 531 parents of children ages 0–5; 1,193 parents of children ages 6–17; plus one child aged 6–17 from the same household.
    RESOURCES MENTIONED DURING THE EPISODE

    1. Scholastic Summer Reading Home Base
    2. Scholastic Ultimate Summer Reading Guide
    3. Scholastic Kids and Family Reading Report
    4. How Educators Can Strengthen Summer Reading Connections with Families by Dr. Amanda Alexander
    5. Scholastic Warehouse Book Sale
    6. our Season 3 Episode 1: Books as Windows, Doors, and Mirrors
    7. our Season 5 Episode 5: Classroom Libraries
    8. Learning Ally: Audiobooks
    9. The Good Egg by Jory John *Amazon affiliate link*
    10. Get Literacy Support through our Patreon
    11. Educate & Rejuvenate June 27-28, 2023 <---This is the link for ALL the information and WHERE to sign up!
    12. Shannon's bundle of lesson plans for teaching syllables (You get this free if you upgrade to the Conference Platinum Pass!)


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