All Episodes

100. A Literacy Manifesto After 100 Episodes: 3 Hills I'd Die On, 3 Things I Hope We Leave Behind, and 3 Things I'm Watching Closely

99. How PS 152Q Transformed Early Literacy with Reading Ready with Lisa Russo & the 1st Grade Team

98. Syntax is Everything: The Backbone of Comprehension with Dr. Julie Van Dyke

97. Effective Universal Instruction with Dr. Sarah Brown & Dr. Kimberly Gibbons

96. Reading’s Dynamic Duo: How Fluency & Vocabulary Fuel Comprehension with Melissa Loftus & Lori Sappington

95. Affixes in Action: Our A4 Framework for Teaching Affixes with Sarah Paul and Michelle Sullivan of Logos Literacy Academy

94. Inside 'The Megabook of Vocabulary' with Dr. Tim Rasinski, Melissa Cheesman Smith & Savannah Campbell

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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