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Melissa & Lori Love Literacy ® | Science of Reading for Teachers

Supported by Great Minds

Melissa & Lori Love Literacy® is a science of reading podcast for teachers who want to understand how reading really works and what that means for classroom instruction. Each month, we explore key topics in the science of reading and literacy instruction through thoughtful conversations with researchers, authors, and classroom teachers who are putting reading research into practice.Melissa & Lori are your classroom-next-door teacher friends turned podcasters, learning alongside you and

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67:05

[Listen Again] The Relationship Between Phonics and...

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2025/02/14

Episode 167: Researcher Tiffany Hogan explores the relationship between phonics and language comprehension in this episode. She shares practical ways to make these connections in the classrooms - including read-alouds, discourse, and writing. Resources Mentioned in this Episode On the Importance of Listening Comprehension If you don't look, you don't see: Measuring language development to inform literacy instructionList of commercially available Developmental Language Disord...

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56:30

Research-Backed Strategies for Academic Talk with...

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2025/02/07

Episode 217 Have you ever wondered how to get your students talking in a way that builds deeper understanding? In this episode, we chat with Jeff Zwiers, author of Academic Conversations and Next Steps with Academic Conversations, about the power of authentic discussions in the classroom. Here’s what you’ll learn: 3 Key Features of Authentic Conversations: Building on ideas, clarifying and supporting, and using information gaps to spark curiosity.Practical Strategies: How to use routines like...

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36:47

Research-Backed Writing Strategies from a 5th Grade...

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2025/01/31

Struggling to make writing click for your students? In this episode, 5th-grade teacher Elise Frank shares practical strategies to tackle the challenges of teaching writing, inspired by "A Path to Better Writing" by Steve Graham and Karen Harris.Key takeaways:Simplify the hidden processes of writing for your students.Boost ownership and feedback.Integrate writing across all subjects.Packed with actionable ideas, this episode is a must-listen for every teacher! Tune in now and transform yo...

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53:46

A Path to Better Writing with Steve Graham

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2025/01/24

Steve Graham discusses the significance of writing in education, the challenges teachers face in teaching writing, and effective strategies to enhance students' writing skills. In this episode, you'll hear about: the interconnectedness of writing and readingthe importance of feedbackthe role of handwriting and typing in writing fluency the necessity of integrating writing instruction into the curriculumthe role of interactive writing as a bridge for early and progressing writersStev...

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44:37

[Listen Again] The Writing Revolution with Judith...

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2025/01/17

From July 22, 2022The Writing Revolution authors, Judith Hochman and Natalie Wexler, share a 'revolutionary' approach to writing. The best part: It begins at the sentence level AND content knowledge drives the rigor. Moreover, there is an overlap in reading, writing, and critical thinking. What are the principles of The Writing Revolution? There are six: Students need explicit instruction in writing, beginning in the early elementary grades.Sentences are the building blocks o...

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Ep. 214 Aligning Early Writing Routines to Research

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2025/01/10

We would love to hear from you! Send us a message (if you'd like a reply, email us at literacypodcast@greatminds.org)What if young students could transform writing from a daunting task into an exciting journey of self-expression? In this episode, Laura Stam, a second-grade teacher from Wyoming, discusses her transformative journey in writing instruction. Struggling initially with an unstructured writing curriculum, Laura discovered innovative methods to support her students. You will hear how...

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64:54

Ep. 213: Evidence-Based Writing Instruction for Young...

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2025/01/03

We would love to hear from you! Send us a message (if you'd like a reply, email us at literacypodcast@greatminds.org)This episode highlights the close connection between reading and writing and the importance of teaching them together. Young-Suk Kim uses a structural house analogy to explain their interdependence. Karen Harris introduces the SRSD (Self-Regulated Strategy Development) model, focusing on evidence-based practices that build self-regulation and explicit instruction for writing. W...

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Melissa & Lori Love Literacy Trailer

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2024/12/31

We would love to hear from you! Send us a message (if you'd like a reply, email us at literacypodcast@greatminds.org)Melissa & Lori Love Literacy™ is a podcast for teachers. The hosts are your classroom-next-door teacher friends turned podcasters learning with you. Episodes feature top literacy experts and teachers who are putting the science of reading into practice. Melissa & Lori bridge the gap between the latest research and your day-to-day teaching. We answer your questions...

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54:55

Top Episode of 2024: 193: Systems to Get Better...

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2024/12/27

We would love to hear from you! Send us a message (if you'd like a reply, email us at literacypodcast@greatminds.org)From 5/10/24In this conversation, Stephanie Stollar discusses the implementation of Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS). MTSS is a framework for school improvement that helps to provide support for students with various needs. The MTSS framework focuses on using data to identify barriers to student performance and making plans to eliminate those barriers. Stollar expla...

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Ep. 212: Beyond the Science of Reading with Natalie...

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2024/12/20

We would love to hear from you! Send us a message (if you'd like a reply, email us at literacypodcast@greatminds.org)Phonics alone won’t solve the literacy crisis.Natalie Wexler's new book: Beyond the Science of Reading: Connecting Literacy Instruction to the Science of Learning advocates, which connects the science of reading to the broader science of learning.Key Points:The current reading crisis is fundamentally a learning crisis.Cognitive science principles, such as retrieval practice, sh...

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71:36

[Listen Again] Ep. 62: Effective Fluency Instruction...

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2024/12/13

We would love to hear from you! Send us a message (if you'd like a reply, email us at literacypodcast@greatminds.org)From June 22, 2021In this episode, reading and fluency expert Tim Rasinski tells us all about effective fluency instruction! How does repeated reading build fluency instruction? Why does text difficulty level impact fluency practice? What do effective accuracy, automaticity, and expression sound like?Check out research, articles, and helpful materials located on Tim's website a...

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Ep. 211: Building Fluency with POSSUM with Melissa...

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2024/12/06

We would love to hear from you! Send us a message (if you'd like a reply, email us at literacypodcast@greatminds.org)Fluency is a crucial aspect of reading. It involves automaticity and the ability to connect different aspects of word knowledge.In this episode, Maryanne Wolf and Melissa Orkin discuss:the importance of fluency in readingthe factors that contribute to fluent readingthe need for an integrative approach to fluency instruction the POSSUM approach to building word knowledgeBig...

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57:45

[Listen Again] Ep. 150: Science of Reading for ALL...

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2024/11/29

We would love to hear from you! Send us a message (if you'd like a reply, email us at literacypodcast@greatminds.org)Secondary educators have students in their classrooms who weren’t taught to read. Because of these reading deficits, students likely have a difficult time accessing secondary texts and tasks. Our guests today, Supt. Sherry Sousa and Educator Julie Brown, discuss a secondary intervention they developed that WORKS and is totally doable. The best part? Students partake in th...

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49:45

Ep. 210: How Can You Improve Fluency for Older...

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2024/11/22

We would love to hear from you! Send us a message (if you'd like a reply, email us at literacypodcast@greatminds.org)Fluency is complex, especially for older students. In this episode, Janee' Butler shares:how fluency instruction looks from early grades to secondaryabout challenges students and teachers face, practical strategies for improving fluency,a reminder not to forget about student motivation, especially for older students struggling with reading fluently. The Big Takeway: R...

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[Listen Again] Ep. 110: Baltimore Secondary Literacy...

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2024/11/15

We would love to hear from you! Send us a message (if you'd like a reply, email us at literacypodcast@greatminds.org)From June 3, 2022 Today middle school educators from Baltimore City Public Schools join us to discuss their focus on fluency through Continuous Improvement work with fluency using HQC. What is Continuous Improvement? Why is this a useful framework? “Possibly wrong, definitely incomplete” is a mantra that resonates. The educators share their approach, impact, and outcomes ...

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Ep. 209: Readers' Theater: Easy, Effective, & FUN!...

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2024/11/08

We would love to hear from you! Send us a message (if you'd like a reply, email us at literacypodcast@greatminds.org)Chase Young discusses the implementation of Reader's Theater in the classroom, providing a detailed framework for the process. He emphasizes the importance of structured practice, fluency, and expression, as well as the benefits of engaging students in dramatic reading. Reader's Theater can be implemented in ELA and other subject areas with grade-level texts. Reader's Theatre i...

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34:40

BONUS: Harnessing the Science of Learning with...

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2024/11/05

We would love to hear from you! Send us a message (if you'd like a reply, email us at literacypodcast@greatminds.org)The science of learning is what research says about how our brains learn. In this episode, Nathaniel Swain discusses the science of learning, emphasizing its connection with the science of reading. He shares: key mindset shifts for teachersthe significance of coherent curriculum planningpractical strategies like using mini whiteboards and advanced organizer...

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[Listen Again] Ep. 154: Science of Reading Beyond...

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2024/11/01

We would love to hear from you! Send us a message (if you'd like a reply, email us at literacypodcast@greatminds.org)From July 14, 2023What if you could unlock the secrets to fluency instruction in literacy, and transform your students into confident and skilled readers? Join us as we delve into this crucial topic with Nathaniel Swain, Senior Lecturer at La Trobe University in Australia, who shares his expertise on the three components of fluency: speed, accuracy, and prosody. Let's explore t...

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Ep. 208: No More “Strategy of the Week”: Connecting...

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2024/10/25

We would love to hear from you! Send us a message (if you'd like a reply, email us at literacypodcast@greatminds.org)The authors of No More “Strategy of the Week”: Considerations for Connecting Comprehension Instruction Back to the Book discuss the importance of teaching comprehension strategies in a text-centered approach. They emphasize the need to move away from isolated strategy instruction and instead focus on using texts as the center of instruction. They highlight the importance of bac...

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[Listen Again] Ep. 158: Science of Reading Beyond...

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2024/10/18

We would love to hear from you! Send us a message (if you'd like a reply, email us at literacypodcast@greatminds.org)Imagine transforming the way you teach reading. Picture your students not just passively consuming the written word, but actively producing meaning and taking purposeful actions inspired by what they've read. This is the promise of our conversation with Doug Fisher, professor at San Diego State University and renowned author, as he takes us on a journey into the depths of readi...

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