Reading Wars
Shannon and Mary talk about the recent discussions in the news and educational circles related to the reading wars. Additionally, based on listener questions, they recommend some resources for teachers who want to implement more structured literacy into their classroom practices.
Resource Links:
- Emily Hanford APM Reports Educate Podcast New Salvos in the Battles over Reading Instruction
- Emily Hanford APM Reports How a Flawed Idea is Teaching Millions of Kids to be Poor Readers
- Lucy Calkins' response: No One Gets to Own the Term "The Science of Reading"
- Need to practice Phonics instruction? *Speech to Print Workbook by Louisa Cook Moats and Bruce Rosow *
- Shannon recommends *Phonics A to Z by Wiley Blevins*
- Shannon recommends *Teaching Phonics & Word Study in the Intermediate Grades by Wiley Blevins*
- Free webinars IDA Upper Midwest Branch
- IDA PDF Structured Literacy: Effective Instruction for Students with Dyslexia and Related Reading Difficulties
- Comprehensive List of Programs based on Structured Literacy
- Mary recommends Equipped for Reading Success by David Kilpatrick
- our Encoding episode (Season 1, episode 22): Encoding First, Decoding Second
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