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Shannon and Mary meet up to review how season 5 of the podcast has gone. They share some of the things they learned during the season and list some of their favorite episodes and guests. They also chat about the school year as it winds down, their upcoming summer plans, and what is in store for the podcast in Season 6. At the end of the episode, they're joined by Kelsey Sorenson from Wife Teacher Mommy to talk about the Educate and Rejuvenate event they're all participating in during June 2023.
RESOURCES MENTIONED DURING THE EPISODE

1. Season 5 Episode 4: the Schwa with Mindful Teacher Rachel
2. Season 5 Episode 6: Balancing It All with Linda Rhyne
3. Season 5 Episode 7: The Reading Brain with Dr. Marnie Ginsberg
4. Season 5 Episode 8: Orthographic Mapping with Anna Geiger
5. Season 5 Episode 9: the Simple View of Reading and Beyond with Dr. Janet Mort
6. Season 5 Episode 10: Decodable Texts with Emily Gibbons
7. Season 5 Episode 15: Practical Tips for Reading Teachers with Jamie Sears
8. Season 5 Episode 17: Putting the Science of Reading Into Action
9. Great E-books about Structured Shared Reading & Writing and other guides Regarding Dyslexia
10. Get Literacy Support through our Patreon
11. Educate & Rejuvenate June 27-28, 2023 <---This is the link for ALL the information and WHERE to sign up!
12. Shannon's bundle of lesson plans for teaching syllables (You get this free if you upgrade to the Conference Platinum Pass!)

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Shannon and Mary chat about the recent debate in the science of reading community about whether phonemic awareness drills without letters are a worthwhile exercise for readers. They describe activities they've done with struggling readers to build phonemic awareness, and they talk about the use of those activities as a part of Tier 1 reading instruction.
Episode Resources:

1. Research article
2. Response from David Kilpatrick and others
3. Timothy Shanahan: RIP to Advanced Phonemic Awareness
4. I Think I was Wrong about Phonemic Awareness (a Teacher's perspective)
5. Heggerty Resources
6. Phonological Awareness Assessment
7. YouTube discussion about the topic among other reading teachers
8. Phonemic proficiency
9. Reading Meetings with Mark and Molly
10. Getting Ready to Read by Jo Fitzpatrick (*Amazon affiliate link)
11. Equipped for Reading Success by David Kilpatrick (*Amazon affiliate link)
12. Shannon's Phonemic Awareness resources

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Shannon and Mary chat with Dr. Marnie Ginsberg from Reading Simplified about what happens in the brain during reading. We talk about the reader's journey to whole word recognition and how reading teachers can help their readers bolt on the orthography to what students already know in spoken language and language comprehension. Listeners will learn how to build a strong foundation for reading and how to help their students build flexible decoding strategies. Teachers will also hear examples of feedback to provide to readers in order to promote orthographic mapping. Check out this episode to learn all about how the brain learns to read.
Episode Links for Resources mentioned:

1. Twitter image of the Reading Brain image by @empoweredliteracy
2. Our Brains Were not Born to Read...right?
3. Brain Builders Amplify-video series
4. The Brain Dictionary
5. Dr. Molly McCabe on the Science of Reading video
6. Lecture by Dr. Stanislas Dehaene on "Reading the Brain"
7. Cortex in the Classroom video
8. Reading in the Brain: The New Science of How We Read by Sanislas Dehaene *Amazon affiliate link, where we earn a small commission from your purchase*
9. Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain by Maryanne Wolf *Amazon affiliate link*
10. Keys to Literacy: How the Brain Learns to Read
11. Lexia Learning: How the Human Brain Learns to Read
12. Hill Learning Center: The Reading Brain video
13. Cognitive Load
14. Reading Brain patterns
15. Eternal Triangle Model
16. The Role of Set for Variability (Reading Rockets)
17. Reading Simplified Switch It Activity
18. Reading Simplified's YouTube Channel
19. Reading Simplified on IG

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Shannon and Mary chat with Christina Edmondson (@literacywithmrs.e) about implementing Sound Walls into your literacy classrooms. Christina shares how Sound Walls compare to traditional word walls and provides ideas for using them with students in reading and writing. She describes exactly how to set up your own Sound Wall and start using with your readers.
Episode Resources:

1. Transitioning from Word Walls to Sound Walls (Reading Rockets)
2. Understanding the How and Why of Sound Walls (Tools4Reading)
3. Implementing a Sound Wall
4. Sound Wall Instruction and Template (Louisiana Literacy)
5. Timothy Shanahan: Should We Build a Word Wall or Not?
6. Sound Walls video (Pattan)
7. Putting Sound Walls to Practice
8. Word Walls, Sound Walls, What's the Difference?
9. Setting up a sound wall (Edutopia)
10. Uncovering the Logic of English (*Amazon affiliate link)
11. Christina's Instagram @literacywithmrs.e
12. Christina's TpT store

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Shannon and Mary chat with Malia Hollowell (@Playdough2Plato) about her new book, Science of Reading In Action. They summarize the big ideas within the Science of Reading for listeners and share practical actions teachers and parents can take to ensure they're doing best practices for students that are backed by literacy research. After listening, you'll understand more about WHAT the SoR is, WHY it is important, and HOW to put it in action, no matter your literacy role.
Episode Links for Resources mentioned:

1. Science of Reading: Defining Guide from The Reading League
2. White Paper-The Science of Reading (Zaner-Bloser)
3. Timothy Shanahan: What is the Science of Reading? (Reading Rockets)
4. our Season 4 Episode about the Science of Reading
5. The Science of Reading in Action by Malia Hollowell *Amazon affiliate link*
6. Malia's website: Playdough To Plato
7. Connect with Malia on IG: @playdough2plato
8. Facebook group: Science of Reading in Action

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