Teaching Literacy Podcast

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Complex Text & Fluency with Dr. Jake Downs and Dr. Chase Young

Posted March 4, 202600:50:23

This is a rebroadcast of Episode 245 from the Melissa and Lori Love Literacy Podcast – you can check out that episode here:

E72|Pragmatic Differentiation for Reading Acceleration with Dr. Sharon Walpole

Posted January 6, 202601:08:36

In this episode we welcome Dr. Sharon Walpole, a professor at the University of Delaware. We explore the challenges teachers face in addressing varying...

E71|Evaluating Advanced Phonemic Awareness with Dr. Michael Coyne

Posted December 4, 202500:59:26

In this episode of the Teaching Literacy Podcast, host Jake Downs discusses with Dr. Michael Coyne from the University of Connecticut the concept of...

E70|Science of Reading for Multilingual Learners with Dr. Steve Amdendum

Posted November 11, 202500:55:41

How can we best apply the Science of Reading to support multilingual learners? This episode tackles that critical question with Dr. Steven Amendum from...

E69|Transforming Comprehension: Main Ideas, Text Structures, and Teaching Techniques with Dr. Kay Wijekumar

Posted October 7, 202501:14:10

In episode 69 of the Teaching Literacy Podcast, host Jake Downs speaks with Dr. Kay Wijekumar, Houston Endowed Chair in the Department of Teaching and...