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

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Research says that repeated reading is a powerful Research says that repeated reading is a powerful way to bolster fluency. How, though, can we make this practice meaningful and engaging? In this episode, Dr. Chase Young offers several joyful, performance-based routines to make fluency practice come alive in the classroom: ⚪️ Reader’s Theatre ⚪️ Poetry Slams ⚪️ Teddy Talks, and ⚪️ The “Read Like Us” Intervention Comment PERFORM for a link to listen! 🎧 …and be sure to come back and share your favorite artful approach in the comments! 💭 ✨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 #scienceofreading #structuredliteracy #fluency
🍂Meet the Fall Book Study Leaders! Comment BE 🍂Meet the Fall Book Study Leaders! Comment BETTER to joining us in September as we read Know Better, Do Better: Comprehension. Your Leaders Are: Jessica @farmerlovesphonics Justin @sorformore_llc Sarah @snippetsbysarah Amie @literacy.edventures Karina @eldilemaedu Jasmine @drj_indc Heidi @droppinknowledgewithheidi Michelle @michelle_thecolorfulclassroom Learning together is always more fun! Comment BETTER! Here’s what you’ll get! 💚 Four 1-Hour Live Book Study Sessions�💙 Video Recordings (if you cannot join us live) 💚 For Live Attendees only: A bonus half-hour of collaborative (unrecorded) discussion time 💙 Book Study Guide & Pacing Calendar 💚Bonus Downloadable Resources to Support Your Learning #fallSORbookstudy #scienceofreading #comprehension #knowbetterdobetter #readingteachers
🎉 GIVEAWAY TIME! 🎉 I have 3️⃣ special g 🎉 GIVEAWAY TIME! 🎉 I have 3️⃣ special giveaways coming your way over the next three weeks! This is week 1 of 3! ONE lucky teacher will receive a copy of “The Megabook of Spelling - K-2” by Wiley Blevins! ✏️✨ To enter: ✅ Like this post 🩷 ✅ Follow @michelle_thecolorfulclassroom ✅ Comment below: What grade you teach and why you’d love this resource! 📦 Winner must have a U.S. mailing address. I’ll randomly select one winner and announce them on Friday, July 31st, 2026 at 12pm noon ET! Good luck! 🍎📖 #teachergiveaway #scholasticteachers #wileyblevins #megabookofspelling #teachersofinstagram
I say this with love… because I know so many edu I say this with love… because I know so many educators feel the same way. Most of us left college knowing how to lesson plan, perhaps manage a classroom, and even write objectives. But very few of us were taught how to actually teach a child to read & build that reading circuit in the brain. I certainly wasn’t. (Drop a 😤 if you want a refund!) Learning those things completely changed the way I teach reading. Sarah and I even created a free guide outlining “5 Things We Wish We’d Learned Before We Started Teaching Reading”! If you’re interested in a few perspective shifts that make the English language finally click… 👇 Comment BEYOND and we’ll send it straight to your inbox. Also curious: Did your teacher prep program actually teach you how to get kids reading? What was your experience like? ⬇️ #beyondphonics #logosliteracyacademy #structuredliteracy #scienceofreading #elementaryteachers
Let’s talk about the science of reading hot topi Let’s talk about the science of reading hot topics that seem to spark endless debates. You know the ones: ⚪️Sight Words: memorization, heart words, using etymology ⚪️Oral-only Phonemic Awareness ⚪️An Orton Gillingham Approach vs. Linguistic Phonics (Speech to Print) ⚪️Potentially Overdoing Phonics ⚪️Decodables vs. Authentic Text (and WHEN to use more complex text) ⚪️Sound Walls & Mouth Pictures ⚪️Teaching Syllable Types and Division Rules …and more!!! This conversation, with my dear friend Anna Geiger of @reachallreaders unpacks the nuance with an incredibly objective perspective. This is one episode you will NOT want to miss! Comment SCIENCE for a link to listen! 🎧 …and be sure to come back and share your thoughts in the comments! 💭 ✨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 #scienceofreading #structuredliteracy
🎉 GIVEAWAY TIME! 🎉 I’m so excited to part 🎉 GIVEAWAY TIME! 🎉 I’m so excited to partner with @expressreaders to give ONE lucky teacher a classroom set of their decodable books! 📚✨ If you’re looking for engaging, carefully controlled decodable texts to support beginning readers, this is your chance! To enter: ✅ Like this post ❤️ ✅ Follow @michelle_thecolorfulclassroom and @expressreaders ✅ Comment below: How would these books transform your literacy instruction? 📦 Winner must have a U.S. mailing address. I’ll randomly select one winner and announce them on Friday, July 24th, 2026 at 12pm noon ET! Good luck! 🍎📖 #teachergiveaway #expressreaders #decodablebooks #structuredliteracy #teachersofinstagram
📖 I bet half of you read this word differently. 📖 I bet half of you read this word differently. If you read it one way… you were right. If you read it the other way… you were right too. 😆 So how do readers know which pronunciation to use in these cases? 👉 Context. Same spelling. Different pronunciation. Different meaning. Even a different grammatical role. Reading isn’t just about matching letters to sounds. Skilled readers are constantly integrating the spelling and meaning to determine how a word should be read… especially inside connected text! 💬 Your turn! Can you think of another word that changes pronunciation depending on its meaning? Drop it in the comments! ⬇️ —And if you like this content, be sure to follow me (@michelle_thecolorfulclassroom ) & @logosliteracyacademy where we’re wild about words! #beyondphonics #logosliteracyacademy #syntax #context #syllablestress

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