Shanahan on Literacy

Timothy Shanahan
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Shanahan on Literacy

Timothy Shanahan is a renowned expert on the teaching of literacy. This podcast addresses practical issues in teaching students to read and to read better.

  1. 3 DAYS AGO

    Encouraging Summer Reading

    This podcast explains why summer reading practice is so important and provides 13 recommendations for ways to encourage children to read when the schools are closed.

    10 min

  2. 24 MAY

    Autism and Reading Part 2: Lessons to be Learned from Special Kids

    Children on the autism spectrum (ASD) present some interesting challenges when it comes to reading instruction. Part 1 of this series considered the difficulties that these children may have with decoding -- despite the fact that there are a surprising number who have hyperlexia, especially good decoding ability. However, most of these students struggle more with comprehension than decoding and this podcast explores what their comprehension problems tend to be and how they might be addressed.

    15 min

  3. 10 MAY

    Autism and Reading Part 1: Lessons to be Learned from Special Kids

    More and more kids are diagnosed as being on the autism spectrum and this challenge has important consequences for learning to read. This podcast explores the implications this has for teaching reading -- both to kids on the spectrum and to everyone else.

    15 min

  4. 3 MAY

    How to Teach Writing Fluency

    These days there is much interest in reading fluency as educators have become aware of the important contribution it makes to reading proficiency. However, writing fluency is not accorded the same attention -- undermining writing development and what it can contribute to learning to read. This podcast explores writing fluency -- what it is, why it matters, and most importantly how to teach it successfully.

    17 min

  5. 19 APR

    The Whats, Hows, and Whys of Teaching Sight Vocabulary

    This podcast explores a series of question about sight vocabulary, its role in reading development, and how it is best dealt with in the classroom.

    24 min

  6. 12 APR

    Is Morphology Training Better Than Phonics Instruction?

    This podcast explores the relationship between phonics teaching and morphology instruction. Some authorities suggest that morphology should replace phonics, while others see it as a supplement to phonics that should be delayed until decoding is well in hand.

    14 min

  7. 29 MAR

    Are We Teaching Reading Comprehension Part 2

    In the last episode, we examined the research on comprehension instruction and how it has changed. In this episode we are exploring the kinds of instruction that should count when it comes to teaching students to comprehend what they read. It gets into issues of knowledge, strategies, questioning routines, and language.

    17 min

  8. 15 MAR

    Are We Teaching Comprehension? Part 1

    There is new research into how much reading comprehension student are receiving. To carry out such studies requires the researchers to define what they mean by comprehension instruction... and that's where it gets interesting. This first of a two-part podcast explores what it means to teach reading comprehension in the Science of Reading era.

    13 min
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About

Timothy Shanahan is a renowned expert on the teaching of literacy. This podcast addresses practical issues in teaching students to read and to read better.

Information

  • Creator
    Timothy Shanahan
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2025
  • Episodes
    65
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Copyright 2023
  • Show Website
    Shanahan on Literacy

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