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Reading Teachers Lounge
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.
Reading Teachers Lounge
August 2024
Subscriber Episode
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Shannon Betts and Mary Saghafi
This is our first 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 August 2024, Shannon and Mary go step by step through interpreting the results of a student's writing screener. Shannon talks about using Fundations handwriting guide and the UFLI curriculum and apps with her first grade tutoring student. Mary shares how she's using Bookworms, Mrs. Wordsmith, Times Tales, and the Measured Mom with her tutoring students.
Resources Mentioned
- Cherry Lee Writing Screener PDF
- Measured Mom Plus - a paid membership for materials created by Anna Geiger. There are also many freebies!
- fundations letter formation guide
- Times Tales - a story based way for students to practice multiplication automaticity (once they have mastered the concept of multiplication only.)
- UFLI Toolbox
- UFLI apps
- handwriting app
- Bookworms Shared Reading
- Mrs. Wordsmith
- The Writing Revolution by Judith C. Hochman and Natalie Wexler *Amazon affiliate link
- Uncovering the Logic of English by Denise Eide *Amazon affiliate link
- Teaching Reading in Small Groups by Jennifer Serravallo *Amazon affiliate link
- The New Art and Science of Teaching Reading by Julia A. Simms and Robert J. Marzano *Amazon affiliate link
- The Reading Comprehension Blueprint Activity Book by Nancy Lewis Hennessy *Amazon affiliate link