Reach All Readers

252: There’s more to learning a word than simply decoding it correctly. Dr. Carolyn Strom explains how rich connections between a word’s sounds, spelling, meaning, and structure help students remember words and become stronger, more automatic readers. Click here for this episode' ...  Show more

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251: Phonemic awareness is essential for learning to read—but what does the research actually tell us about how to teach it? Dr. Beth Phillips and Dr. Shayne Piasta unpack what we know (and what we still don’t know) about rhyming, phonological sensitivity, phonemic awareness, and ...  Show more

{Listen Again} Back when this episode first aired on March 20, 2023, I suspect that "set for variability" was a new term for most of us. It's a skill that readers use to transform a pronunciation error into the correctly decoded form of the word. Even if this is a term you now kn ...  Show more

{Listen Again} In this episode, originally aired on April 3, 2023, I talk with Dr. Susan Brady about phonemic awareness research and practical applications for teaching. Click here for the show notes from this episode. FREE WORKSHOP, September 20 & 22!Learn the 4 steps to reach s ...  Show more