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Reading Teachers Lounge

Shannon Betts and Mary Saghafi

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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38:05

🔒 December 2024 Bonus

Reading Teachers Lounge ·

2025/01/04

Subscriber-only episodeSend us a textThis 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 continues to share about the new learning and insights she's had about her instruction since getting train...

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7.6 The Reading Team

Reading Teachers Lounge ·

2024/12/06

Send us a textShannon 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...

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66:36

🔒 AD FREE 7.6 The Reading Team

Reading Teachers Lounge ·

2024/12/05

Subscriber-only episodeSend us a textShannon 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, ...

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23:42

🔒 November 2024 bonus episode

Reading Teachers Lounge ·

2024/11/28

Subscriber-only episodeSend us a textThis 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 shares the new learning and insights she's had about her instruction since getting training in Struc...

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7.5 Spelling that Sticks

Reading Teachers Lounge ·

2024/11/13

Send us a textShannon 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 ...

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64:11

🔒 AD FREE 7.5 Spelling That Sticks

Reading Teachers Lounge ·

2024/11/13

Subscriber-only episodeSend us a textShannon 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. RESO...

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59:10

🔒 October 2024 bonus episode

Reading Teachers Lounge ·

2024/10/24

Subscriber-only episodeSend us a textThis is our 3rd 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 October 2024 bonus podcast episode, Shannon and Mary chat about the tutoring and advocacy work they've been doing. &n...

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57:25

7.4 Word Knowledge

Reading Teachers Lounge ·

2024/10/17

Send us a textShannon 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 ...

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🔒 7.4 AD FREE Word Knowledge

Reading Teachers Lounge ·

2024/10/17

Subscriber-only episodeSend us a textShannon 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 al...

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53:34

7.3 Book Equity

Reading Teachers Lounge ·

2024/10/03

Send us a textShannon and Mary welcome Marty Martinez from Reach Out and Read and Judy Newman from Scholastic to the podcast to talk about Book Equity. They share ideas for getting quality books in students' hands and nurturing students' reading diversity. RESOURCES MENTIONED DURING THE EPISODE:Reach Out and Read websiteEvidence Based Research initiatives for Reach Out and ReadTheir list of 35 booksTheir impact statisticsModeling of Shared Readingour Molly Ness (Read ...

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50:04

🔒 AD Free 7.3 Book Equity

Reading Teachers Lounge ·

2024/10/03

Subscriber-only episodeSend us a textShannon and Mary welcome Marty Martinez from Reach Out and Read and Judy Newman from Scholastic to the podcast to talk about Book Equity. They share ideas for getting quality books in students' hands and nurturing students' reading diversity. RESOURCES MENTIONED DURING THE EPISODE:Reach Out and Read websiteEvidence Based Research initiatives for Reach Out and ReadTheir list of 35 booksTheir impact statisticsModeling of Shared Readi...

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39:09

🔒 September 2024 Bonus Episode for Subscribers

Reading Teachers Lounge ·

2024/09/26

Subscriber-only episodeThis is our 2nd 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 September 2024, Shannon and Mary provide details about their tutoring students of various ages and how they're using different curriculum reso...

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7.2 Mending Teachers with Karen Gross

Reading Teachers Lounge ·

2024/09/19

Shannon and Mary have an informative and inspiring chat with Karen Gross. They learn details about how the Covid-19 pandemic affected teachers and students. Karen shares why the role of teachers is more difficult today, and she provides tons of specific ways teachers can fill their cups and take care of themselves and their class. If you've experienced stress or trauma, you'll discover ideas from this discussion with Karen about healing.RESOURCES MENTIONED DURI...

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67:17

🔒 AD FREE 7.2 Mending Teachers with Karen Gross

Reading Teachers Lounge ·

2024/09/19

Subscriber-only episodeShannon and Mary have an informative and inspiring chat with Karen Gross. They learn details about how the Covid-19 pandemic affected teachers and students. Karen shares why the role of teachers is more difficult today, and she provides tons of specific ways teachers can fill their cups and take care of themselves and their class. If you've experienced stress or trauma, you'll discover ideas from this discussion with Karen about healing.RESOURC...

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39:27

7.1 New Opportunities

Reading Teachers Lounge ·

2024/09/05

Mary and Shannon catch up with each other after the summer & podcast break. They chat about their own children, their personal lives, and their plans for this upcoming school year. They discuss the implementation of Georgia's dyslexia bill this year. They share about their professional reading and learning. And they fill listeners in on the activities they've done through their Patreon community and about some free reading guides they've created over...

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37:12

🔒 7.1 New Opportunities AD FREE

Reading Teachers Lounge ·

2024/09/05

Subscriber-only episodeMary and Shannon catch up with each other after the summer & podcast break. They chat about their own children, their personal lives, and their plans for this upcoming school year. They discuss the implementation of Georgia's dyslexia bill this year. They share about their professional reading and learning. And they fill listeners in on the activities they've done through their Patreon community and about some free reading guid...

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41:36

🔒 August 2024

Reading Teachers Lounge ·

2024/08/22

Subscriber-only episode 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. Sha...

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62:32

Reading Lessons with Jennifer Serravallo

Reading Teachers Lounge ·

2024/07/01

Shannon and Mary chat with Jennifer Serravallo, whose literacy work they have long admired. Jennifer shares how her view about reading instruction have evolved over time. Jennifer's written a new book showing teachers different structured models for responsive teaching called Teaching Reading Across the Day, and she gives us many ideas from us the book about how teachers can apply the art of teaching to set up their literacy blocks to best meet their students' needs....

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54:04

Reaching All Readers

Reading Teachers Lounge ·

2024/06/13

We have a summer bonus episode for you!Shannon and Mary have Anna Geiger, the Measured Mom, join them in the lounge again to discuss the best evidence based practices that teachers can use to reach all readers. Anna's new book provides teachers and parents with a consolidated understanding of the Science of Reading findings.RECOMMENDED RESOURCES AND ONES MENTIONED DURING THE EPISODEour Season 5 episode with Anna Geiger, about Orthographic MappingReach All Readers: Using the Science of ...

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64:12

Season 6 Finale

Reading Teachers Lounge ·

2024/06/04

Shannon and Mary gather together to review the school year and close out the podcast season. They give updates on their personal and teaching lives and share their summer plans. Later they're joined by Kelsey (wifeteachermommy) to talk about Educate and Rejuvenate 2024.RECOMMENDED RESOURCES AND ONES MENTIONED DURING THE EPISODE Cox Campus K-3rd Structured Literacy Training programCERI certificationJoin us at Educate and Rejuvenate July 2024Kelsey's podcast episode wit...

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