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This title continues our multi-sensory series.   In this episode, Shannon shares the characteristics of auditory learners.    She gives some strategies and resources for incorporating more auditory practice in your literacy instruction.

Resource Links:

1. Is your Child an Auditory Learner?
2. Working with Auditory Learners
3. Tips for Auditory Learners
4. The Auditory Learner
5. Auditory Learning Style Explained
6. Auditory Learner Infographic
7. Characteristics of Learning Styles
8. Multisensory Triangle
9. Activities for Auditory Learners  
10. Engaging Different Types of Learners in Your Classroom  
11. Our Shared Reading podcast episode
12. Learning Ally audiobooks
13. 25 Sight Word Songs and Mini Books (This is an Amazon affiliate link, where we would make a small commission amount on your purchase.)

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Shannon and Mary chat with Maria Halkias about her on-line reading instruction.  They talk about parent engagement with virtual instruction, teaching challenges during these unprecedented times, and what resources have been most helpful when teaching virtually.   Maria shares about the community of inquiry and how she's using that framework to provide structure to her reflective teaching practice during this unusual teaching year. This episode provides ideas and inspiration for increasing student presence, teacher presence, and cognitive presence in your online reading instruction.

Resource Links:

1. Contact Maria here
2. Community of Inquiry Framework
3. Morning Meeting Ideas book -Jolly Jump Up is in here! (This is an Amazon affiliate link, where we would make a small commission amount on your purchase.)
4. Community of Inquiry Tips

Online resources mentioned:

• PearDeck for Google Slides
• Boom Learning (Shannon's Boom Store Link click here)
• Word Wall.net
• Blending Board free online resource (customize with your own Bitmoji)
• Learning A to Z RAZ Kids
• Epic books 
• https://www.biguniverse.com/
• https://www.flippity.net/
• Flyleafpublishing.com is offering their books for the rest of the school year. The books are beautiful and engaging! 2020-2021
• List of Parent Resources 

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Shannon and Mary continue the discussion about multisensory reading instruction.   This episode focuses on strategies for visual learners.

Resource Links:

1. New Girl Youtube clip (Visual Learning chant)
2. The Visual Learner
3. Tips for Visual Learners
4. Jennifer Serravallo Reading Strategies book  (This is an Amazon affiliate link, where we would make a small commission amount on your purchase.)
5. Main Idea stool video
6. Reading Graphic Organizers book  (This is an Amazon affiliate link, where we would make a small commission amount on your purchase.)
7.  Make Your Own Word Shapes Worksheet Generator

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Multisensory learning is something we have been preaching for a long time. It's time it deserved it's own episode.  Shannon and Mary discuss the importance of when and how to implement multi sensory learning strategies.

Resource Links:

1. Multisensory Learning: Types and Strategies IMSE
2. What is Multisensory Learning: Waterford.org
3. Multisensory Overview
4. Literacy Nest Multisensory Part 1 
5. Emily Gibbons Make it Multisensory - especially sight word practice 
6. The Language Triangle Emily Gibbons
7. Ladder of Reading
8. Three Reasons Why Multisensory Learning is Food for the Brain
9. Sentence builder magnet tiles* (This is an Amazon affiliate link, where we would make a small commission amount on your purchase.)
10. Sentence builder reading rods*(This is an Amazon affiliate link, where we would make a small commission amount on your purchase.)
11. NOTE: The above two products are similar to the ones that Shannon mentions in the episode but are not the exact product.    It's an older product that Shannon has, and we're having trouble finding a link to the exact product.    

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Shannon and Mary explore how to start conversations about sensitive topics surrounding race, inequality, apathetic attitudes and apologism related to books.   They discuss the controversy surrounding Dr. Seuss.  Dr. Seuss is a prolific children’s book author and global icon. And Dr. Seuss has a history of racial baggage that educators should understand when introducing his writing to their students.

Resource Links:

1. It's Time to Talk about Dr. Seuss (Teaching Tolerance)
2. Research on Diversity in Youth Culture - St. Catherine
3. NPR Code Switch episode
4. Dr Seuss Art.com 
5. Should Dr. Seuss be cancelled? Opinion page with links to news stories. 
6. BBC The Surprisingly Radical Politics of Dr. Seuss
7. How Racist Are Dr. Seuss Books?
8. What TO DO: Is the Cat in the Hat Racist? Read Across America Shifts Away From Dr. Seuss and Toward Diverse Books
9. https://www.theconsciouskid.org/ 
10. Ada Twist, Scientist by Andrea Beaty* (This is an Amazon affiliate link, where we would make a small commission amount on your purchase.)

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Shannon and Mary open the season with a discussion about the importance of books to represent the diversity of our students giving them an opportunity to see themselves in books and opportunities to view other cultures, family structures and values. 

Resource Links:

1. THE Actual Paper that started this discussion 
2. Building a Diverse Book Collection
3. Windows, Mirrors, and Sliding Doors
4. Librarian Professor article in the Atlantic
5. We Are Teachers: Mirrors and Windows
6. Teaching Tolerance article
7. Book Harvest article
8. Book List from NPR
9. Windows & Doors eBook and Portfolio Perspective (free activity on TpT)
10.  The Tutu Teacher’s Diverse Book List
11. Combining Teaching Tolerance Standards with Read Alouds

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Specific Book Titles Mentioned:

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1. Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut by Derrick Barnes
2. The Name Jar by Yangsook Choi
3. I Am Enough by Grace Byers
4. Hair Love by Matthew Cherry and Vashti Harrison
5. Dreamers by Yuyi Morales
6. My Papi Has a Motorcycle by Isabel Quintero
7. Jabari Jumps by Gaia Cornwall
8. A Bad Case of Stripes by David Shannon
9. A Chair for My Mother by Vera B. Williams
10. Fish in a Tree by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
11. Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Pena
12. Preaching to the Chickens by Jabari Asim

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Shannon and Mary catch up after their Season 2 hiatus to discuss Quarantine Life, Home Learning, and what's next.

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Are you familiar with the FCRR?    They have done incredible work making free effective research-based literacy activities.    The centers include directions for teachers and all the necessary materials.   They are mostly print and go activities requiring minimal teacher prep! 

In this episode, Shannon and Mary share their favorite FCRR reading center activities.  They give ideas for storage and organization of the materials and ways to scaffold.

RESOURCE LINKS:
(General links are listed first, then below those you will see the links for the specific games mentioned.)

1. FCRR homepage
2. Jill Shook loves FCRR too!

SPECIFIC GAME DIRECT LINKS FOR ACTIVITIES CREATED BY FCRR or SHANNON

1. FCRR: Vowel Picture Sort
2. FCRR: Phoneme Swap
3. FCRR: Vowel Stars
4. FCRR: Multiple Meaning Match
5. FCRR: Medial Phoneme Dominoes
6. FCRR: Speedy Phrases
7. FCRR: Word Web
8. FCRR: Sandpaper Words
9. FCRR: Contraction Bingo
10. FCRR: Root-A-Word
11. FCRR: Synonym and Antonym Connections
12. Shannon's Soccer Goal DIGITAL Vowel Sound Sort on Boom
13. Shannon's Read Around the Shape on Boom

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Shannon and Mary speak with consultant and literacy specialist Allison from Learning at the Primary Pond all about spelling tests and best practices in phonics instruction.




Resource Links:

1. blog post by Alison at Learning At the Primary Pond
2. Literacy website by Alison
3. Blog post about Best Practices in Phonics by Allison
4. Words Their Way Primary Spelling Inventory
5. Best Practices in Literacy Instruction, Sixth Edition*
6. Words Their Way by Donald Bear, Marcia Invernizzi, Shane Templeton, & Francine Johnson *
7. Rethinking Phonics: Making the Best Decisions by: Karin Dahl, Patricia Grogan, Lora Lawson, and Patricia Scharer*
8. Letter Lessons and First Words: Phonics Foundations That Work (The Research-informed Classroom) by Heidi Anne Mesmer & Nell K. Duke *
9. A Fresh Look at Phonics, Grades K-2: Common Causes of Failure & Ingredients for Success by Wiley W. Blevins *
10. Kindergarten scope and sequence from Alison
11. first and second grade scope and sequence from Alison
12. Learning at the Primary Pond FACEBOOK
13. Learning at the Primary Pond INSTAGRAM
14. Learning at the Primary Pond BLOG
15. Learning at the Primary Pond WEBSITE
16. Learning at the Primary Pond PINTEREST
17. Learning at the Primary Pond TpT STORE
18. Learning at the Primary Pond BOOM LEARNING DIGITAL GAMES

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Shannon and Mary discuss another pillar in the Balanced Literacy Series: Shared Reading. Shared reading is interactive reading with teacher guided support. This is essential for helping struggling readers build their fluency and expression as well as explicitly modeling how proficient readers approach text. It can be done in whole group, small group, or with individualized instruction. Sometimes you will see shared reading experiences modeled with big books or books that are projected for the whole class to share.   



Resource Links:

1. Reading Rockets: Shared Reading
2. Medium Shared Reading with Small Groups of Struggling Readers
3. Reading Rockets PDF of Shared Reading
4. Fountas & Pinnell Blog post about Shared Reading
5. Reading A-Z Shared Reading
6. What is Shared Reading and why is it so important? Blog post
7. Read aloud, Shared reading, Guided Reading: What’s the difference? Blog post
8. What is shared reading and how does it compare to close reading and other types of reading?
9. NEWSELA
10. Mary recommends: *Executive Skills and Reading Comprehension: A Guide for Educators by Kelly B. Cartwright*

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