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Top educators, authors, and literacy experts answer questions from teachers.

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Top educators, authors, and literacy experts answer questions from teachers.

    Power Tools for Growing Knowledge, Vocabulary, and Reading Comprehension

    Power Tools for Growing Knowledge, Vocabulary, and Reading Comprehension

    Educator, school leader, and literacy curriculum expert David Liben explains the effectiveness of knowledge-building as a core part of literacy learning, the research behind it, and how creating and implementing a general knowledge curriculum can get results at even the lowest-performing schools.
    Season 2, Episode 4. A 360º View of Literacy: Power Tools for Growing Knowledge, Vocabulary, and Reading Comprehension
    Reycraft Books Culturally Relevant Trade Book Libraries

    • 24 min
    Metacognition—The Missing Link in Reading Instruction

    Metacognition—The Missing Link in Reading Instruction

    Extensive research demonstrates the essential role that metacognition plays in reading comprehension. Reading expert Peter Afflerbach explains clearly how developing a metacognitive mindset and metacognitive strategy toolkit places students on the road to self-aware, independent, and fluent reading.
    Season 2, Episode 3. A 360º View of Literacy: Metacognition—The Missing Link in Reading Instruction

    • 30 min
    The Science and the Art of Reading Fluency

    The Science and the Art of Reading Fluency

    Fluency experts Tim Rasinski and Lynne Kulich shed light on all the benefits of fluency mastery—automaticity and expression, but also improvement in word recognition, phonics, and comprehension. Expressive reading inspires joy and affects all reading skills. Proven tools for teaching it are shared.
    Season 2, Episode 2. A 360º View of Literacy: The Science and the Art of Reading Fluency 

    • 39 min
    Leveraging Knowledge for Reading Success

    Leveraging Knowledge for Reading Success

    Renowned researcher Gina Cervetti discusses the cognitive benefits of incorporating students’ personal, experiential, and cultural knowledge into literacy learning—stressing the importance of content area instruction and of language arts as a place where knowledge is both leveraged and developed.
    Season 2, Episode 1. A 360º View of Literacy: Leveraging Knowledge for Reading Success 

    • 22 min
    AAPI Voices in the Classroom

    AAPI Voices in the Classroom

    Jessica Velasco, a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Educator and Consultant, joins Patty McGee for a look at today’s classroom through an AAPI lens.  Learn more at TeachersTalkShop.com.

    • 18 min
    Equity and the Sciences of Reading

    Equity and the Sciences of Reading

    Patty McGee and Dr. Rachael Gabriel discuss the intersection of equity and the Sciences of Reading. They explore research-based strategies for differentiated instruction that supports literacy achievement for every student. Learn more at TeachersTalkShop.com.

    • 26 min

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