Send us a textShannon and Mary welcome Brandon Cardet-Hernadez from Mrs. Wordsmith to the RTL to chat about smart technology resources. They talk about intentional uses of technology resources for instructional purposes and what skills will be required as our students advance in the next part of the 21st century. Listeners will gain ideas for ways to incorporate technology to elevate students' learning.RESOURCES MENTIONED DURING THE EPISODE:Mrs. Wordsmith websiteEdutopia article: SAMR modelHow to use SAMR in Designing InstructionInstagram for Mrs. WordsmithFacebook for Mrs. WordsmithYoutube for Mrs. WordsmithTikTok for Mrs. WordsmithWord Tag Vocabulary Learning app from Mrs. WordsmithScience of Reading white paper from Mrs. WordsmithFree Literacy resources from Mrs WordsmithBonus Episodes access through your podcast appBonus episodes access through PatreonFree Rubrics Guide created by usFinding Good Books Guide created by usInformation about our Patreon membershipSupport the showGet Literacy Support through our Patreon
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7.8 Importance of NonFiction
Send us a textShannon and Mary talk with Melissa Taylor from ImaginationSoup.net about the importance of nonfiction texts in a student's reading diet. They chat about the flexible comprehension strategies students need to organize the information gathered from nonfiction and text features and structures that are specific to nonfiction texts. Listeners should walk away inspired to put more NF texts in their readers hands.RESOURCES MENTIONED DURING THE EPISODE:Imagination Soup Melissa's Article: Reading Nonfiction Prepares Kids for SuccessComprehension Strategiestypes of NF textsCBS Sunday Morning-Finland schools Media Literacy storyRefutational TextsMelissa on IGMelissa on FBBonus Episodes access through your podcast appBonus episodes access through PatreonFree Rubrics Guide created by usFinding Good Books Guide created by usInformation about our Patreon membershipSupport the showGet Literacy Support through our Patreon
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7.7 System Changes with LaMonica Williams
Send us a textShannon and Mary welcome LaMonica Williams from Teaching Matters back to the Reading Teachers Lounge. This time they chat about professional development experiences and the most effective ways to bring about positive change in school systems. They discuss the differences between management and leadership and how to foster student-centered school improvement.RESOURCES MENTIONED DURING THE EPISODE:Changes that Stick (Kappan)Teaching Matters websiteNYC ReadsStudent Focused Coaching by Jan Hasbrouck and Daryl Michel *Amazon affiliate link*our previous episode with LaMonica WilliamsThe Good Struggle of Flexible SpecificityReading UniverseLaMonica's Bio & Contact InformationBonus Episodes access through your podcast appBonus episodes access through PatreonFree Rubrics Guide created by usFinding Good Books Guide created by usInformation about our Patreon membershipSupport the showGet Literacy Support through our Patreon
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7.6 The Reading Team
Send us a textShannon and Mary chat with Katherine Hamilton about maximizing the learning impact of co-teaching. The conversation is centered around an article from Choice Literacy written by Franki Sibberson titled Aligning Curriculum with Struggling Readers in Mind. The article proposes that co-teachers need to reflect and determine how their various teaching activities and strategies align into a cohesive instructional plan for the students, so that the readers can build transferable skills they can apply across the school-day.RESOURCES MENTIONED DURING THE EPISODE:Choice Literacy article by Franki SibbersonEnsemble LearningThinking MapsSix Approaches to CoTeaching6 Models of CoTeachingCollaborative Team Teaching: Challenges and RewardsBonus Episodes access through your podcast appBonus episodes access through PatreonFree Rubrics Guide created by usFinding Good Books Guide created by usInformation about our Patreon membershipSupport the showGet Literacy Support through our Patreon
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7.5 Spelling that Sticks
Send us a textShannon and Mary welcome @MindfulTeacherRachel back to the podcast to discuss strategies for helping their students strengthen spelling skills. They talk about the stability of English spelling and the meaning-based reasons for a word's spelling, beyond sound-symbol connections. Listeners will know what to look for in students' spelling errors and accuracies and walk away with fresh ideas for spelling instruction. RESOURCES MENTIONED DURING THE EPISODE:Our Etymology episode with Rachelour Schwa episode with RachelMorrison-McCall Spelling Scalespelling error analysis sheets from RachelUncovering the Logic of English by Denise Eide *Amazon affiliate link*Spelling for Life by Lyn Stone *Amazon affiliate link*How to Teach Spelling by Laura Toby Rudginsky and Elizabeth C. Haskell *Amazon affiliate link*Dyslexia and Spelling by Kelli Sandman-Hurley *Amazon affiliate link*And Sometimes Y by RachelShort Vowel Proctors by RachelSchwa in 1st Grade by RachelRachel on IGRachel on TiktokExplode the Code Words Their Way Spelling InventorySpelling Choice TestsSound Mounds (the Eppich Classroom)Scribal OBonus Episodes access through your podcast appBonus episodes access through PatreonFree Rubrics Guide created by usFinding Good Books Guide created by usInformation about our Patreon membershipSupport the showGet Literacy Support through our Patreon
This is the Reading Teachers Lounge where listeners can eavesdrop on professional conversations between elementary reading teachers. We are passionate about literacy and strive to find strategies to reach all learners. Shannon and Mary are neighbors who realized that they were “literacy soul sisters” at a dinner in their Atlanta neighborhood. Once they started chatting about reading they haven’t really stopped. Come join the conversation.
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