Shannon Betts and Mary Saghafi

Reading Teachers Lounge

Education EN ↓ 130 episodes

This is the Reading Teachers Lounge where listeners can eavesdrop on professional conversations between elementary reading teachers. We are passionate about literacy and strive to find strategies to reach all learners. Shannon and Mary are neighbors who realized that they were “literacy soul sisters” at a dinner in their Atlanta neighborhood. Once they started chatting about reading they haven’t really stopped. Come join the conversation.

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Shannon Betts and Mary Saghafi

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Learning Disabilities 101 07.12.2018 27:26

The process for identifying a specific learning disability such as dyslexia is complicated in the public school setting. In this episode Mary explains the RTI (Response to Intervention) process. She also breaks down how a student is eligible for special education in the public school. Key take away is ensuring that the student is receiving appropriate instruction to remediate their decoding strugg...

Decoding the MAP test 30.11.2018 30:10

You've completed the benchmark assessments. You have done what has been asked of you by the administration. But really...what does that MAP score mean? Can you explain it to your students? Is it valid? Can you help your students set meaningful goals with the data? Are you just doing what is asked to get by, or are you really able to interpret and utilize the data for meaningful support? Shann...

Getting to Know Your Readers 15.11.2018 24:56

How do you get to know your readers? Shannon and Mary share some of their experience using basic assessment tools to check foundational skills of their students: oral reading fluency sight words phonemic awareness decoding skills spelling Resource Links : Oral Reading Fluency (Dibels) Easy CBM Dolch Sight Words Basic Phonics Test Quick Phonological Awareness Test Words Their Way Spelling In...

Becoming a Reading Teacher 09.11.2018 27:00

When was it that you first felt like you were a reading teacher who made the reading "magic" happen? When did you start to see growth from your students? What was the difference in your instruction or approach? In this episode, Shannon and Mary describe their development as literacy teachers. They talk about the "moment when it clicked" and they figured out the magic of how...

Introduction, Why we became teachers 01.11.2018 14:43

In this first episode, Shannon and Mary (two elementary reading teachers) introduce themselves and tell the stories about why they chose education and describe their varied teaching experiences. Support the show Get Literacy Support through our Patreon Bonus Episodes access through your podcast app Bonus episodes access through Patreon Buy us a coffee Get a FREE Green Chef box using our link