For The Love Of Literacy with Bruce Howlett

The Word Mapping Project: Engaging Every Learner in Vocabulary, Morphology, Spelling & Writing Instruction - Sean Morrisey

Do you want to get excited about teaching words, vocabulary, spelling, and writing instruction? Do you want to see your students embrace these subjects as enriching and e

Building Executive Function Skills into Literacy Sessions - Beth Coppoc Gunshor

Do your students struggle to stay focused, avoid distractions, begin and complete assignments, or remember directions? Would you like to help them resist impulses, switch

Two Dyslexic Adults: What We Wish Our Teachers Knew About Language and Learning: Sara Lee talks with Marie Foley & Bruce Howlett

“If only we, as dyslexics, had learned how the English writing system works—from words to sentences—when we were in elementary school! Maybe we wouldn’t have struggled wi

Vocabulary Development Through Morphology, Semantics and Complex Text - Elfrieda Hiebert

If your students read accurately but with limited fluency, comprehension or interest then Elfrieda “Freddy” Hiebert’s talk will be of great benefit. Freddy summarizes her

Connecting Math and Literacy Learning Difficulties - Meghan Hicks & Jennifer Petrich

Many students who struggle with literacy also struggle with math.  Understanding the number system requires engaging linguistic, cognitive, executive functions and conce

Enriching Structured Literacy Through Integrated Word Study - Sarah Mitchell

Why do so many students continue to struggle with spelling and writing even after years of phonics instruction? In this episode, Sarah Mitchell explores the missing layer

Scripts, Sentences and Structures: Helping Students Unlock Meaning - Louise Hewitt, Meghan Hicks & Mary Beth Steven

Teaching about morphemes (the meaningful components of words), sentence structure (syntax) and grammar (the framework for organizing words and sentences) isn’t hard, once

Meet the Students (A.K.A. Humans) of the Boring (into words) Scholars Collective - Sara Leland & Students

Title: Meet the Students / Humans of the Boring (into words) Scholars Collective Listen Sara Leland’s students, five humans who have dyslexia, ADHA and/or autism. With S

The Sentence Pathway to Decoding and Comprehension -- Xiuhong Tong & S. Hélène Deacon

If you have ever wondered why your students struggle with word reading, or read accurately but with limited comprehension, then you may want to flip your approach to read

Four Powerful Word, Sentence, Text and Cognitive Routines for Teaching Writing - Meghan Hicks

Meghan Hicks returns to talk about how teaching structure at the word, sentence, and text levels can help students make sense of the writing process. We often discuss lit

Respecting the Social, Emotional & Academic Needs of Dyslexic Individuals -- Bonnie Feeney & Jen Petrich

Bonnie Feeney, a dyslexic mother and Jen Petrich, her PhD neuroscientist daughter discuss dyslexia from a unique perspective—one of from a journey of personal discovery a

Co-Creating a Community of Sentence Scholars - Rebecca Marsh & Meghan Hicks

“Just thinking about grammar and syntax raises my anxiety.” Whether you share that reaction or you just feel shaky on some aspects of writing and sentence structure, you

Spelling-Meaning Connections for Memory and Comprehension - Kimberly Murphy with Peter Bowers

“Spell what you mean, not just what you hear,” is researcher and speech pathologist Kim Murphy’s advice to students. While spelling instruction often focuses on pronuncia

Language Enriching Literacy Ideas for DLD - Kathleen Love and Beth C. Gunshor

Language issues are a surprisingly common source of reading, spelling and writing difficulties. Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) is impacting students in your classr

Fostering Fascination With Words & Sentences - Mary Beth Steven, Lisa Barnett, Skot Caldwell

Three experienced teachers show how to get even your most resistant students to become fascinated by words and sentences. They explain how to turn memory-draining spellin

Building a Strong Foundation for Structured Literacy Teaching - Sue Hegland & Liisa Freure

Would you like to: understand how the English spelling system, or orthography, can be taught in so it makes sense to students and teachers, alike? integrate morphemes, t

A School Year Rich in Words - Ann Whiting & Lyn Anderson

A wonderful plan for teachers, starting with five-year-old students on up to secondary school, to create a community of students who love exploring language, starting wit

How English Spelling Really Works - Jennifer Petrich & Brad Johnson

Do you know how English spelling really works? Go beneath the surface of words to find the connections between orthography (spelling system) and morphology, the meaningfu

High Frequency Word Project - Rebecca Loveless and Fiona Hamilton

The High Frequency Word Project, is an explicit, systematic resource that teaches the 130 high frequency words using strategies that make them stick. Each of these critic

How Dyslexics Make Sense of Written English - Marie Foley & Sara Lee

If you think you know how dyslexia affects children and adults please listen to this moving and uplifting podcast. Dyslexia causes confusion way beyond decoding. Roadbloc