This episode discusses the book 'Shifting the Balance: Grades Three to Five. Six Ways to Bring the Science of Reading into the Upper Elementary Classroom' by Jan Burkins, Kari Yates, and Katie Egan Cunningham. The Learning Facilitators highlight the importance of teaching that is evidence-based, valuing complex models like Scarborough's reading rope and the simple view of reading. The team emphasizes understanding and developing the strands of language comprehension and word recognition in education. This episode focuses on the idea of fostering a lifelong, curiosity-driven learning attitude in children and practical suggestions to do so.  

Links

Nell Duke’s Active View of Reading 

The Baseball Study 

Why Prior Knowledge Wins the Game- Edutopia 

Building Background Knowledge- Reading Rockets