The Road to Reading Podcast

In this episode, Patrice Bain, author of Powerful Teaching and Powerful Classrooms, shares the importance of retrieval practice. Patrice explains 4 Power Tools every teacher should know about and how to use them in your classroom. 
Show Notes:
Powerful Teaching by Pooja Argwal & Patrice Bain
Powerful Classrooms by Patrice Bain
Make it Stick by Peter Brown, Henry Roediger III, & Mark McDaniel
Just Tell Them by Zach Groshell
Do I Have Your Attention? By Blake Harvard
The Goldilocks Effect
The Scaffolding Effect by Rachel Ball and Alex Fairlamb

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

In this episode, Brett Benson, a 7th-grade World Studies teacher, returns to the podcast to share how mini-whiteboards help him make students' thinking visible and be a responsive teacher.
Show Notes:
How Teaching Happens by Carl Hendrick, Paul Kirschner, & Jim Heal
How Learning Happens by Carl Hendricks and Paul Kirschner
SOL in the Wild Substack by Brett
Cognitive Load Theory in Action by Ollie Lovell
Craig Barton’s Tips for Teachers YouTube videos
Chalk Dust podcast by Nathanial Swain and Rebecca Birch
Implementation Curve
Adaptive Teaching by Alex Quigley
Rosenshine’s Principles-Tom Sherrington
Principles of Instruction All Teachers Should Know
Hinge Questions

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

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
Season 2-episodes
Season 3-episodes

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
Season 2-episodes
Season 3-episodes

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
Season 2-episodes
Season 3-episodes