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It's time to reignite your passion for teaching! Triple R Teaching provides simple strategies and practical tips for PreK-grade 3 educators. Anna Geiger, M.Ed., author of Reach All Readers, will show you how to make small changes to improve how you teach literacy concepts. Look forward to episodes about Anna's transition from balanced literacy to the science of reading, and expect episodes that will help you understand the research while giving you practical tips that you can implement today ...
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This podcast is for educators interested in the science of reading who want to hear the latest research on teaching reading and writing and learn how to make it practical for your classroom. Our guests include some of the most well-known literacy researchers and experts, as well as teachers and leaders doing the hard work every day!
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We would love to hear from you! Send us a message (if you'd like a reply, email us at literacypodcast@greatminds.org) From Mar 18, 2022 How can regular fluency practice lead to fluent readers? In today’s episode, educators Lorraine Griffith and Lindsay Kemeny discuss the impact of fluency in their classrooms. Fluency is a bridge: It connects word r…
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If you have questions about what the science of reading has to say about preschool, this is the episode for you! Dr. Susan Neuman, early childhood expert and author, discusses what research has to say about play-based learning, developmentally appropriate practice, and building oral language and vocabulary in preschool. Click here for the show note…
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We would love to hear from you! Send us a message (if you'd like a reply, email us at literacypodcast@greatminds.org) Our guests today, authors Tricia Zucker and Sonia Cabell, discuss the concept of Strive-For-Five Conversations, which emphasizes the importance of multi-turn conversations between teachers and students. They explain that the goal is…
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182: If you're looking for an evidence-based approach to teaching writing in all grades, look no further than thinkSRSD! Dr. Leslie Laud explains this approach and breaks down how it looks across the grade levels. Be sure to check the show notes for links to free resources that will get you started! Click here for the show notes from this episode. …
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We would love to hear from you! Send us a message (if you'd like a reply, email us at literacypodcast@greatminds.org) From Jul 15, 2022 Dr. Sonia Cabell, Associate Professor at Florida State University, shares the importance of both oral language and content knowledge instruction. Why? Oral language skills underlie our ability to comprehend text. A…
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181: Should we teach students to write upper or lowercase letters first? What's the best routine for practicing handwriting? How much time should students practice handwriting each day? Dr. Shawn Datchuk shares what the research says (and doesn't say) about these questions and more! Click here for the show notes from this episode. Get my book, Reac…
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We would love to hear from you! Send us a message (if you'd like a reply, email us at literacypodcast@greatminds.org) Heidi Anne Mesmer discusses her book Big Words for Young Readers. She emphasizes the importance of teaching young readers to decode and understand words with multiple syllables and morphemes. Heidi Anne highlights the need to teach …
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180: Sean Morrisey, former school psychologist turned fifth grade teacher, walks us through the many different literacy assessments teachers administer. Which are useful, and which are a waste of time? You'll love this practical episode! Click here for the show notes from this episode. Get my book, Reach All Readers! Looking for printable resources…
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We would love to hear from you! Send us a message (if you'd like a reply, email us at literacypodcast@greatminds.org) From Nov 4, 2022 Researcher Heidi Anne Mesmer joins the podcast to discuss the research on decodable text and dos and don'ts for classroom practice. Thinking about decodability as a meter from most to least decodable to the reader i…
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179: In this episode, the tables are turned - Melissa Loftus and Lori Sappington, of Melissa & Lori Love Literacy, interview ME! We discuss the three important steps to reach all readers ... and I get pretty candid about my science of reading journey. Click here for the show notes from this episode. Get my book, Reach All Readers! Looking for print…
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We would love to hear from you! Send us a message (if you'd like a reply, email us at literacypodcast@greatminds.org) Anna Geiger, author of "Reach All Readers," joins us on the pod today. Anna takes us on a historical reading journey, from the early reading wars of the 1800s to debates between whole language and balanced literacy, up to the presen…
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178: As a classroom teacher, I had heard of dyslexia - and that's about it. In this episode I share what I wish I'd known about this common learning disability. Click here for the show notes from this episode. Get my book, Reach All Readers! Looking for printable resources that align with the science of reading? Click here to learn more about our p…
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We would love to hear from you! Send us a message (if you'd like a reply, email us at literacypodcast@greatminds.org) From Sep 21, 2020 The article Placing Text at the Center of the Standards-Aligned ELA Classroom is a must-read before or after listening to this podcast! Meredith Liben and Sue Pimentel share the true intentions of the CCSS vs. the …
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177: Research tells us that students comprehend text better when they write about it. Here's how to use a simple sentence expansion activity to improve comprehension. Click here for the show notes from this episode. Get my book, Reach All Readers! Looking for printable resources that align with the science of reading? Click here to learn more about…
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We would love to hear from you! Send us a message (if you'd like a reply, email us at literacypodcast@greatminds.org) In this episode, Meredith and David Liben discuss the importance of comprehension instruction, the power of questions, and the practice of close reading. They emphasize the value of curiosity, vocabulary depth, and the features of c…
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We would love to hear from you! Send us a message (if you'd like a reply, email us at literacypodcast@greatminds.org) Unlock the potential of your ELA instruction by shifting to a knowledge-rich curriculum! Join us as we sit down with David Liben, co-author of Know Better, Do Better, to hear stories about knowledge-building goodness. David highligh…
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176: Use this simple routine to teach any of the expository text structures: sequence, description, cause and effect, compare and contrast, or problem and solution. Click here for the show notes from this episode. Get my book, Reach All Readers! Looking for printable resources that align with the science of reading? Click here to learn more about o…
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We would love to hear from you! Send us a message (if you'd like a reply, email us at literacypodcast@greatminds.org) Kim Lockhart, Canadian educator, shares her top three book recommendations. The first recommendation is 'Next Steps in Literacy Instruction' by Susan Smart and Deb Glaser, which focuses on the multi-tiered systems of support (MTSS) …
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We would love to hear from you! Send us a message (if you'd like a reply, email us at literacypodcast@greatminds.org) Read Not Guess is a FREE program designed for parents to help their children improve their early reading skills. The lessons are short and simple, taking only 5 to 10 minutes per day. The program is email-based, with parents receivi…
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175: We know it's important to teach particular vocabulary words in depth - but how do we choose from the many thousands of words that students might encounter? These six questions will help you choose words for vocabulary instruction. Click here for the show notes from this episode. Get my book, Reach All Readers! Looking for printable resources t…
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We would love to hear from you! Send us a message (if you'd like a reply, email us at literacypodcast@greatminds.org) Melissa & Lori discuss questions about reading comprehension from our new book, The Literacy 50: A Q&A Handbook for Teachers, and provide research-based answers and practical suggestions. We talk about the place of sustained silent …
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174: These are simple and powerful fluency routines that you can use throughout the day! Click here for the show notes from this episode. Get my book, Reach All Readers! Looking for printable resources that align with the science of reading? Click here to learn more about our popular and affordable membership for PreK through 3rd grade educators. C…
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We would love to hear from you! Send us a message (if you'd like a reply, email us at literacypodcast@greatminds.org) Melissa & Lori discuss questions about phonemic awareness from our new book, The Literacy 50: A Q&A Handbook for Teachers. We talk about best practices for teaching phonemic awareness and whether to teach it with or without naming a…
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173: We know that it's important to practice applying the phonics skills they've been taught, but what does research really say about using decodable text? What are questions do we still have? Click here for the show notes from this episode. Get my book, Reach All Readers! Looking for printable resources that align with the science of reading? Clic…
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We would love to hear from you! Send us a message (if you'd like a reply, email us at literacypodcast@greatminds.org) The tables are turned on us in today's episode! Anna Geiger interviews us about our new book, The Literacy 50. You might know Anna as The Measured Mom and host of the Triple R Teaching podcast. We loved divulging why we wrote the bo…
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We would love to hear from you! Send us a message (if you'd like a reply, email us at literacypodcast@greatminds.org) Today's sneak peek episode gives you a behind the scenes look at why we wrote this book, the questions we answer, and resources we crafted just for you! We wrote a book! The Literacy 50-A Q&A Handbook for Teachers: Real-World Answer…
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172: Melissa Loftus and Lori Sappington, hosts of the popular Melissa & Lori Love Literacy, have written a fabulous new book! In this episode we discuss "The Literacy 50: A Q & A Handbook for Teachers: Real-World Answers to Questions about Reading that Keep You Up at Night." Click here for the show notes from this episode. Get my book, Reach All Re…
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We would love to hear from you! Send us a message (if you'd like a reply, email us at literacypodcast@greatminds.org) Unlock the potential in every multilingual learner as Claude Goldenberg, renowned professor emeritus of education at Stanford University, joins us to dispel myths and share crucial strategies in literacy education. Delve into the co…
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171: Phonemic awareness can feel like an overwhelming topic ... but I've condensed all the information into four important points. Click here for the show notes from this episode. Get my book, Reach All Readers! Looking for printable resources that align with the science of reading? Click here to learn more about our popular and affordable membersh…
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We would love to hear from you! Send us a message (if you'd like a reply, email us at literacypodcast@greatminds.org) We discuss various models for teaching English learners to read with Magdalena Zavalia, CEO of the PAF Reading Program. We explore different types of models, including monolingual programs, transitional bilingual education, and dual…
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170: The Big 5 (phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension) get a lot of attention - but what about oral language? Oral language deserves attention because it is the foundation of both word recognition and language comprehension. In this episode I share a short summary of what research tells us about oral language and readi…
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We would love to hear from you! Send us a message (if you'd like a reply, email us at literacypodcast@greatminds.org) From August 5, 2022 Dr. Elsa Cardenas-Hagan joins the podcast to share that reading science works for English Learners. What does it mean to use evidence-based instruction to teach English Learners? Dr. Cardenas-Hagan asserts that e…
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169: The science of reading tells us WHAT to teach - but we also need the science of learning. The science of learning tells us HOW to teach - so that our teaching is more effective and efficient. Click here for the show notes from this episode. Get my book, Reach All Readers! Looking for printable resources that align with the science of reading? …
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We would love to hear from you! Send us a message (if you'd like a reply, email us at literacypodcast@greatminds.org) In this conversation, Stephanie Stollar discusses the implementation of Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS). MTSS is a framework for school improvement that helps to provide support for students with various needs. The MTSS frame…
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168: Alison Ryan, author of The Phonics Playbook, explains how to differentiate phonics instruction during whole class lessons and/or during small group lessons. I highly recommend her new book, which breaks this down for busy teachers! Click here for the show notes from this episode. Get my book, Reach All Readers! Looking for printable resources …
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We would love to hear from you! Send us a message (if you'd like a reply, email us at literacypodcast@greatminds.org) In this episode, Savannah Campbell, a K-5 reading specialist, shares practical spelling tips for teachers. She emphasizes the importance of having students say the sounds or syllables as they spell, as it helps develop sound-symbol …
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167: Sally Bergquist is an experienced teacher who has written an explicit, structured writing program for K-2. Listen to learn her tips for getting kids started in kindergarten, gradually building their writing skills throughout the primary grades, and finding the right balance between explicit instruction and practice with feedback. Click here fo…
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We would love to hear from you! Send us a message (if you'd like a reply, email us at literacypodcast@greatminds.org) Pam Kastner discusses the connection between spelling and reading. She emphasizes that teaching spelling is teaching reading, as spelling is a higher linguistic skill that requires complete and accurate recall and memory for words. …
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Nate Hansford, author of The Scientific Principles of Teaching, equips teachers to discern whether or not a study is high-quality, and whether or not to apply its results to their teaching. We follow that by discussing particular pedagogies that research does not support. I highly recommend his book, which takes the mystery out of education researc…
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We would love to hear from you! Send us a message (if you'd like a reply, email us at literacypodcast@greatminds.org) From 3/4/2022 We’ve been asked about spelling and the connection to reading science more times than we can count. Today, we talk with expert J. Richard Gentry, author of Brain Words and blog contributor to Psychology Today: Raising …
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165: Dr. Devin Kearns explains why popular syllable division methods may not be the most efficient way to teach students to read longer words - and what to consider instead. Click here for the show notes from this episode. Get my book, Reach All Readers! Looking for printable resources that align with the science of reading? Click here to learn mor…
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We would love to hear from you! Send us a message (if you'd like a reply, email us at literacypodcast@greatminds.org) In this episode, Jessica Farmer shares tips for teaching heart words. She explains the importance of blending and introduces the concept of continuous blending. Jessica defines heart words as high-frequency words with irregular or t…
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164: Dr. Lorraine Hammond describes a whole-school approach to teaching vocabulary and explains how teachers can teach writing at the same time. What a powerful and efficient way to build vocabulary and writing skills! Click here for the show notes from this episode. Get my book, Reach All Readers! Looking for printable resources that align with th…
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We would love to hear from you! Send us a message (if you'd like a reply, email us at literacypodcast@greatminds.org) Julie VanLier and Dr. Svetlana Cvetkovic discuss their experiences and successes teaching phonics. They both highlight the importance of a speech-to-print approach and the impact it has had on their students' reading and spelling ab…
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163: When our students struggle with comprehension, it may be that we need to go all the way back to the sentence level. In this episode, Nancy Hennessy discusses many different ways that teachers can help improve students' sentence comprehension. You may want to take notes! Click here for the show notes from this episode. Get my book, Reach All Re…
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We would love to hear from you! Send us a message (if you'd like a reply, email us at literacypodcast@greatminds.org) From August 12, 2022 Talking with Dr. Julia Lindsey is like popping into the classroom next door to chat with your best teacher friend after school. On this podcast, Julia shares what evidence says that young readers need to know to…
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We would love to hear from you! Send us a message (if you'd like a reply, email us at literacypodcast@greatminds.org) Yvette Manns discusses the schwa and its importance. She shares insights from her book, The Not So Lazy Schwa, and explains how it helps children understand the schwa sound. Yvette also tells all about National Schwa Day, a holiday …
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162: When you understand the stages of early writing, you're better able to support beginning writers. In this episode, Dr. Sonia Cabell reviews a framework for teachers to evaluate, support, and extend the writing that young children produce. This is a must-listen for preschool and kindergarten teachers! Click here for the show notes from this epi…
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We would love to hear from you! Send us a message (if you'd like a reply, email us at literacypodcast@greatminds.org) Danielle Colenbrander and Katie Pace-Miles discuss orthographic mapping, irregular word instruction, and the different terms used to describe high frequency and irregular words. They translate research about the effectiveness of dif…
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161: Deedee Wills was once a kindergarten teacher who trained other teachers to implement guided reading. In today's episode she shares information from her recent Plain Talk presentation, explaining why we need to move away from guided reading and how to give intentional, effective small group instruction to beginning readers. Click here for the s…
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