Reading Teachers Lounge

Jan 23 2025 123 ep. 44 mins 122
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This is the Reading Teachers Lounge where listeners can eavesdrop on professional conversations between elementary reading teachers. We are passionate about literacy and strive to find strategies to reach all learners. Shannon and Mary are neighbors who realized that they were “literacy soul sisters” at a dinner in their Atlanta neighborhood. Once they started chatting about reading they haven’t really stopped. Come join the conversation.

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7.8 Importance of NonFiction

Jan 23 2025 40 mins  
Send us a text Shannon and Mary talk with Melissa Taylor from ImaginationSoup.net about the importance of nonfiction texts in a student's reading diet. They chat about the flexible comprehension strategies students need to organize the information gathered from nonfiction and text features and structures that are specific to nonfiction texts. Listeners should walk away inspired to

🔒 AD Free 7.8 Importance of NonFiction

Jan 23 2025 38 mins  
Subscriber-only episode Send us a text Shannon and Mary talk with Melissa Taylor from ImaginationSoup.net about the importance of nonfiction texts in a student's reading diet. They chat about the flexible comprehension strategies students need to organize the information gathered from nonfiction and text features and structures that are specific to nonfiction texts. Listeners shoul

7.7 System Changes with LaMonica Williams

Jan 09 2025 43 mins  
Send us a text Shannon and Mary welcome LaMonica Williams from Teaching Matters back to the Reading Teachers Lounge. This time they chat about professional development experiences and the most effective ways to bring about positive change in school systems. They discuss the differences between management and leadership and how to foster student-centered school improvement. RESOURCE

🔒 AD Free 7.7 Systems Change with LaMonica Williams

Jan 09 2025 41 mins  
Subscriber-only episode Send us a text Shannon and Mary welcome LaMonica Williams from Teaching Matters back to the Reading Teachers Lounge. This time they chat about professional development experiences and the most effective ways to bring about positive change in school systems. They discuss the differences between management and leadership and how to foster student-centered scho

🔒 December 2024 Bonus

Jan 04 2025 38 mins  
Subscriber-only episode Send us a text This is our 5th exclusive bonus episode of Reading Teachers Lounge podcast. In these episodes, Shannon and Mary will share about the students they're helping in reading, the resources they're using, and the books and other materials they're studying to further their practical knowledge about the Science of Reading. In this episode, Shannon con

7.6 The Reading Team

Dec 05 2024 68 mins  
Send us a text Shannon and Mary chat with Katherine Hamilton about maximizing the learning impact of co-teaching. The conversation is centered around an article from Choice Literacy written by Franki Sibberson titled Aligning Curriculum with Struggling Readers in Mind. The article proposes that co-teachers need to reflect and determine how their various teaching activities and stra

🔒 AD FREE 7.6 The Reading Team

Dec 05 2024 66 mins  
Subscriber-only episode Send us a text Shannon and Mary chat with Katherine Hamilton about maximizing the learning impact of co-teaching. The conversation is centered around an article from Choice Literacy written by Franki Sibberson titled Aligning Curriculum with Struggling Readers in Mind. The article proposes that co-teachers need to reflect and determine how their various teac

🔒 November 2024 bonus episode

Nov 28 2024 23 mins  
Subscriber-only episode Send us a text This is our 4th exclusive bonus episode of Reading Teachers Lounge podcast. In these episodes, Shannon and Mary will share about the students they're helping in reading, the resources they're using, and the books and other materials they're studying to further their practical knowledge about the Science of Reading. In this episode, Shannon sha

7.5 Spelling that Sticks

Nov 13 2024 65 mins  
Send us a text Shannon and Mary welcome @MindfulTeacherRachel back to the podcast to discuss strategies for helping their students strengthen spelling skills. They talk about the stability of English spelling and the meaning-based reasons for a word's spelling, beyond sound-symbol connections. Listeners will know what to look for in students' spelling errors and accuracies and walk

🔒 AD FREE 7.5 Spelling That Sticks

Nov 13 2024 64 mins  
Subscriber-only episode Send us a text Shannon and Mary welcome @MindfulTeacherRachel back to the podcast to discuss strategies for helping their students strengthen spelling skills. They talk about the stability of English spelling and the meaning-based reasons for a word's spelling, beyond sound-symbol connections. Listeners will know what to look for in students' spelling errors