In this episode, 6th-grade teacher North Landesman will walk us through his routines as well as the many ways in which he uses mini-whiteboards in his classroom to check student thinking and adjust his instruction.

Show Notes:

• Mini-Whiteboard blog by North Landesman
• Adam Boxer Tips
• How I’m Using Mini-Whiteboards blog 
• by Darren Leslie
• Craig Barton Tips video
• You Should Use Mini-Whiteboards by Dylan Kane (blog)
• Why Use Mini-Whiteboards by Distilled (Jamie Clark)
• Types of questions blog by Bunsen Blue
• The Writing Revolution
• White Rose Math

Show Notes:
Road to Reading Webpage
SoR Resource Page
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In this episode, Laura Stam, a third-grade teacher from Wyoming, shares how she utilizes choral response, mini whiteboards, turn and talk, stop and jot, and cold calling to increase student participation. Laura explains how each of these techniques allows her to be a more responsive teacher.

Show Notes:

Everybody Thinks, Everybody Learns blog by SOL in the Wild

Distilled by Jamie Clark

One Pagers by Jamie Clark

Do I Have Your Attention by Blake Harvard

Just Tell Them by Zach Groshell

Teach Fast by Gene Tavernetti

Tips for Teachers podcast with Adam Boxer and Craig Barton

Every Student, Every Lesson blog by Adam Boxer

Tips for Teacher Books by Craig Barton

Hands Up for Guaranteed Results by Pritesh Raichura

Turn and Talk - Bunsen Blue blog

Doug Lemov's Field Notes on Participation (TLAC)

Engagement Norms by Ollie Lovell

Show Notes:
Road to Reading Webpage
SoR Resource Page
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In this episode, Dr. Zach Groshell shares why explicit instruction is such a necessary part of student learning and why we need to keep all students accountable for participating and showing their thinking.

Show Notes:

• Just Tell Them
• Steplab
• Steplab documentary
• Progressively Incorrect podcast
• Education Rickshaw
• OTR by David Didau
• direct instruction
• Academic Learning Time
• Worked Examples
• How Learning Happens by Paul Kirschner & Carl Hendrick
• Running the Room-Tom Bennett
• Why Don’t Students Like School?-Daniel Willingham

Show Notes:
Road to Reading Webpage
SoR Resource Page
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In this episode, Aaron Grossman, a 5th-grade teacher, demonstrates how he effectively integrates various learning strategies throughout his school day.

Show Notes:

• Walk Talk Swap https://justtwoteachers.com/first-days/ 
• 4 Corners https://justtwoteachers.com/first-days/ 
• Concept Cards https://justtwoteachers.com/assessment/ 
• Cootie Catcher https://justtwoteachers.com/assessment/ 
• Parts of Writing Inventor https://justtwoteachers.com/behavior-anxiety/ 
• 5 Minute Plan https://justtwoteachers.com/behavior-anxiety/ 
• Video of 5 Minute Plan Jessica Minahan's Five Minute Plan 
• Turn and Talk https://justtwoteachers.com/management/ 
• 2 x 10 https://justtwoteachers.com/pbis/ 
• Readers Theater Scripts https://justtwoteachers.com/readers-theater/ 
• 10 Sentence Challenge https://justtwoteachers.com/10-sentence-challenge/ 
• Standards Practice https://justtwoteachers.com/extra-practice/ 
• Pro Se Court https://justtwoteachers.com/engagement-welcoming/ 
• Video of a Pro Se Court https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXj1b4ERqiY 
• The Daniels on Research https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=The+daniels+on+research
• Daniel Willingham YouTube
• The Forgetting Curve
• David Didau Substack

Show Notes:
Road to Reading Webpage
SoR Resource Page
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In this episode, Gene Tavernetti shares the essential parts of the lesson that all teachers should be aware of. Gene is the author of the books Teach FAST (Focused, Adaptable, Structured Teaching) and Maximizing the Impact of Coaching Cycles. He presents at conferences like Research Ed, and he is the host of the podcast: Better Teaching: Only Stuff that Works.

Show Notes:

• https://www.tesscg.com/
• Teach FAST
• Maximizing the Impact of Coaching Cycles
• Better Teaching: Only Stuff that Works with Gene Tavernetti
• Just Tell Them by Zach Groshell
• Do I Have Your Attention? By Blake Harvard
• Centering the Pendulum Podcast by Bill Davidson

Show Notes:
Road to Reading Webpage
SoR Resource Page
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In this episode, 7th-grade World Studies teacher Brett Benson will share how thinking about CLT has changed his planning process and instruction. He will share ways that he helps to lighten cognitive load for students while still making them think deeply about a topic. He will share lots of strategies he uses in his own classroom every day for retrieval and questioning.

Show Notes:

• SOL in the Wild-Brett’s Substack (a wealth of blogs) (highly recommend his entire Substack)
• Small Steps: The Rosenshine Principle that Unlocks the Other Nine (blog)
• From What to How: How Cognitive Science Transformed my Lesson Plans (blog by SOL in the Wild)
• Why Students Don’t Like School-Daniel Willingham
• In Action Series
• Cognitive Load Theory in Action
• Rosenshine’s Principles in Action
• Assimilation Theory in Action
• Retrieval Practice: Research and Practice-Kate Jones
• How Learning Happens-Paul Kirschner & Carl Hendrick
• Powerful Teaching-Patrice Bain & Pooja Argwal

Show Notes:
Road to Reading Webpage
SoR Resource Page
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In this episode, Dr. Sarah Oberle explains the importance of cognitive load theory and shares what types of things you might think about when looking through the CLT lens as you are planning for students.

Show Notes:

Executive Functions for Every K-3 Classroom

Blog: Executive Functions: Setting the Record Straight

From Research to Reality: Bridging Educational Innovations (Edweb)

Thrive Educator Summit

Should Wait Times Change for Younger Students-webinar (InnerDrive)

Learning in the Brain blog

Peps Mccrea Evidence Snacks

Research ED

The Learning Dispatch-Substack by Carl Hendricks

Cognitive Load Theory-Innerdrive blog

Writing and Cognitive Load Theory-Natalie Wexler

How Cognitive Load Theory Changed my Thinking-Zach Groshell

The Practical Side of CLT- Education Rickshaw

Show Notes:
Road to Reading Webpage
SoR Resource Page
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In this episode, Court Shuller, a 7th-grade ELA teacher in South Jersey, shares their experience of planning lessons and units through a cognitive science lens. They’ll share how the 3 principles of Cognitive Load Theory, Prior Knowledge, and Effortful Thinking can be reflected in their classroom.

Show Notes:

Powerful Teaching-Pooja Agarwal &Patrice Bain

TLAC Guide to the Science of Reading-Doug Lemov, Colleen Driggs, & Erica Woolway

Learning How to Learn-Barbara Oakley

Minding the Gap-Substack by Natalie Wexler

The Knowledge Gap-Natalie Wexler

Beyond the Science of Reading-Natalie Wexler

Pomodoro Studying Technique

Outsmart Your Brain-Daniel Willingham

Why Don’t Students Like School?-Daniel Willingham

Show Notes:
Road to Reading Webpage
SoR Resource Page
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In this episode, we hear from Dr. Jim Heal and Meg Lee as they share why learning science is important to get into the hands of all teachers, what  3 major principles of learning science are, and what their vision for professional learning looks like as they work in Cicero, District 99. Dr. Jim Heal and Meg Lee are the founders of Learning Science Partners. An initiative dedicated to helping educators learn and practice using evidence-based strategies so that every student gains access to deep, effortful thinking and achieves meaningful, lasting learning.

Show Notes:

• Learning Science Partners
• Mental Models
• How Teaching Happens
• How Learning Happens
• ResearchEd
• Rosenshine’s Principles
• Rosenshine’s Principles in Action by Tom Sherrington
• Rosenshine’s Principles by Innerdrive blog
• Learning & the Brain Conference
• Festival of Education
• Progressively Incorrect Podcast by Zach Groshell
• Knowledge for Teachers podcast by Brendan Lee

Show Notes:
Road to Reading Webpage
SoR Resource Page
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In this episode, two teachers, Kerry Cusick and Tara Livolsi, share how they developed a professional learning plan for their school and district around learning science. They describe where they got the idea, how they implemented the professional learning, and how they plan to build on this learning in the future. If you are interested in bringing learning science back to your district, this episode is for you. Teachers teaching teachers is an excellent way to continue our professional learning and provide ongoing support to each other in our schools.

Show Notes:
Road to Reading Webpage
SoR Resource Page
Season 2-episodes
Season 3-episodes