Melissa & Lori Love Literacy ®
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Melissa & Lori Love Literacy ®
Melissa & Lori Love Literacy® is a podcast for teachers. The hosts are your classroom-next-door teacher friends turned podcasters learning with you. Episodes feature top literacy experts and teachers who are putting the science of reading into practice. Melissa & Lori bridge the gap between...
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Research-Based Routines for Multisyllabic Word Reading with Jessica Toste and Brennan Chandler
Episode 237
Teachers know the challenge: students hit multisyllabic words and suddenly reading slows down. In this episode, researchers Jessica...
Reading Interventions for Upper Elementary with Catlin Goodrow
Episode 236
Catlin Goodrow discusses her role as a literacy coach and interventionist for older students, focusing on assessing student needs, i...
How to Make Every Intervention More Effective with Matt Burns
Episode 235
Matt Burns discusses effective interventions for students struggling with learning. He emphasizes the importance of understanding th...
Making Sense of Reading Assessments with Michelle Hosp
Episode 234
Michelle Hosp joins us to break down the different types of literacy assessments within an MTSS framework in the most approachable...
Kindergarten Intervention That Gets Results
Episode 233
In this episode, we sit down with speech-language pathologist Linsey Jones, who’s leading groundbreaking work in her district by de...
MTSS for Reading Improvement with Stephanie Stollar and Sarah Brown
Episode 232
We know MTSS can feel like one more acronym and maybe one more thing on your plate. But what if it was the thing that helped everyth...
Scaffolding Challenging Texts for All Readers with Christina Cover
Episode 231
Working with students who struggle to make sense of complex texts? You’re not alone! Christina Cover, a high school special educator...
The Power of Text Sets with Freddy Hiebert
Bonus Episode
In this episode, Melissa and Lori sit down with Freddy Hiebert, founder of Text Project, to dive deep into the critical role texts...
What the Research Says about Difficult Texts with Kristin Conradi Smith, John Strong, & Steve Amendum
Episode 230
In this episode, we discuss this article and the vital role of difficult texts with three experts: Kristin Conradi-Smith, John Stron...
Making Words Stick with Molly Ness and Katie Pace MIles
Episode 229
In this episode, Katie Pace Miles and Molly Ness define and explain orthographic mapping as a crucial cognitive process for reading...
Helping Students Read Multisyllabic Words with Devin Kearns
Episode 228
If you’ve ever wondered how to help your students decode longer words, this episode is for you! We’re joined by literacy researcher...
Revisiting Fluency Instruction and Assessment with Jan Hasbrouck
Episode 227
In this episode, Jan Hasbrouck discusses the critical components of reading fluency, focusing on automaticity and its measurement th...
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[Listen Again] Building Fluency with POSSUM with Maryanne Wolf and Melissa Orkin
Episode 211 from December 6, 2024
Fluency is a crucial aspect of reading. It involves automaticity and the ability to connect different aspects...
First Steps to Fluency: How Young Learners Become Independent Readers with Virginia Quinn Mooney
Episode 226
In this episode, Virginia discusses the importance of fluency in K-2 grades, emphasizing its role in reading comprehension. She shar...
A Classroom Fluency Protocol That Works with Aaron Grossman
Episode 225
How do we turn fluency instruction into something engaging, meaningful, and effective? Fourth-grade teacher Aaron Grossman has the a...
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[Listen Again] Readers' Theater: Easy, Effective, & FUN! with Chase Young
Episode 209 from November 8, 2024
Chase Young discusses the implementation of Reader's Theater in the classroom, providing a detailed framework...
Exploring the Research Behind Paired Oral Reading with Jake Downs
Episode 224
Helping students become fluent, confident readers isn’t always easy—especially when they’re still sounding out words and struggling...
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[LISTEN AGAIN] Language Variations and Teaching Reading with Julie Washington
Episode 151 (from June 23, 2023)
How Language Variations Shape Literacy
Language and reading go hand in hand—but how can we leverage stud...
Effective Reading Instruction for Multilingual Learners (And Why It Works for Everyone)
Episode 223
Antonio Fierro and Gabi Bell Jimenez break down the essentials of teaching English learners—covering the simple view of reading, or...
Classroom-Tested Literacy Routines for Every Student (Especially Multilingual Learners!)
Episode 222
In this episode, teacher coach Margarita shares effective strategies for leveraging students' native languages to enhance their lear...
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[LIVE] Literacy & Justice for All
Episode 221
This live podcast recording was part of the opening reception for the 2025 Literacy & Justice for All symposium in Oakland, CA on Ma...
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[Listen Again] Vocabulary Instruction with Sean Morrisey
Episode 156
Fifth-grade teacher Sean Morrisey joins us to discuss all things vocabulary! We discuss Tier 2 and 3 words and discuss how you can...
Teacher-Tested Vocabulary Strategies
Episode 220
In this podcast episode, you'll hear from:
Kirsten shares a powerful explicit vocabulary routine she uses with her students. S...
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[Listen Again] Language for Life with Lyn Stone
Episode 155 (from July 21, 2023)
Curious about how words shape learning? Join us as we chat with linguist and author Lyn Stone about vocabulary,...
Ten Vocabulary Moves Backed by Research with Blythe Anderson
In Episode 219, Blythe Anderson discusses the importance of vocabulary instruction, specifically through the use of vocabulary talk moves.
Thes...
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[Listen Again] Strengthening Language Comprehension in Young Learners with Tricia Zucker and Sonia Cabell
Episode 203 (from August 16, 2024)
Our guests today, authors Tricia Zucker and Sonia Cabell, discuss the concept of Strive-For-Five Conve...
Building Better Academic Talk Routines in K-8 Classrooms
Episode 218 is chock-full of super practical ways to implement academic talk in your classroom tomorrow!
Elementary science teacher Jami Wither...
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[Listen Again] The Relationship Between Phonics and Language Comprehension with Tiffany Hogan
Episode 167: Researcher Tiffany Hogan explores the relationship between phonics and language comprehension in this episode. She shares practical ways...
Research-Backed Strategies for Academic Talk with Jeff Zwiers
Episode 217
Have you ever wondered how to get your students talking in a way that builds deeper understanding? In this episode, we chat with Jef...
Research-Backed Writing Strategies from a 5th Grade Classroom
Struggling to make writing click for your students?
In this episode, 5th-grade teacher Elise Frank shares practical strategies to tackle the ch...
A Path to Better Writing with Steve Graham
Steve Graham discusses the significance of writing in education, the challenges teachers face in teaching writing, and effective strategies to enhance...
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[Listen Again] The Writing Revolution with Judith Hochman and Natalie Wexler
From July 22, 2022
The Writing Revolution authors, Judith Hochman and Natalie Wexler, share a 'revolutionary' approach to writing. The be...
Ep. 214 Aligning Early Writing Routines to Research
What if young students could transform writing from a daunting task into an exciting journey of self-expression?
In this episode, Laura...
Ep. 213: Evidence-Based Writing Instruction for Young Learners with Karen Harris & Young Suk Grace Kim
This episode highlights the close connection between reading and writing and the importance of teaching them together. Young-Suk Kim uses a structural...
Melissa & Lori Love Literacy Trailer
Melissa & Lori Love Literacy™ is a podcast for teachers. The hosts are your classroom-next-door teacher friends turned podcasters learning with you. E...
Top Episode of 2024: 193: Systems to Get Better Reading Results with Stephanie Stollar
From 5/10/24
In this conversation, Stephanie Stollar discusses the implementation of Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS). MTSS is a f...
Ep. 212: Beyond the Science of Reading with Natalie Wexler
Phonics alone won’t solve the literacy crisis.
Natalie Wexler's new book: Beyond the Science of Reading: Connecting Literacy Instruction to the...
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[Listen Again] Ep. 62: Effective Fluency Instruction with Tim Rasinski
From June 22, 2021
In this episode, reading and fluency expert Tim Rasinski tells us all about effective fluency instruction! How does re...
Ep. 211: Building Fluency with POSSUM with Melissa Orkin and Maryanne Wolf
Fluency is a crucial aspect of reading. It involves automaticity and the ability to connect different aspects of word knowledge.
In this episode...
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[Listen Again] Ep. 150: Science of Reading for ALL Students: Intervention for Secondary Students
Secondary educators have students in their classrooms who weren’t taught to read. Because of these reading deficits, students likely have a difficult...