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PODCASTS

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Sold a Story, How Teaching Kids How To Read Went So Wrong

Everything you need to know about NPS' current curriculum, Units of Study

https://features.apmreports.org/sold-a-story/

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Knowledge Matters

A great primer on knowledge-building curricula

https://knowledgematterscampaign.org/podcast/

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Amplify Science of Reading Podcast

Season 3 included several episodes (episodes 1,2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 13) titled “Deconstructing the Rope”. Each episode focuses on a different “strand” of reading. Together, they serve as a helpful overview of each of these components of reading
https://amplify.com/episode/science-of-reading-the-podcast/season-3/episode-3-deconstructing-the-rope-an-introduction-with-dr-jane-oakhill/

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BOOKS

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Why Our Children Can’t Read and What to Do about it by Diane McGuinness
https://www.amazon.com/Children-Cant-Read-What-About/dp/0684853566

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A Parents’ Guide to Phonics by Ann Sullivan and Geoff Vaughn
https://www.amazon.com/Parents-Guide-Phonics-Version-Understanding/dp/B0CCCPKC3V

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The Art and Science of Teaching Primary Reading
By Christopher Such
https://www.amazon.com/Science-Teaching-Primary-Reading-Corwin/dp/1529764165

 

Thinking Reading: What every secondary teacher needs to know about reading by James and Diane Murphy
https://www.amazon.com/Thinking-Reading-Every-Secondary-Teacher/dp/1911382683

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The Reading Mind: A Cognitive Approach by Daniel Willingham
https://www.amazon.com/Reading-Mind-Cognitive-Approach-Understanding/dp/1119301378/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=the+reading+mind&qid=1636599329&s=books&sr=1-3

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Robust Comprehension Instruction with Questioning the Author by Beck, Mckeowan and Sandora. This is particularly useful for educators and presents a detailed look at an effective method for fostering students’ understanding of what they read
https://www.amazon.com/Robust-Comprehension-Instruction-Questioning-Author/dp/1462544797/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=questioning+the+author&qid=1636599234&s=books&sr=1-1

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WEBSITES

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Phonic Books website. A terrific catalog of engaging, well-designed phonically controlled or ‘decodable’ books for beginning readers and older readers with word-level difficulties. There are also many free resources and helpful blog posts that may be of interest to both teachers and parents
https://www.phonicbooks.com/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=phonic_books&utm_content=homepage&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiAibeuBhAAEiwAiXBoJNVk9lxC2bnSmxh-FpCn4QFfOQDacGEoyozfE6Y8RPfj4ZndWpUcxBoCqYQQAvD_BwE

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BLOG POSTS and ARTICLES

 

What is dyslexia?
https://understandingreading.home.blog/2019/11/16/what-is-dyslexia/

 

Reading Fluency
https://www.decodingreading.com/post/reading-analogies-part-1-reading-fluency-and-learning-to-drive

 

Reading comprehension requires knowledge–of words and the world
https://www.aft.org/sites/default/files/Hirsch.pdf

 

Teaching literacy in an integrated way
https://eblireads.com/avoid-island-teaching-integrate-literacy-instruction/