Motherhood Meets Medicine

109. Why Schools Need to Shift to Structured Literacy with Jeanne Jeup


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There are five pillars of reading instruction: phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension. These pillars have been identified by the science of reading as the essential skills our children need to develop to become successful and confident readers. Unfortunately, many schools are not focusing on all five of these important elements, and as a result, our kids are struggling to read. Jeanne Jeup is here to share how we can take a structured literacy approach to change this.

Jeanne Jeup is the Co-Founder and President of the Institute for Multi-Sensory Education, founded in 1996. IMSE has become the national leader in Structured Literacy professional development based on the Science of Reading, having trained more than 200,000 teachers, creating millions of readers.

In today's episode, we will talk about structured and balanced literacy, why schools need to shift to structured literacy, what the Orton Gillingham method is and why it works, and so much more. If you listened to my recent episode with Miss Beth, and why our children cannot read, this is a continuation of that conversation.

In this episode we discuss:

  • What structured literacy is and how it’s different from balanced literacy
  • Understanding the three-tiered levels of instruction
  • Resistance in education to begin implementing Science of Reading strategies
  • What to do if you’re a teacher who wants to better your reading instruction
  • What you can do as a parent who wants to support your child’s reading
  • The difference between a phonetic word and an irregular word
  • Resources:

    • ISME support and resources for parents
    • Unlocking Literacy, by Marcia K. Henry
    • Speech to Print - Louisa Cook Moats 
    • Reading Rockets
    • IMSE Instagram
    • Institute for Multi-Sensory Education
    • Episode 95, Why Can’t Our Kids Read? Understanding the Science of Reading with Miss Beth
    • Sold a Story Podcast
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