Today on Beyond My Years, host Ana Torres is joined by Science of Reading: The Podcast host Susan Lambert, Ed.D., who’s here to make the case for all educators investing in student literacy development, regardless of the content domain they teach. Throughout the conversation, they discuss how all teachers are literacy teachers and share four simple tips for developing academic language in any classroom. Finally, Ana and Classroom Insider Eric Cross discuss what they learned and Eric shares his top three takeaways from Susan. 

Show notes: 

• Connect with Susan Lambert:
  • Podcast: Science of Reading: The Podcast
  • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/susan-lambert-edd-b1512761/
• Resources:
  • Science of Reading: A New Teacher’s Guide
  • Scarborough’s Reading Rope
  • The Knowledge Gap by Natalie Wexler
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• Connect with Eric Cross: https://www.ericcross.org/ 
• Connect with Ana Torres: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anayansi-ana-torres-m-ed-26a10654/

Quotes: 

“Any teacher in a classroom, no matter what content area they teach, is teaching something about language.” —Susan Lambert, Ed.D.

“I got into education because one of my children had a hard time learning how to read. It's an experience that leads you to protect your child, find answers for your child, and then make sure that other kids and parents don't have to go through the same kind of trauma that you went through.” —Susan Lambert, Ed.D.

“Reading and writing and understanding language is not just an English language arts teacher's responsibility. It's the responsibility of every educator to communicate their discipline and the words and the concepts from their discipline to their students.” —Susan Lambert, Ed.D.

“Background knowledge, we either mine it or we make it. We either mine it by tapping into what students already know, or we make it by building the experiences they need.” —Eric Cross