In this Season 8 finale, Shannon and Mary reflect on the school year and share updates from their work as reading tutors, literacy advocates, and parents. As many of their students move beyond foundational decoding skills, both educators discuss how they've incorporated sentence-composing into their structured literacy instruction after being inspired by Season 8 guest Sara Lee.

They explain how literature-based model sentences, scaffolded sentence imitation, and explicit language instruction help students strengthen syntax, comprehension, vocabulary, and writing skills. Shannon also shares how she uses English Linking Blocks and targeted word lists to provide multisensory language support during sentence work.

The conversation explores the growing role of morphology instruction in literacy intervention, including excitement about UFLI's upcoming structured morphology curriculum, Word Origins. Shannon and Mary also discuss Georgia's dyslexia screeners, Mary's recent professional learning in Structured Word Inquiry (SWI) through Word Torque, and the importance of supporting math development through number sense, fact fluency, subitizing, and conceptual understanding.

Join these reading teachers for a wide-ranging discussion on how their Science of Reading aligned practices continue to evolve to meet the needs of students.