Melissa and Lori Love Literacy Podcast
1) Making Sentences Make Sense with Nancy Hennessy and Julia Salamone
Episode 241 Nancy Hennessy and Julia Salamone discuss the often-overlooked topic of syntax and its critical role in reading comprehension. With Melissa & Lori, they discuss the architecture of sentenc...Show More
2) Placing Text at the Center of the Primary Classroom with Meghan Hein
Episode 240 Primary teacher Meghan Hein shares how she keeps the text front and center of learning. She discusses the shift from a skills-based focus to an approach where meaning-making drives instruc...Show More
3) [Listen Again] Placing Text at the Center of the ELA Classroom (Updated)
Episode 37 The article Placing Text at the Center of the Standards-Aligned ELA Classroom is a must-read — before or after you listen to this episode! Meredith Liben and Sue Pimentel join us to unpack...Show More
4) Helping Students Read Entire Books with Doug Lemov, Colleen Driggs, and Erica Woolway
Episode 239 Experts Doug Lemov, Colleen Driggs, and Erica Woolway join Melissa & Lori to tackle one of the biggest questions in teaching today: What happened to reading whole books in school? From th...Show More
5) Why Morphology Matters for Word Reading and More with Melissa Orkin and Alex Osburn
Episode 238 What if the “secret sauce” to reading big words isn’t just syllables, but also morphemes? In this episode, Melissa Orkin and Alex Osburn share why morphology is essential, especially in g...Show More
6) Research-Based Routines for Multisyllabic Word Reading with Jessica Toste and Brennan Chandler
Episode 237 Teachers know the challenge: students hit multisyllabic words and suddenly reading slows down. In this episode, researchers Jessica Toste and Brennan Chandler share research-based routine...Show More
7) Reading Interventions for Upper Elementary with Catlin Goodrow
Episode 236 Catlin Goodrow discusses her role as a literacy coach and interventionist for older students, focusing on assessing student needs, implementing effective interventions, and the logistics o...Show More
8) How to Make Every Intervention More Effective with Matt Burns
Episode 235 Matt Burns discusses effective interventions for students struggling with learning. He emphasizes the importance of understanding the learning hierarchy, identifying where breakdowns occur...Show More
9) Making Sense of Reading Assessments with Michelle Hosp
Episode 234 Michelle Hosp joins us to break down the different types of literacy assessments within an MTSS framework in the most approachable way. We talk: universal screenersdiagnosticsprogress mon...Show More
10) Kindergarten Intervention That Gets Results
Episode 233 In this episode, we sit down with speech-language pathologist Linsey Jones, who’s leading groundbreaking work in her district by delivering smart, targeted, and manageable literacy interv...Show More