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The Reading Instruction Show

Dr. Andy Johnson

The Reading Instruction Show is a podcast about reading instruction (and other things) with a little bit of attitude. There is plenty here to inform and entertain all. And, by the way, I"m not trying to sell any books. I don"t have any curriculum or programs to market. I don"t accept speaking fees. And, I don"t ever want to be a consultant.

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14:41

LETRS Does Not Meet Basic SoR Standards

The Reading Instruction Show ·

2024/08/03

ConclusionsThe Science of Reading promotes the exclusionary use of strategies and practices that have been shown to be effective using controlled experimental or quasi-experimental research conducted in actual classroom settings. Further, this standard should be the basis upon which decisions should be made about reading instruction and reading policies. LETRS fails to meet this basic SoR standard.

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21:20

LETRS: Weasels or Engery Efficient Light Bubls

The Reading Instruction Show ·

2024/07/20

This podcast examines Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Special (Lexia) or LETRS. I wanted to find the “reliable, trustworthy, and valid evidence” that “has demonstrated” that LETRS had “a record of success in increasing students' reading competency in the areas of phonological and phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary development, reading fluency, and reading comprehension”. I was eager to start reading all the research showing that LETRS professional development had a demonstrated

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20:12

Of Mice and Minnesota: Mouse World and Reading...

The Reading Instruction Show ·

2024/07/08

Yes, state legislatures have the right to impose statues. Absolutely. But teacher's unions have the right, and the moral obligation to respond. The Read Act and other SoR mandates strip away teachers' right and obligation to provide the type of instruction that is best for their mice-students. They’re forcing teachers to spend hours in state-mandated professional development programs, paid for by state tax dollars. They force schools to purchase state-mandated reading programs. The teaching

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13:39

Emily Hanford is the Alexa App of Reading Instruction

The Reading Instruction Show ·

2024/06/30

A fact may be true. But the truth of the fact is limited to the context in which it was found. Outside a meaningful context, the fact may mean something different. Also, facts without context can be misapplied and misunderstood. This is true of many of the facts used to support SoR structured approaches to reading instruction known as structured literacy. It is a house built on a series of decontextualized facts.

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37:02

The New Reading Anti-Science Movement in Minnesota

The Reading Instruction Show ·

2024/06/07

This is an interview with a Minnesota reading Professor. Ideology has replaced science when it comes to reading instruction in Minnesota.

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17:42

12 Essential Elements of a Comprehensive Reading Program

The Reading Instruction Show ·

2024/05/10

In 1997 Congress asked the National Institute of Children’s Health and Development to work with the U.S. Department of Education to establish a National Reading Panel. Their task was to evaluate existing research in order to find the best ways of teaching children to read. In 2000 the panel issued their 500-page report (National Reading Panel, 2000). This report has been widely cited in books and journal articles related to reading instruction. The NRP describes

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25:11

I Was Wrong: Holy Books, Sacred Texts, Theories,...

The Reading Instruction Show ·

2024/04/28

Questions: How is it that one interprets the same thing differently across time? How is it that one can read a book, have an experience, or observe phenomena and draw completely different conclusions when the only thing different is the time in which it was read, experienced, or observed? Is time a variable in comprehension or understanding? Is it a variable in constructing meaning? A book that seemed so insightful at one point, with the passage of time, can become meaningless. Likewise, books

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26:33

I'm Woke!!!

The Reading Instruction Show ·

2024/04/16

There are conditions that tip the scale in favor of some groups and restrict or disadvantage others. There are communities, that seem to get the economic opportunities, good schools, good teachers, health care, good nutrition, housing opportunities, small class sizes, community libraries, well-stocked school and classroom libraries … Go to a 3rd-grade classroom in a poor, inner-city school, or poor rural district. Now go to a 3rd grade classroom in a weather suburb. It's like going to a

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24:31

The Evangelical Department of Education of Minnesota

The Reading Instruction Show ·

2024/03/30

The Minnesota Department of Education has become the Evangelical Department of Education of Minnesota. It takes a deficit view of teachers. They know nothing. They do the wrong thing. They must be saved by the Great State

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18:07

The Read Act and the Lessons Beyond the Lesson

The Reading Instruction Show ·

2024/03/24

Recently, the Minnesota State Legislature passed the Read Act, sponsored by Democratic representative Heather Edelson. It’s a law based on the fad of the day; the shiny new thing called the “science of reading”. Ironically, this law is based on misconceptions and un-understandings related to both science and reading. This law states that I and other literacy professors in Minnesota must follow, with fidelity, the mandates put forth by state lawmakers. These are lawmakers who have never taught a

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19:14

Zealotry in the Guise of Reading Science

The Reading Instruction Show ·

2024/03/03

I could live with a science of reading if the SoR zealots applied the scientific principles they claim to worship and adore to all of reading reality. That is, if the scientific principles that they insist be used to determine what is effective reading instruction were also used to establish cause and effect, I could live with the zealotry. But, they abandon their cherished scientific ideals when identifying problems and evaluating solutions to problems. Look at the reading laws passed by 32 state

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22:12

The Dance and the Joy of Reading Instruction

The Reading Instruction Show ·

2024/02/21

Dance has much to teach us about five areas of reading instruction:1. Motivation.2. Practice.3. Dance dyslexia4. Whole dancing.5. Context.Whenever a new SoR reading law is passed, the SoR zealots gather a bunch of children together for a picture, and they’re told to smile. And you get pictures of happy smiling children with happy parents all smiling and being happy. Wonderful. It’s a joy façade.Behind the façade is an unwritten narrative. These children were once unhappy and oppressed because of

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16:53

Science of Reading: Where's the Joy?

The Reading Instruction Show ·

2024/02/17

There is only one emotion that is good for learning: happiness and all its derivations. Joy is a derivation of happiness. Joy is pleasurable. Humans are rewarded by their emotions for doing things that bring them joy. They tend to repeat these behaviors. Fear keeps us from doing certain things. Fear of failure. Fear of humiliation. Also, things that make us sad or unhappy keep us from doing certain things. Being forced to sit in a chair and perform like a trained seal creates sadness, boredom, and

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22:42

Reading, Relgion, and Time

The Reading Instruction Show ·

2024/02/08

There are five kinds of time in a reading class.Allocated time. There is the amount of time allocated for instruction. Off-task time (OTT). There is OTT when students are doing things unrelated to the lesson or learning objective.TOT. There is also time on task (TOT), where students are actively engaged in learning activities.AET. There is Academic Engagement Time (AET). This is the time when students are cognitively and behaviorally on-task or engaged in learning activities that are within their

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20:48

LETRS, Orthographic Mapping, and Ignorance Mapping

The Reading Instruction Show ·

2024/02/03

In becoming responsible consumers of educational research, we must ask four questions when claims are made that research has “proven these expensive, code-oriented, one-size-fits-all reading programs to be effective.1. Are the results of these code-oriented reading programs persistent? That is, do they last after the code-oriented instruction has been discontinued?2. Do the skills learned in these code-oriented reading programs transfer to real-life situations?3. Do these code-oriented programs

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37:09

Three-Cueing, Orthographic Mapping, and Ignorance...

The Reading Instruction Show ·

2024/02/03

The Science of Reading zealots in Minnesota and in other states around the country (Wisconsin, Texas, Ohio, and others) have done something pretty remarkable. (It’s remarkably bad, but still remarkable.) They have banned words. It is now against the law in Minnesota for me to include ‘the three cueing systems’ on my syllabi, reading assignments, or course outlines.Imagine that. A law telling me what I can and cannot say or can and cannot teach in my literacy methods class. A law put together by

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18:09

Emotions, Logic, Intuition, Knowledge and the Science...

The Reading Instruction Show ·

2024/02/01

It’s an emotional response, make no mistake about that. The decision to abandon good reading instruction and move to what the SoR zealots call structured literacy is an emotional response. The decision to use hyperbole and pejorative statements to dismiss that with which you are unfamiliar is an emotional response. The decision to take the argument out of an academic realm to a political realm, and to threaten and bully those who disagree is an emotional response. The decision to give credence to a

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34:37

Exploring Creativity with Sven Johnson

The Reading Instruction Show ·

2024/01/19

In this podcast I interview Sven Johnson to talk about creativity and the creative process.

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29:09

Killing Cows, Burning Witches, and Reading...

The Reading Instruction Show ·

2024/01/19

There's a literacy inquisition going on in Minnesota. Science of reading zealots are on a holy crusade. They are banning books, banning words, and banning ideas. Books, words, and ideas are dangerous things. They could enable people to think – to think about things – and to think critically. There is a law now in Minnesota, based on the Read Act, sponsored by Representative Heather Edelson that I am NOT to teach the 3-cueing system. I cannot say it. I cannot mention it. I cannot have it on my

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15:27

THE MINNESOTA LIE

The Reading Instruction Show ·

2024/01/17

Minnesota passed legislation, The Read Act, manding that I lie to my preservice teachers. It's the law, that I must ignore my 30 years as a scholar, teacher, and tutor and tell my students things that are not true.

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