Hi Literacy Lovers,
In our recent podcast episode, we talked about all things sight words, heart words, decoding, letter sounds, and more with a fabulous teacher, Heidi Jane. If you’re looking to hear from a teacher who has transitioned from a balanced literacy approach to an evidence-based approach, this one’s for you. We’re appropriately hashtagging this episode Literacy and Justice for ALL. We’re so glad you’re here to learn with us.
Heidi mentions Know Better, Do Better by David and Meredith Liben, as a great resource. This book shares practical advice and strategies for teachers in the classroom. For other SoR starter recommendations from Heidi, click here.
Should I Teach Students to Memorize Sight Words and Monitor Their Progress? Tim Shanahan’s recent blog post caught our attention because it sums up many important points from our conversation with Heidi! How can learning letter sounds better support students, rather than memorizing ‘sight’ words? What makes a word a sight word? What are high frequency words?
Learn More from Heidi! If you don’t follow Heidi on social media, do it now! She is a wealth of information!
IG: @droppinknowledgewithheidi
FB: @DroppinKnowledgeWithHeidi
TikTok: @learningwithheidi
Twitter: @learnwith_heidi
Website: literacyandjusticeforall.com
Be sure to join Heidi’s Science of Reading 101 Club.
Want to learn more about sight words? Check out this post from Heidi.
FREE Webinar with Evidence Based Literacy Instruction (EBLI) on April 21 focusing on PHONICS: Speech to Print vs. Print to Speech. In this webinar, you’ll learn:
What is speech to print phonics? What is print to speech phonics?
The difference in the efficiency of these 2 types of phonics instruction
Really Great Reading FREE Resources
Letter Tile Freeplay: A digital tool where students and teachers use letter tiles to explore, build, segment, sound out, and spell.
Heart Word Magic: Designed to help students learn to read and spell high frequency words, particularly those that aren’t very decodable.
Ep. 96: What about Spelling? with Richard Gentry: Spelling is a window into a child’s reading brain! See how Heidi uses skill-based spelling to help her students.
Ep. 72: Rethinking and Unlearning What We Know about Literacy