Shannon and Mary chat with Anna Boldog from Bookr Class about the Importance of Storytelling. They share their own memories and experiences with stories as readers and teachers. And they talk about what research shares about how storytelling impacts language and literacy development. This discussion should prompt your own memories of stories and how they've impacted your life, your instruction, and your readers.

Reading, Books, Blending LearningMary SaghafiDecember 16, 2021S4 E6 The Importance of Storytelling, storytelling, the importance of storytelling, imagination, reading, Anna Boldog, Stories, Language, Language developement, literacy developement, storytelling instruction, reading instruction, season 4 episode 6

S4 E2 Phonics Scope and Sequence with Wiley Blevins

Shannon and Mary chat with literacy expert Wiley Blevins about the scope and sequence of phonics instruction. He describes his experience and the research behind the ordering of certain skills and shares practice tips & knowledge about teaching phonics in the classroom. He also details conceptual leaps that occur in readers as they advance their literacy development.

Phonics, ReadingMary SaghafiSeptember 16, 2021phonics scope, sequence, Season 4 episode 2, wiley blevins, S4 E2 Phonics Scope and Sequence with Wiley Blevins, literacy, phonics instruction, practice tips, teaching phonics, literacy developement