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8.10 Season Finale: Beyond Decoding
Jun 20, 2026
53m 37s
8.9 Teacher Preparation
Mar 8, 2026
1h 12m 01s
8.8 Grammar and Syntax
Feb 6, 2026
1h 06m 56s
8.7 Supporting Learning at Home
Jan 23, 2026
50m 59s
8.6 Deliberate Orthography
Jan 9, 2026
1h 07m 17s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 6/20/26 |  8.10 Season Finale: Beyond Decoding | Shannon and Mary record their Season 8 finale, catching up on what they've been doing during the school year. They've both been busy with balancing personal and professional responsibilities, with work hours increasing for Shannon in tutoring and for Mary in advocacy work and supporting parents in IEP meetings. In their tutoring practices, they're both advancing beyond decoding work with many of their students, and during the discussion, they both realized they had adopted... | 53m 37s | ||||||
| 3/8/26 |  8.9 Teacher Preparation✨ | teacher preparationliteracy instruction+3 | Dr. Ellen BallockJulia D'Onofrio | Gordon College | — | teacher preparationliteracy education+3 | — | 1h 12m 01s | |
| 2/6/26 |  8.8 Grammar and Syntax✨ | grammarsyntax+3 | Sara Lee | — | — | grammar instructionsentence structure+3 | — | 1h 06m 56s | |
| 1/23/26 |  8.7 Supporting Learning at Home✨ | homework supporteffective practices+5 | — | — | — | homeworklearning at home+5 | — | 50m 59s | |
| 1/9/26 |  8.6 Deliberate Orthography✨ | Structured Word InquiryEnglish spelling+4 | Jennifer PetrichBradley Johnson | — | — | Structured Word InquiryEnglish spelling+4 | — | 1h 07m 17s | |
| 12/7/25 |  8.5 The Literacy Block✨ | literacy blockeducation+3 | Lindsay Kemeny | latest book | — | literacyeducation+5 | — | 54m 42s | |
| 11/16/25 |  8.4 SEL Concerns✨ | Social-Emotional Learningliteracy development+3 | Erin Waters | — | — | SELliteracy+3 | — | 42m 52s | |
| 10/31/25 |  8.3 Affirming Practices with Dr. Jasmine Rogers✨ | literacyeducation+3 | Dr. Jasmine Rogers | African American Englishstructured literacy | — | literacyAfrican American English+3 | — | 44m 51s | |
| 10/17/25 |  8.2 Treasured Stories✨ | children's literaturewriting journey+3 | Kate DiCamillo | Because of Winn-Dixie | — | Kate DiCamillochildren's author+5 | — | 57m 21s | |
| 10/3/25 |  8.1 New Season, New Stories✨ | podcast reflectionsstudent success+4 | — | — | — | podcasteducation+5 | — | 45m 38s | |
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| 7/11/25 |  7.18 Season 7 Finale✨ | reading educationstudent learning+3 | — | — | — | readingeducation+4 | — | 31m 40s | |
| 7/5/25 |  7.17 Impactful Interventions | Shannon and Mary chat with Dr. Katie Pace-Miles about MTSS and RTI, sharing practical tips for delivering effective reading interventions, choosing quality resources, and running efficient team meetings to support struggling readers. Whether you're a classroom teacher trying to support struggling readers, a specialist designing intervention programs, or a parent advocating for your child, this conversation provides clear, actionable guidance for making literacy interventions both manag... | 56m 13s | ||||||
| 6/27/25 |  7.16 Executive Functioning Demands | What's really happening when students struggle to stay on task, complete assignments, or transition between activities? In this illuminating conversation with literacy experts Dr. Matt Strader and Dr. Douglas Fisher, Shannon and Mary delve into the complex world of executive functioning and its impact on classroom performance. Executive functioning isn't just about behavior—it's about cognitive processes happening in the brain's prefrontal cortex. Both guests help us understand the cruc... | 1h 09m 19s | ||||||
| 6/20/25 |  7.15 Language Demands | Shannon and Mary talk with Dr. Jeannette Mancilla-Martinez about supporting Multi-Language Learners, exploring language development, daily classroom language demands, and practical strategies to help MLLs thrive. The information presented is relevant for teachers, administrators, and support staff seeking practical tools to enhance instruction for multilingual learners. RESOURCES MENTIONED DURING THE EPISODE: Our Season 5 Episode 2: Supporting English Language LearnersMcGraw-Hill Science of... | 1h 05m 24s | ||||||
| 6/13/25 |  7.14 Literacy Leaders | Shannon chats with Laura Stewart (from 95 Percent Group) about bold moves that literacy leaders can take to transform the literacy practices in their learning communities. Laura provides stories and strategies relating to successfully implementing best practices informed by the Science of Reading into schools and classrooms, and Shannon shares some real-life examples of what she's learned to do and not to do as a literacy leader. Listen and also download the recommended re... | 54m 53s | ||||||
| 6/6/25 |  7.13 The Right Things for Our Learners | Shannon and Mary welcome Dr. Timothy Shanahan to the Reading Teachers Lounge to quiet the noise within the literacy community and help us all realize the MOST important things we should be doing for our learners according to the reading research. Listeners will find out what practices and activities they should prioritize to improve their students' reading achievement. RESOURCES MENTIONED DURING THE EPISODE: Leveled Reading, Leveled Lives: How Students' Reading Achievemen... | 1h 10m 41s | ||||||
| 5/30/25 |  7.12 Effective Student Engagement | Shannon and Mary chat with Brandi Dugal from The Fidget Game, featured on Shark Tank, about unique ways to engage and motivate students to learn. They share methods for gamification, brain breaks, and other strategies teachers can use to increase student engagement. Listen for ideas to make reading more fun and how to help motivate even the most reluctant readers to get excited about their learning. RESOURCES MENTIONED DURING THE EPISODE: The Fidget Game websiteFidget Game TikT... | 49m 50s | ||||||
| 5/23/25 |  7.11 Structured Word Inquiry | Dr. Pete Bowers shared how Structured Word Inquiry (SWI) transforms spelling and vocabulary into tools for deep thinking - perfect for engaging advanced and struggling readers in the elementary reading classroom. We encourage the listeners to also check out this episode on YouTube to learn from the visuals Dr. Bowers shared during the discussion (link is at the top of the show notes). RESOURCES MENTIONED DURING THE EPISODE: Our Youtube link to the episodePete Bower's Word Works Kings... | 1h 53m 51s | ||||||
| 5/18/25 | Challenging Advanced Readers | How can teachers effectively support advanced readers in elementary school? In this insightful episode, we’re joined by literacy expert Nancy Young to explore practical, evidence-based strategies for meeting the needs of gifted and high-achieving readers in the classroom. Nancy shares her expertise on differentiation strategies, including offering choice in reading materials, using tiered assignments, and implementing project-based learning to keep advanced readers engaged. We also discuss h... | 1h 03m 22s | ||||||
| 4/18/25 |  7.9 Smart Technology | Shannon and Mary welcome Brandon Cardet-Hernadez from Mrs. Wordsmith to the RTL to chat about smart technology resources. They talk about intentional uses of technology resources for instructional purposes and what skills will be required as our students advance in the next part of the 21st century. Listeners will gain ideas for ways to incorporate technology to elevate students' learning. RESOURCES MENTIONED DURING THE EPISODE: Mrs. Wordsmith websiteEdutopia article: SAMR mode... | 50m 28s | ||||||
| 1/24/25 |  7.8 Importance of NonFiction | 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 put more NF texts in their readers hands. RESOURCES MENTIONED DURING THE EPISODE: Imagination Soup&... | 40m 12s | ||||||
| 1/10/25 |  7.7 System Changes with LaMonica Williams | 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. RESOURCES MENTIONED DURING THE EPISODE: Changes that Stick (Kappan)Teaching Matters websiteNYC ReadsStudent Focused Coaching by... | 43m 25s | ||||||
| 12/6/24 |  7.6 The Reading Team | 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 strategies align into a cohesive instructional plan for the students, so that the readers can build transfe... | 1h 08m 16s | ||||||
| 11/13/24 |  7.5 Spelling that Sticks | 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 away with fresh ideas for spelling instruction. RESOURCES MENTIONED DURING THE EPISODE:... | 1h 05m 14s | ||||||
| 10/17/24 |  7.4 Word Knowledge | Shannon and Mary welcome Heidi Martin (@Droppin' Knowledge with Heidi) back to the podcast, and Heidi's husband, Adam, a LETRS trainer, also joins the conversation. They talk about all the aspects that go into the topic of Word Knowledge. What are all the things students should know and understand about a word to demonstrate complete knowledge of that term? You'll walk away from listening to this episode with a more complete understanding of all the layers of skills within Word kn... | 57m 34s | ||||||
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