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Melissa and Lori Love Literacy is a podcast for educators interested in learning more about the science of reading, knowledge building, and high quality curriculum! Join Melissa Loftus and L...
Episode 251 In this episode, we’re joined by Tim Rasinski, Melissa Cheesman, and Savannah Campbell , authors of The Megabook of Vocabulary ,...
What does the research really say about effective vocabulary instruction—and how can we translate it into daily classroom practice? In this...
Episode 250 In this episode, we’re joined by Margaret McKeown, a leading researcher in vocabulary and language development, to explore what...
Episode 248 There’s a saying we hear often in literacy work: you don’t want to try to intervene your way out of a Tier 1 problem. Real chang...
Episode 143 This conversation remains one of our most downloaded episodes and for good reason. As we focus this month on small-group instruc...
Episode 247 Small-group instruction can feel powerful and overwhelming at the same time. Questions about grouping, time, routines, and impac...
Episode 246 Fluency looks different across grade levels, but it always matters. In this special mashup episode, Melissa and Lori bring toget...
Episode 245 In this episode, Melissa and Lori are joined by researchers Jake Downs and Chase Young to discuss Read Like Us , a research-back...
Episode 244 Lindsay Kemeny shares her insights on effectively managing a literacy block in a primary classroom. She discusses her daily sche...
Episode 243 Jamey Peavler discusses the importance of recognizing the varied learning needs of students in all grades! She emphasizes the di...
Episode 242 In this episode, Carl Hendrick emphasizes the critical role of timely feedback in the educational process, highlighting how imme...
Episode 241 Nancy Hennessy and Julia Salamone discuss the often-overlooked topic of syntax and its critical role in reading comprehension. W...
Episode 240 Primary teacher Meghan Hein shares how she keeps the text front and center of learning. She discusses the shift from a skills-ba...
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 239 Experts Doug Lemov, Colleen Driggs, and Erica Woolway join Melissa & Lori to tackle one of the biggest questions in teaching tod...
Episode 238 What if the “secret sauce” to reading big words isn’t just syllables, but also morphemes? In this episode, Melissa Orkin and Ale...
Episode 237 Teachers know the challenge: students hit multisyllabic words and suddenly reading slows down. In this episode, researchers Jess...
Episode 236 Catlin Goodrow discusses her role as a literacy coach and interventionist for older students, focusing on assessing student need...
Episode 235 Matt Burns discusses effective interventions for students struggling with learning. He emphasizes the importance of understandin...
Episode 234 Michelle Hosp joins us to break down the different types of literacy assessments within an MTSS framework in the most approachab...
Episode 233 In this episode, we sit down with speech-language pathologist Linsey Jones, who’s leading groundbreaking work in her district by...
Episode 232 We know MTSS can feel like one more acronym and maybe one more thing on your plate. But what if it was the thing that helped eve...
Episode 231 Working with students who struggle to make sense of complex texts? You’re not alone! Christina Cover, a high school special educ...
Bonus Episode In this episode, Melissa and Lori sit down with Freddy Hiebert, founder of Text Project, to dive deep into the critical role t...
Episode 230 In this episode, we discuss this article and the vital role of difficult texts with three experts: Kristin Conradi-Smith, John S...
Episode 229 In this episode, Katie Pace Miles and Molly Ness define and explain orthographic mapping as a crucial cognitive process for read...
Episode 228 If you’ve ever wondered how to help your students decode longer words, this episode is for you! We’re joined by literacy researc...
Episode 227 In this episode, Jan Hasbrouck discusses the critical components of reading fluency, focusing on automaticity and its measuremen...
Episode 211 from December 6, 2024 Fluency is a crucial aspect of reading. It involves automaticity and the ability to connect different aspe...
Episode 226 In this episode, Virginia discusses the importance of fluency in K-2 grades, emphasizing its role in reading comprehension. She...
Episode 225 How do we turn fluency instruction into something engaging, meaningful, and effective? Fourth-grade teacher Aaron Grossman has t...
Episode 209 from November 8, 2024 Chase Young discusses the implementation of Reader's Theater in the classroom, providing a detailed f...
Episode 224 Helping students become fluent, confident readers isn’t always easy—especially when they’re still sounding out words and struggl...
Episode 151 (from June 23, 2023) How Language Variations Shape Literacy Language and reading go hand in hand—but how can we leverage student...
Episode 223 Antonio Fierro and Gabi Bell Jimenez break down the essentials of teaching English learners—covering the simple view of reading,...
Episode 222 In this episode, teacher coach Margarita shares effective strategies for leveraging students' native languages to enhance t...
Episode 221 This live podcast recording was part of the opening reception for the 2025 Literacy & Justice for All symposium in Oakland, CA o...
Episode 156 Fifth-grade teacher Sean Morrisey joins us to discuss all things vocabulary! We discuss Tier 2 and 3 words and discuss how you c...
Episode 220 In this podcast episode, you'll hear from: Kirsten Taylor, a first-grade teacher turned literacy coach in Washington, D.C.,...
Episode 155 (from July 21, 2023) Curious about how words shape learning? Join us as we chat with linguist and author Lyn Stone about vocabul...
Episode 219 Blythe Anderson, Assistant Professor of Literacy Education at the University at Buffalo, discusses the importance of vocabulary...
Episode 203 (from August 16, 2024) Our guests today, authors Tricia Zucker and Sonia Cabell, discuss the concept of Strive-For-Five Conversa...
Episode 218 is chock-full of super practical ways to implement academic talk in your classroom tomorrow! Elementary science teacher Jami Wit...
Episode 167: Researcher Tiffany Hogan explores the relationship between phonics and language comprehension in this episode. She shares pract...
Episode 217 Have you ever wondered how to get your students talking in a way that builds deeper understanding? In this episode, we chat with...
Struggling to make writing click for your students? In this episode, 5th-grade teacher Elise Frank shares practical strategies to tackle the...
Steve Graham discusses the significance of writing in education, the challenges teachers face in teaching writing, and effective strategies...
From July 22, 2022 The Writing Revolution authors, Judith Hochman and Natalie Wexler, share a 'revolutionary' approach to writing....
What if young students could transform writing from a daunting task into an exciting journey of self-expression? In this episode, Laura Stam...
This episode highlights the close connection between reading and writing and the importance of teaching them together. Young-Suk Kim uses a...