When was the last time you veered from your lesson plan? Why did you do it? Did your adaptation turn out better than your original plan?

This episode, I discuss the adaptations teachers make during literacy, instruction with Dr. Margaret Vaughn of University of Idaho. We discuss how often teachers adapt instruction, what types of adaptations they make, and why teachers make these adaptations.

Dr. Vaughn specializes in adaptive teaching, teacher visioning, and issues of agency. I walked away from this interview with a whole new insight on the adaptations I make in my classroom. This is an episode you won’t want to miss.

Link to Dr. Vaughn’s UI bio

Link to the University of Idaho Guided Reading Library

Reference:

Vaughn, M. (2019). Adaptive Teaching During Reading Instruction: A Multi-Case Study. Reading Psychology, 40(1), 1-33.

Join me for an excellent conversation with Dr. Chenyi Zhang of Georgia State University. We discuss how to think about writing with preschoolers and six best practices for integrating writing during morning meeting. This is a very pragmatic episode for anyone who teaches pre-K!

Practices Discussed:

Have writing materials on hand

Write the routines

Share the pen

Scaffold writing attempts

Build community

Keep writing explicit and brief

Link to Urban Child Study Center

Referenced Article:

Zhang, C., & Quinn, M. F. (2018). Promoting early writing skills through morning meeting routines: Guidelines for best practices. Early Childhood Education Journal, 46(5), 547-556.

Join us for part 2 of an excellent conversation with Dr. D Ray Reutzel

Reading Hall of Fame Inductee Dr. D Ray Reutzel joins us this week to discuss his coauthored book Young Meaning Makers: Reading Comprehension in Grades K-2

We discuss how oral language can be used to support comprehension in the classroom, strategies for close reading, and how teach a comprehension lesson with CI Thoery mind. The book says K-2, but this epiosde is full of takeaways for anyone wanting to leverage comprehension better in the classroom.

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Link to Young Meaning Makers

Link to Dr. Reutzel’s recent award

Reading Hall of Fame Inductee Dr. D Ray Reutzel joins us this week to discuss his coauthored book Young Meaning Makers: Reading Comprehension in Grades K-2

We discuss the Construction Integration model of reading, how it relates to the CCSS, and how to use both to leverage student comprehension. The book says K-2, but this epiosde is full of takeaways for anyone wanting to leverage comprehension better in the classroom.

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Link to Young Meaning Makers

Link to Dr. Reutzel’s recent award

Join us for part 2 of our conversation with Dr. Chase Young on strategies for supporting student fluency using the RTI framework. It’s great conversation on Tier 2 and Tier 3 strategies.

Dr. Young is an associate professor at Sam Houston State University and the author of Tiered Fluency Instruction: Supporting Diverse Learners in Grade 2-5. His website is thebestclass.org where you can access dozens of readers theater scripts and other resources.

Dr. Young is associated with two Facebook pages that aim to provide literacy research to teachers. You can follow those pages at https://www.facebook.com/thebestclass.org/ and https://www.facebook.com/shsuliteracy/

Link to Tiered Fluency Instruction

Young, C., & Rasinski, T. V. (2017). Tiered fluency instruction: Supporting diverse learners in grades 2-5. Capstone.