125: What do you do when kids start the year not knowing all their letters and sounds? What about when you have students who know their sounds but can't blend? And how do you teach students of all different levels in one classroom? You'll love this advice from Jessica Farmer!

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Learn about Jessica Farmer’s powerful small group phonics lessons – a central piece of her of science of reading-based instruction!

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124: You don't need a separate phonemic awareness curriculum. In today's quick episode you'll earn how to fit phonemic awareness into your phonics lessons!
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123: Curious about speech to print but not ready to take the plunge? These are simple ways to add speech to print elements to traditional phonics instruction.

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122: This week I'm doing a hot topics collaboration with Melissa & Lori Love Literacy ... and we're starting with two different approaches to teaching phonics: print to speech and speech to print. What's the difference?

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121: I had quite a few misunderstandings about reading comprehension when I was a balanced literacy teacher. Today I talk with Brent Conway, a former principal and current assistant superintendent, about how to rethink reading comprehension.

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120: In today's episode we discuss exactly what's happening when children learn to recognize words - teaching tips included!

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119: Today we get to hear from my favorite phonics expert, Wiley Blevins. He's the author of many practical books about teaching phonics, and today we talk ALL things phonics - from decodable books and syllable types to sound walls and differentiating phonics lessons. You'll love this jam-packed episode!

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118: Phoneme awareness has gotten a lot of attention in the last few years. Dr. Susan Brady helps us sort out the research and make practical applications for teaching.

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117: Teachers have a lot of opinions about how to teach the alphabet - but what does the research really say? Find out in this conversation with Dr. Shayne Piasta!

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