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Understanding Dyslexia: Raising Awareness and Building Support

Understanding Dyslexia: Raising Awareness and Building Support

Key Takeaways from Lexia’s LETRS Applied Inaugural Conference

Key Takeaways from Lexia’s LETRS Applied Inaugural Conference

Guest on the Stellar Teacher Podcast: Evidence-Based Strategies for Building Student Vocabulary

Guest on the Stellar Teacher Podcast: Evidence-Based Strategies for Building Student Vocabulary

Guest on the Route 2 Reading Podcast: Building Background Knowledge

Guest on the Route 2 Reading Podcast: Building Background Knowledge

Guest Blog Post for Campbell Creates Readers: Teaching Phonemic Awareness with Letters

Guest Blog Post for Campbell Creates Readers: Teaching Phonemic Awareness with Letters

What is the Science of Reading?

What is the Science of Reading?

Guest on The Literacy Dive Podcast: Orthographic Mapping – What It Is and  How You Can Use It In Your Reading Instruction 

Guest on The Literacy Dive Podcast: Orthographic Mapping – What It Is and How You Can Use It In Your Reading Instruction 

Guest on the Stellar Teacher Podcast: Understanding Phonological and Phonemic Awareness

Guest on the Stellar Teacher Podcast: Understanding Phonological and Phonemic Awareness

Spelling Long A Vowel Teams like a champ: Is it AI or AY?

Spelling Long A Vowel Teams like a champ: Is it AI or AY?

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Do you know the definition confer when it comes to literacy instruction?

Why Orthographic Mapping is Important when Teaching High Frequency Words

Why Orthographic Mapping is Important when Teaching High Frequency Words

Brightly colored sticky notes with the heading "How to Teach Reading Strategies like a Boss by Implementing Tangible Takeaways"

How to Teach Reading Strategies like a Boss by Implementing Tangible Takeaways

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Ready to celebrate?! 🎉 Literacy in Color has r Ready to celebrate?! 🎉

Literacy in Color has reached 100 episodes! 🎙️🩷

…and the incredible @lindsaystaytonphotography has me skipping into the next chapter! 📸

Swipe ⬅️ to see some of your favorite episodes over these last 20 months! I’ve even compiled them into a playlist! 

Comment 100 for a link to listen to:
•Your favorite hits on a playlist
•The 100th episode

And to snag a FREE Grouping Resource from @readingscienceacademy , who sponsored this episode! 

Cheers to the next 100!

Let me know what topics and guests you hope to see in the future! This platform is for all of YOU! 🙏🏼

#literacyincolorpodcast #literacypodcast #podcastforteachers
💯 100 episodes. In exactly 20 months. 🩷 Bec 💯 100 episodes.
In exactly 20 months. 🩷

Because of this incredible community, the Literacy in Color podcast has brought me so my joy and connection.

For this milestone episode, I wanted to share a conversation about where I stand after 100 episodes.

I share:
🩷 3 hills I’d die on
🗑️3 things I hope we can leave behind
👀3 things I’m watching closely as the future of literacy unfolds

From why I believe every child can learn to read, to the role of morphology, the importance of joyful, evidence-based instruction, why I think we need to move beyond the Reading Wars, and why I believe writing is the next big frontier in literacy…

This episode is my literacy manifesto.

Thank you for every download, every review, every share, every message, every conversation, and every moment you’ve spent listening while driving to work, walking the dog, folding laundry, or planning lessons.

With gratitude:
Here’s to the first 100… 🎉 

…and to the next 100. 🥰

Comment 100 for a link to listen! 🎧 

✨One more treat!✨
This podcast is brought to you by Reading Science Academy (@readingscienceacademy), where our friend Stephanie Stollar is giving Literacy in Color listeners an exclusive, free grouping resource bundle to help you turn fall screening data into skill-based groups that actually move students forward.

#literacyincolorpodcast #podcastforteachers #milestone #scienceofreading #structuredliteracy
Writing is better with friends… and yes, we belo Writing is better with friends… and yes, we belong together. 
@michelle_thecolorfulclassroom + @the_lit_teacher 🧡🩷🧡🩷🧡

When you pick up one of our Morphology Read-Alouds (under the umbrella of @phonicsreadalouds ) — it’s not just another picture book… it’s a labor of love developed inside a genuine friendship! 

Let us know if you’ve read our first collab: “The Always Finished Suffix <-ED>”!

We have an exciting new drop coming your way in August! Can you guess what it is?! 🩷⬇️

#phonicsreadalouds #morphology #morphologyreadalouds #suffixes #sorminicon26
Okay, Insta-Fam — I need your help! If you list Okay, Insta-Fam — I need your help!

If you listened to my 💯th podcast, you’ve heard I’ve got some exciting projects coming out in 2027! 📚✍️

The incredible @lindsaystaytonphotography took some new headshots — and I’ve narrowed them down to these final 3! 

Let me know which one says: author! 🩵

1️⃣: Top
2️⃣: Middle
3️⃣: Bottom

Love to you all — and this COLORFUL community! 🙏🏼
Courageous leadership means in order to make a cha Courageous leadership means in order to make a change, we can’t do business as usual. 

Find out what happens when a school carves out time each day in a shared effort to implement the Reading Ready intervention program (@thereadinginstitutenyc ).

If you’re ready to be inspired by Principal Russo (@littleextraliteracy ) and the 1st grade team at @ps152q , comment ROAR for a link to listen! 🎧 

✨One more treat!✨
This podcast is brought to you by Reading Science Academy (@readingscienceacademy), where our friend Stephanie Stollar is giving Literacy in Color listeners an exclusive, free grouping resource bundle to help you turn fall screening data into skill-based groups that actually move students forward.

#literacyincolorpodcast #podcastforteachers #ps152q #readingready #thereadinginstitute
TRL New York’s Summer Symposium 📚 @thereadin TRL New York’s Summer Symposium 📚

@thereadingleagueny at @churchillschoolnyc_center
Had the most wonderful day at @thereadingleagueny Had the most wonderful day at @thereadingleagueny ‘s Summer Symposium!

The theme was “Bridging the Gap: Empowering Older Readers Through Evidence-Based Instruction”

We had the honor of hearing from:
Dr. Wiley Blevins (Keynote)
Dr. Devin Kearns
Dr. Brennan Chandler 
Dr. Marisa Ramirez Stukey

Plus an implementation panel! 

Thank you to Lynn Carpenter for putting on such an impactful event!

#thereadingleague #thereadingleagueny #ittakesaleague

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