
Putting the Science of Reading Into Action with Malia Hollowell from Playdough to Plato
05/04/23 • 61 min
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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:
- Science of Reading: Defining Guide from The Reading League
- White Paper-The Science of Reading (Zaner-Bloser)
- Timothy Shanahan: What is the Science of Reading? (Reading Rockets)
- our Season 4 Episode about the Science of Reading
- The Science of Reading in Action by Malia Hollowell *Amazon affiliate link*
- Malia's website: Playdough To Plato
- Connect with Malia on IG: @playdough2plato
- Facebook group: Science of Reading in Action
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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:
- Science of Reading: Defining Guide from The Reading League
- White Paper-The Science of Reading (Zaner-Bloser)
- Timothy Shanahan: What is the Science of Reading? (Reading Rockets)
- our Season 4 Episode about the Science of Reading
- The Science of Reading in Action by Malia Hollowell *Amazon affiliate link*
- Malia's website: Playdough To Plato
- Connect with Malia on IG: @playdough2plato
- Facebook group: Science of Reading in Action
COME JOIN THE CONVERSATION!
Our WebsiteFacebookInstagramShannon's TpT Store
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Teaching and Reaching Diverse Learners
Shannon and Mary chat with Khadijah Abdullah, a public school teacher in their area, about how she balances the wide variety of reading abilities in her classroom. Khadijah shares about her trauma-informed teaching practices and how she uses visual literacy to provide learning scaffolds for her students.
Episode Links for Resources mentioned:
- Teaching With Multiple Modalities
- 10 Visual Literacy Strategies
- Media Literacy
- Visual Learning
- Tips for Viewing Images in Picture Books
- Trauma Informed Teaching
- Teaching Visual Literacy: Using Comic Books, Graphic Novels, Anime, Cartoons, and More to Develop Comprehension and Thinking Skills *Amazon affiliate link*
- Teaching Visual Literacy in the Primary Classroom: Comic Books, Film, Television and Picture Narratives (David Fulton Books) *Amazon affiliate link*
- Visual Approaches to Teaching Writing: Multimodal Literacy 5 - 11 (Published in association with the UKLA)
- Journey (Aaron Becker's Wordless Triology, 1) *Amazon affiliate link*
- Unspoken: A Story from the Underground Railroad by Henry Cole *Amazon affiliate link*
- Connect with Khadijah on Instagram @the_whole_heart_teacher
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Season 5 Finale: Ends & Beginnings
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
- Season 5 Episode 4: the Schwa with Mindful Teacher Rachel
- Season 5 Episode 6: Balancing It All with Linda Rhyne
- Season 5 Episode 7: The Reading Brain with Dr. Marnie Ginsberg
- Season 5 Episode 8: Orthographic Mapping with Anna Geiger
- Season 5 Episode 9: the Simple View of Reading and Beyond with Dr. Janet Mort
- Season 5 Episode 10: Decodable Texts with Emily Gibbons
- Season 5 Episode 15: Practical Tips for Reading Teachers with Jamie Sears
- Season 5 Episode 17: Putting the Science of Reading Into Action
- Great E-books about Structured Shared Reading & Writing and other guides Regarding Dyslexia
- Get Literacy Support through our Patreon
- Educate & Rejuvenate June 27-28, 2023 <---This is the link for ALL the information and WHERE to sign up!
- 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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