The Road to Reading Podcast

In this episode, Rachel Ball, the Coaching Development Lead at Steplab and the author of the book The Scaffolding Effect, will share the intention behind scaffolding, how and when we should put scaffolds in place, and how we can fade scaffolds.

Show Notes:
Podcast-Progressively Incorrect with Rachel Ball
The Scaffolding Effect by Rachel Ball & Alex Fairlamb
Scaffolding Students to Success article by Rachel Ball and Alex Fairlamb
Webinar on Mind the Gap with Rachel Ball and Alex Fairlamb
EEF blog: Moving from Differentiation to Adaptive Teaching
EEF blog: Scaffolds-what goes up must come down
EEF Send Guidance Report

Show Notes:
Road to Reading Webpage
SoR Resource Page
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In this episode, Marcie Samayoa, a high school science teacher, shares ways that we can build students’ schema.

Show Notes:
Scientist in the Making Substack
Knowledge organizers
Brain, Book, Buddy Retrieval Activity (Blake Harvard)
Brain Book Buddy from Scientist in the Making
Effortful Educator Blog
Teach Fast by Gene Tavernetti
How Do We Learn by Hector Ruiz Martin
Just Tell Them by Zach Groshell

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

In this episode, Dr. Kripa Sundar shares why concept maps can help students learn and retrieve. She shares how they can be used in both primary and intermediate grades and how teachers can use them to both build and assess learning in the classroom.
Show Notes:
Expertise-Reversal Effect
The Learning Scientists
Smart Teaching: Stronger Learning
Concept Mapping: A Powerful Tool for Learning by Dr. Kripa Sundar
Concept Maps: Reading Rockets
How to Start Concept Mapping-Reading Rockets
Show Notes:
Road to Reading Webpage
SoR Resource Page
Season 2-episodes
Season 3-episodes

In this episode, Caitlin Lucas, a kindergarten teacher and Goyen Fellow, will share how she began implementing retrieval practices in her kindergarten classroom. She will explain the small changes or tweaks she made that had huge pay-offs.

Show Notes:
Brain Dumps by Dr. Pooja Argwal
Concept Mapping
Make it Stick
The Learning Scientist Podcast

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

In this episode, Katie Baker, a 7th-8th grade Texas and United States history teacher, shares how to focus our energy on effective retrieval strategies we can manage. She also explains that she was spinning from all the available resources and pulled back to focus on what she could accomplish in her classroom, and build from there.
Show Notes:
Powerful Teaching by Pooja Argwal and Patrice Bain
Examples from Katie’s Classroom:
Literacy Grid Template
Literacy Grid Example
Power Ticket Example
Kate Jones Retrieval Practice
5-12-13 Dylan Kane’s Substack
Voices from the Field Substack
The Knowledge Exchange Laura Stam’s Substack
Distilled by Jamie Clark
Gist Statements by Sara Quinn
Science of Reading Classroom Substack
Teachers Teaching Teacher Nights hosted by Science of Classroom and What I Should Have Learned in College Facebook Group
Mini Whiteboards by Ben Cooper
Make it Stick
Step Lab documentary

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