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Jake is Accepting Two Doc Students – Come Work With Me to Support Upper Elementary Reading Comprehension!

E79|Do Early Readers Naturally Catch Up? Unpacking Literacy Trajectories from Kindergarten to First Grade with Dr. Ye Shen and Dr. Elizabeth Hadley

E78|Doing RTI vs. Knowing RTI: What Actually Builds Teacher Confidence with Dr. Willa Van Dijk

E77|Long Words, Hard Texts; Scaffolding Upper Elementary Reading with Dr. Jake Downs

Recap from the Society from the Scientific Study of Reading Conference 2026 with Lori Sappington and Dr. Blythe Anderson

E76| How Vocabulary Supports Multisyllabic Word Reading in Upper Elementary with Dr. Laura Tortorelli and Dr. John Strong

E75|Quality of Preschool Read Alouds on YouTube with Dr. Amanda Shimizu

E74 | Robust Comprehension Using HQIM Featuring Dr. Dan Reynolds, Dr. Anna Jennerjohn, & Dr. Sara Rutherford-Quach

Complex Text & Fluency with Dr. Jake Downs and Dr. Chase Young

E72|Pragmatic Differentiation for Reading Acceleration with Dr. Sharon Walpole

E71|Evaluating Advanced Phonemic Awareness with Dr. Michael Coyne

E70|Science of Reading for Multilingual Learners with Dr. Steve Amdendum

E69|Transforming Comprehension: Main Ideas, Text Structures, and Teaching Techniques with Dr. Kay Wijekumar

E68|Strategic Assessment Systems with Dr. Adrea Truckenmiller and Dr. Eunsoo Cho

Practices of Effective K-2 Teacher Teams with Dr. Jake Downs

Jake Talks Paired Oral Reading with Melissa and Lori

E66|Linking Automaticity, Vocabulary, and Text With Dr. Freddy Hiebert

E64|AI and the Future of Writing Instruction with Dr. Steve Graham

EP63| Is Comprehension Instruction Getting Better? with Dr. Phil Capin

E62|Stopping the Summer Slide with Dr. Blythe Anderson and Dr. John Strong

E61| Does Science of Reading Legislation Improve Reading Outcomes with Dr. Katherine O’Donnell

EP60| Morphology Instruction with Dr. Danielle Colenbrander

E59 | Informational Writing and Academic Language with Dr. Cherish Sarmiento

EP58| Vocabulary Instruction with Dr. Blythe Anderson

EP57|Inferences with Dr. Marianne Rice

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: Upper Elementary Reading Fluency and Comprehension Sessions for Utah Educators

E56|Strive-for-Five with Drs. Tricia Zucker and Sonia Cabell

E55|Synchronous Paired Oral Reading Techniques with Dr. Jake Downs

E54|The Literacy 50 with Melissa and Lori

E53|Encouraging Reading Motivation with Dr. Margaret Vaughn and Dr. Dixie Massey

E52|Reading Profiles with Dr. Louise Spear-Swerling

E51|Syntax: From Epilinguistic to Metalinguistic Awareness with Dr. Rachel Knecht and Dr. Dianna Townsend

E50 | Text Comprehension in the Classroom with Dr. Kristin Conradi Smith, Tamara Williams, and Ellen Frackelton

E49 | Teacher Knowledge, Self-Efficacy, and Practice with Dr. Karen Kehoe

E48| Phonemic Awareness: Unpacking Recent Meta-Analysis Findings with Dr. Florina Erbeli and Dr. Marianne Rice

E47|Cost & Accuracy of Third Grade Reading Screeners with Dr. Adrea Truckenmiller and Dr. Courtenay Barrett

Resolution 2024: Think Like a Scientist

E46 | What was Hot in 2023? With Dr. Evan Ortlieb

E45 | Explicit Instruction with Dr. Dana Robertson

E44|Read Alouds for All with Dr. Molly Ness

E43|Accelerating Literacy Learning with Dr. Margaret Vaughn and Dr. Seth Parsons

State of the Podcast 2023 | Welcome Back to School

E42 | From Simplicity to Complexity: The Direct and Indirect Effects Model of Reading With Dr. Young-Suk Grace Kim

E41 | Alphabet Instruction with Dr. Shayne Piasta

E40 | Comprehension Instruction Recommendations from the New IES Practice Guide with Drs. Deborah Reed, Jade Wexler, Kimberly St. Martin, and Joe Dimino

E39 | Early Writing Standards in the Common Core Era with Dr. Laura Tortorelli

E38 | Irregular Words with Dr. Danielle Colenbrander

E37 | Teacher Content Knowledge and Early Literacy Instruction with Dr. Shayne Piasta and Dr. Alida Hudson

E36 | Knowledge and Literacy Instruction with Dr. Courtney Hattan and Dr. Sarah Lupo

E35 | Reviewing Kindergarten Phonological Awareness Materials with Dr. Kathleen Brown

E34 | Reading Long Words with Dr. Devin Kearns

E33 | Structured Literacy & Reading Profiles with Dr. Louise Spear-Swerling

E32 | Supplemental Curriculum with Daniel Silver

E31 | Teaching Visioning with Dr. Margaret Vaughn

E30 | Developing Strategic K-2 Writers with Dr. Zoi Philippakos

2021 Year In Review

E29 | Updated Recommendations for Adolescent Literacy Instruction with Dr. Dan Reynolds

E28 | Read STOP Write: A Text Structure Intervention with Dr. John Z Strong

Jake Needs Your Help – 7 Min. Listen

E27 Teachers as Lifelong Learners with Drs. Aimee Morewood and Julie Ankrum

E26 Fluency Q&A with Drs. Tim Rasinski and Chase Young

E25 | Integrating Reading and Writing with Dr. Steve Graham

Special Announcement: Upcoming Fluency Q&A with Dr. Tim Rasinski and Dr. Chase Young

E24 Principles of Effective Literacy Instruction With Dr. Seth Parsons

E23 Eye Tracking Evidence for Goal Directed Reading With Dr. Kit Mohr and Dr. Eric Mohr

E 22 Integrating Literacy and Science Instruction for Early Elementary Students With Dr. Sarah K. Clark

Comprehension Strategies: The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly

Reading Comprehension: Construction, Integration and Common Core

TLP is Back!

Reading Comprehension Research: Schema, Simple View of Reading, and the Rope [Comprehension Instruction Part 1/3]

What’s in a Question? Doing Questions Better [Hiatus Episode 02]

Hiatus Episode 01

E21 | SOLAR: Science of Language and Reading with Dr. Pamela C. Snow

E20: 20 Years of NRP 2000 with Dr. Tim Shanahan

E19: Dyad Reading: Academic and Attitude Outcomes with Third Graders with Dr. Kit Mohr and Jake Downs

E18 Read Alouds Using a Structural Layering Approach with Dr. Doris Baker and Dr. Lana Santoro

E17: Homogeneous Grouping with Dr. Susan Patrick

E16 Supporting ELA Instruction through Coding with Dr. Stacy Delacruz

Episode 15: Remote Learning 101 with Matt Miller

Episode 14: Resilient Students: Bridging Body and Mind with Dr. Derrik and Cassie Tollefson

Episode 13: How Words Work with Dr. Elfrieda Hiebert

Supplemental Episode 01: Migrating Online: SAMR, TPACK, and Best Practices

Episode 12: Silent Reading Rate and Comprehension with Dr. Emily Hayden

Episode 11: Beyond Reading Comprehension: Core Academic Language Skills with Dr. Emily Phillips Galloway

Episode 10: Reviewing a Decade of Early Literacy Research with Drs. Emily Brown Hoffman and Colleen Whittingham

Episode 09: Student Agency in Literacy with Dr. Margaret Vaughn

Episode 08: Adaptive Literacy Teaching with Dr. Margaret Vaughn

Episode 07 Integrating Writing with Morning Meeting for Preschoolers with Dr. Chenyi Zhang

Episode 06 Comprehension: CI Theory and Practice Part 2 with Dr. D. Ray Reutzel

Episode 05 Comprehension: CI Theory and Practice with Dr. D. Ray Reutzel

Episode 04 Tiered Fluency Support Part 2

Episode 03 Tiered Fluency Support Part 1

Episode 02 Supporting Students in Difficult Text

Episode 01: Behavior of First Graders During Independent Reading Time

Episode 00- Welcome to Teaching Literacy Podcast!