The Reading Instruction Show

WPM (words-per-minute) scores should be used to document reading fluency program NOT WCPM (words-correct-per-minute). This podcast explains why and describes two fluency strategies.

Round robin reading is when a teacher goes around the reading table or class and asks students to read parts of a text out loud. This should never be used. This podcast describes 7 alternatives to round robin reading.

This video podcast explains two terms related to reading fluency: expression and prosody. Reading with expression is not at all important. Reading prosody is.

This podcast provides a brief overview of reading fluency and describes why standardized, norm-references words-per-minute (WPM) rates should be given limited attention.

This podcast describes eight essential terms related to reading instruction that commonly misunderstood: 1. Reading, 2.word recognition, 3. word identification, 4. decoding, 5. a strategy, 6. a skill, 7. systematic phonics instruction, and 8. a balanced approach.

This podcast describes the three big ideas related to effective reading interventions: 1. They should be more intense versions of good classroom reading instruction, 2 they should contain a balanced approach to reading instruction, and 3. They should be taught be expert reading teachers.

This podcast describes the seven elements necessary for effective daily reading instruction: 1. Daily reading practice, 2. social interaction and conversation around good books, 3. authentic writing experiences, 4. activities and instruction to develop all three cueing systems used for word recognition, 5. activities and instruction for word identification strategies, 6. comprehension instruction,...

What do you do when you have a student who refuses to write. This short podcast provides some tips.

Educational research is used to create the theories upon which we design educational policies and practices. Theories help to organize relevant empirical facts (empirical means they can be observed or measured), in order to create a context for understanding phenomena. This podcast describes two theoretical models of reading.