If you are in the Northern Hemisphere, I hope you're enjoying your winter break!
All six of our kids are home (including my daughter from college), and I am enjoying the rare special moments when all of them are getting along.
Episode #1
Many of you have been asking about sources for learning about the etymology (history) of words. The best source that I have found is The High Frequency Word Project by Hamilton and Loveless.
In fact, I interviewed the authors recently - you can listen to that episode here. They recommend other resources at the end of the episode.
Episode #2
Those of you who attend our monthly member meetings know that I have been wrestling with how to incorporate complex text reading in the lower grades.
I cover that exact topic in this powerful interview with Dr. Jennifer Throndsen.
I received a lot of positive feedback about the episode about decodable text with Brianna Guild of SLP Literacy Corner.
You'll love her practical guidance for using decodable text as the foundation of your phonics lesson or intervention. Listen to the episode here.
Episode #4
One of the best ways to improve reading comprehension is to do simple writing activities after reading.
Sara Marye of The Stellar Teacher shares simple writing strategies from The Writing Revolution. You can listen to the episode here.
Episode #5
Many people wonder how to start teaching morphology in the early grades - and Sarah Paul has the answers!
The sound quality of this episode isn't great (we're hoping to re-record at a later date), but you can follow along with the transcript. Listen to this practical episode here.
