We would love to hear from you! Send us a message (if you'd like a reply, email us at literacypodcast@greatminds.org)Is your district adopting a new English language arts/literacy curriculum? Have you wondered how to tell if an ELA curriculum is “knowledge-building?” Today we’ll be talking to Barbara Davidson and Sue Pimentel about a new curriculum review tool from Knowledge Matters which can be a helpful guide when navigating the curriculum adoption process. ResourcesKnowledge Matters C...

Episode 174: Unpacking the Knowledge Matters Review Tool with Sue Pimentel and Barbara Davidson

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We would love to hear from you! Send us a message (if you'd like a reply, email us at literacypodcast@greatminds.org)We discuss various models for teaching English learners to read  with Magdalena Zavalia, CEO of the PAF Reading Program. We explore different types of models, including monolingual programs, transitional bilingual education, and dual language immersion. Magdalena emphasizes the importance of understanding students' needs and goals when implementing a dual language program....

Ep. 194: Exploring Models for Teaching English Learners

We would love to hear from you! Send us a message (if you'd like a reply, email us at literacypodcast@greatminds.org)From August 5, 2022Dr. Elsa Cardenas-Hagan joins the podcast to share that reading science works for English Learners. What does it mean to use evidence-based instruction to teach English Learners? Dr. Cardenas-Hagan asserts that every language has its own history, its own culture, its own use. Language supports literacy, and literacy support language. With this cyclical unders...

[Listen Again] Ep. 119: How Reading Science Works for English Learners with Elsa Cardenas-Hagan

We would love to hear from you! Send us a message (if you'd like a reply, email us at literacypodcast@greatminds.org)In this conversation, Stephanie Stollar discusses the implementation of Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS).  MTSS is a framework for school improvement that helps to provide support for students with various needs. The MTSS framework focuses on using data to identify barriers to student performance and making plans to eliminate those barriers. Stollar explains that wor...

Ep. 193: Systems to Get Better Reading Results with Stephanie Stollar

We would love to hear from you! Send us a message (if you'd like a reply, email us at literacypodcast@greatminds.org)In this episode, Savannah Campbell, a K-5 reading specialist, shares practical spelling tips for teachers. She emphasizes the importance of having students say the sounds or syllables as they spell, as it helps develop sound-symbol correspondence. Savannah also recommends interleaving, which involves practicing both new and old spelling skills to ensure mastery. Savannah also d...

Ep. 192: Top Tips for Teaching Spelling with Savannah Campbell (Quick Tips from Our Teacher Friends)

We would love to hear from you! Send us a message (if you'd like a reply, email us at literacypodcast@greatminds.org) Pam Kastner discusses the connection between spelling and reading. She emphasizes that teaching spelling is teaching reading, as spelling is a higher linguistic skill that requires complete and accurate recall and memory for words. Spelling helps students understand the internal structure of words and improves their reading abilities. She suggests using instructional rout...

Episode 174: Unpacking the Knowledge Matters Review Tool with Sue Pimentel and Barbara Davidson

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