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Literacy in Color: A Science of Reading Aligned Podcast for Educators — 94 episodes
93. Foundations for Life with Lyn Stone, Lifelong Literacy
92. From Ox Heads to Silent Letters: The History of the Alphabet with Dr. Danny Bate, author of "Why Q Needs U"
91. Why Vocabulary Changes Everything (and 3 Simple Shifts for Teachers)
90. Teach Your Child to Read at Home with Reading.com
89. The Structured Literacy Playbook with Dr. Melissa Orkin & Sarah Gannon, Crafting Minds
88. Montessori Storytelling: The History of English Spelling with Zil Jaeger
87. Spelling Matters: What the Research Says About Teaching Spelling with Brennan Chandler, PhD
86. Multisyllabic Spelling Made Simpler: 3 Strategies for Spelling Longer Words
85. How to Use Decodable Books (and When to Move Beyond Them) with Elise Lovejoy, Express Readers
84. Reading Assessment Done Right with Dr. Stephanie Stollar and Kate Winn
83. How to Make Read-Alouds More Powerful: Joyful Learning in Action with Yvette Manns, Phonics Read-Alouds
82. Inside an Upper-Elementary Reading Intervention Toolkit with Sara Marye, Stellar Teacher Company
81. Articulatory Gestures and Early Literacy: What the Research Actually Says with Deirdre O'Toole, The Playful Classroom
80. MTSS for Reading Improvement with Dr. Stephanie Stollar & Dr. Sarah Brown
79. No Fluff, Good Stuff - Gearing Up for the Science of Reading Mini-Con 2026 with Heidi Martin & Friends
78. Implementing Structured Word Inquiry with Jennifer A. Constantine & Kara B. Lee
77. English Is Not Crazy: How Structured Word Inquiry Reveals the Logic of Spelling with Dr. Peter Bowers
76. K–2 Morphology Made Meaningful: Teaching Word Structure Through Bases with Sarah Paul and Michelle Sullivan of Logos Literacy Academy
75. Bringing Word Inquiry to Life with Picture Books with Fiona Hamilton, Lauren Hateley-Crowe and Angela Brienza of Engage with the Page & Search Engage
74. Inside Project Read AI: What Educators Need to Know About AI and Structured Literacy with Viv Ramakrishnan
73. Why These Holiday Words Are Spelled the Way They Are: Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa
72. Raising Up Readers: Scaffolding Strategies to Help Students Access Challenging Text with Jennifer Throndsen
71. Uncomplicate Ed: How the Science of Learning Transforms Classrooms with Ashley Doty
70. How Effective Literacy Instruction Breaks the School-to-Prison Pipeline with Hilderbrand Pelzer III
69: What Are Kindergarten Reading Levels? The Hidden Problems Behind Levels A–D
68. It’s Never Too Late: Helping Older Struggling Readers Succeed with Linda Farrell & Michael Hunter of Readsters
67. Small Groups, Big Results with Dr. Julia B. Lindsey
66. Writing Instruction: When You Have the Strategies but Not the System with LaNesha Tabb
65. Supporting Students with Dyslexia Online with Michelle Breitenbach, Read to Rewire (Dyslexia Awareness Month)
64. My SOR Betrayal List (and the Podcast's 1st Birthday!)
63. The Power of Parent Advocacy with Melanie Brethour, Soar with Dyslexia (Dyslexia Awareness Month)
62. The Science of Learning: What Every Teacher Needs to Know with Dr. Shane Saeed
61. From Screening to Support: Coaching Teachers to Reach Every Learner with Jean Peake (Dyslexia Awareness Month)
60. Making Reading Research Accessible with Dr. Neena Saha
59. Teaching Beyond the Diagnosis with Casey Harrison, The Dyslexia Classroom (Dyslexia Awareness Month)
58. Teaching Phonemic Awareness: A Guide for Educators with Dr. Jane Ashby
57. What Does Dyslexia Really Look Like – and What Can We Do About It? with Heather O'Donnell, New Paltz Multisensory Tutoring (Dyslexia Awareness Month)
56. Coaching Outside the Box: Creative Ways to Support Teacher Growth with Christina DeCarbo (Literacy Coaching Conversations)
55. What Real Implementation Looks Like with Justin Browning, SOR for More
54. Blending Strategies
53. The High Frequency Word Project with Rebecca Loveless & Fiona Hamilton
52. Phonemic Awareness Research Unpacked with Dr. David Kilpatrick
51. Rethinking Sight Words with Pryor Rayburn, Orton Gillingham Mama
50. The Truth About Progress Monitoring: Myth Busting with Shannon Moore, Moore Literacy Leaps
49. Set for Variability with Jen Yagid and Wendy Darasz, Informed Literacy
48. SOR Mini-Con 2025 Recap with Heidi Martin, Jessica Farmer & Yvette Manns
47. Why Representation in Children’s Books Matters—Especially for Black Boys with Tiffany Obeng, Sugar Cookie Books
46. Making Words Stick with Dr. Molly Ness on Orthographic Mapping
45. A Global Lens on Morphology, Etymology & Literacy Instruction with Dr. Treasa Bowe
44. 4 Warm-Up Drills for Effective Phonics Instruction
43. Rock Your Literacy Block with Lindsay Kemeny
42. Is the Science of Reading for Multilingual Learners? with Alejandra Ramirez
41. Small Groups Aligned with the Science of Reading with Christina Winter, Lead in Literacy
40. Why Read-Alouds Matter: Equity, Comprehension, and Book Access with Dr. Molly Ness
39. Mastering Morphology - Introducing Logos Literacy Academy with Sarah Paul & Michelle Sullivan
38. Tier 1 Engagement Strategies with Jake Daggett
37. The Impact of Language and Leadership in Literacy with Dr. Danielle 'Nell' Thompson, The Transformative Reading Teacher Group
36. Tips for Teaching the Alphabet with Heidi Martin, Droppin' Knowledge with Heidi
35. Why Transcription Skills Matter in Early Writing Instruction with Amy Siracusano
34. Orthographic Mapping, Sight Words & High-Frequency Words: What Every Teacher Should Know
33. Spelling Error Analysis with Sydney Bassard, The Listening SLP
32. Crafting High-Quality Decodable Books with Brooke Vitale, Charge Mommy Books
31. Stop the Robotic Reading – Building Fluency with MeQuel Bolden
30. Making Sense of Suffixes: Inflectional vs. Derivational Suffixes
29. Hands-On Phonemic Awareness Activities with Kristina Harrill
28. Clearing up Misconceptions around MTSS with Dr. Stephanie Stollar
27. Celebrate National Schwa Day: What's the Schwa Sound & How to Teach It with Yvette Manns, Author of Phonics Read-Alouds
26. Morphology 101
25. Why are Decodable Texts Important? with Hooked on Comics
24. Morphology Roundtable with Sarah Paul, Savannah Campbell, and Michelle Sullivan
23. Why is Reading Fluency Important? with Dr. Heather Kenny from Unleashed Innovation
22. What is Reading Fluency? with Jessica Farmer from Farmer Loves Phonics
21. When Reading Skills Aren't Clicking with Naomi O'Brien
20. What to Do With All Those Leveled Books in a SoR Classroom
19. Oral Language & Reading with Elizabeth Doherty, The Reading SLP
18. 5 Tips for Small Group Reading Success
17. From Resolutions to Results: Set your Science of Reading Goals for 2025
16. A Very Merry Phonological Awareness Lesson
15. Black Language & Structured Literacy with Dr. Jasmine Rogers
14. A Literacy Coach's Role & Responsibilities with Alison Kantor (Literacy Coaching Conversations Series - Part 7)
13. What is Structured Literacy?
12. Coaching into Foundational Skills with Merri Polhemus (Literacy Coaching Conversations Series - Part 6)
11. Unraveling Scarborough’s Reading Rope: Fluency & Comprehension
10. Building Trust with Teachers with Amie Burkholder (Literacy Coaching Conversations Series - Part 5)
9. Unraveling Scarborough’s Reading Rope: Language Comprehension
8. Making Feedback Meaningful and Well-Received with Alicia Drozd (Literacy Coaching Conversations Series - Part 4)
7. Unraveling Scarborough’s Reading Rope: Word Recognition
6. The Power of Coaching Cycles with Erin McBride (Literacy Coaching Conversations Series - Part 3)
5. What's a COLORFUL Classroom - When it Comes to Literacy
4. The Perspective of a First Year Literacy Coach with Hannah Irion-Frake (Literacy Coaching Conversations Series - Part 2)
3. The Science of Reading and the Art of Teaching: Bridging Evidence and Creativity
2. Coaching with Heart: 3 Tips to Succeed as a Literacy Coach (Literacy Coaching Conversations Series - Part 1)
1. All Logophiles Welcome: Why Phonics, Morphology, and Vocabulary Matter
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