The Reading Instruction Show
The Reading Instruction Show is a podcast about reading instruction (and other things) with a little bit of attitude. There is plenty here to inform and entertain all. And, by the way, I'm not trying to sell any books. I don't have any curriculum or programs to market. I don't accept speaking fees. And, I don't ever want to be a consultant.
- Update frequency
- every 8 days
- Average duration
- 15 minutes
- Episodes
- 295
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
CRITICAL RACE THEORY, CHANGE, AND THE IDEA-DELIVERY SYSTEM: PART 1
This podcast explores this question: Do you want to win the argument or do you want change? We've already won the argument, so let's focus on change. In doing so, we need to consider our idea-deliver…
TEACHING THE 5-STEP WRITING PROCESS
if you want to help students become better writers, you must teach them the process. The five-step writing process as described by Donald Graves (1983) has been around for a while. This podcast wi…
TEACHING STUDENTS HOW TO WRITE
Throughout my series of podcasts related to writing instruction you’ll encounter six reoccurring themes:
1. Everyone can write. Writing is creating meaning with print and sharing that meaning with oth…
WRITING INSTRUCTION: KEEP THE ART IN LANGUAGE ARTS
• Students need their own writing topics. Students should be encouraged to express their thoughts and describe their experiences to the greatest extent possible. This is called authentic writing or …
LEARNING TO WRITE AND MAKING RASPBERRY JELLY: THE PROCESS IS IMPORTANT
Learning to write is a lot like learning to make raspberry jelly. You need to be shown the process, not just given a list of ingredients. Too often students are never taught the process used to creat…
THE STORY OF SALLY, STANDARDIZED TESTS, AND READING
The test data didn't tell me the full story. Sally was a 1st grade girl with whom I was working last year during covid. I was doing online tutoring with kids. Before working with her, her parents …
FIVE CAUSES OF INEFFECTIVE READING INSTRUCTION
Five things cause ineffective reading instruction:
1. The myth of standardization.
2. Lack of understanding related to the reading process.
3. Teacher disempowerment.
4. Over-crowded classrooms.
5. Tes…
The Neurological Basis for Data-Resistant Belief Systems: The 2020 Presidential Election and the COVID Vaccine
How is it possible that so many people believe that Donald Trump won the 2020 presidential election? How is it humanly possible? How is it possible that some still believe that getting vaccinated f…
LANGUAGE LEARNING AND READING INSTRUCTION
This short podcast looks at language learning and the implications for reading instruction.
LANGUAGE ACQUISITION AND DEVELOPMENT: LEARNING WORDS
Language learning is a universal human function. People around the world, in different environments and with different abilities seem to acquire their primary language in essentially the same sequenc…
UNDERSTANDING EMOTIONS FROM AN EVOLUTIONARY PERSPECTIVE
Emotions can be better understood if viewed from an evolutionary perspective. Our current human emotions are a result of thousands of years of human evolution. They are part of our ever-evolving huma…
UNDERSTANDING EMOTIONS: EMOTIONAL DISORDERS AND EDUCATIONAL DISORDERS
At their core, emotions are a physiological response to stimuli that enable humans to react to events of biological or individual significance. From an evolutionary perspective, these physiological …
HELPING WHITE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHITE GUILT, SHAME, AND THE HISTORY OF AMERICA
This podcast is designed to help white people understand systemic racism, white guilt, shame, and the history of the United States of America. That's quite a lot for an 11-minute podcast -- but I thi…
HELPING WHITE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND SYSTEMIC RACISM
This podcast is designed for white people. Full disclosure: I am a white man. It also describes just some of the basic elements of systemic racism. It also differentiates between the word "equality" …
CRITICAL RACE THEORY: A BRIEF OVERVIEW
Critical Race Theory has been much maligned, discounted, and discredited without fully understanding exactly what it is. It has been presented as a bad thing, a dangerous thing, a nefarious thing by …
WHAT IS A BALANCED READING PROGRAM?
Reading programs need to be balanced (Cunningham & Allington, 2007te). This means that it’s is not all just one thing (like all phonics instruction, or all reading, or all writing, or all anything). …
FAST-TRACK TEACHER PREPARATION PROGRAMS: THE SPAGHETTI MODEL
One of the ideas for getting more teachers of color into the classroom has been to look at fast-track alternative teacher preparation programs such as Teach for America. These kinds of programs are u…
HOW CAN WE GET MORE TEACHERS OF COLOR INTO OUR CLASSROOM?
Problem: Only 16% of the US teacher force are teachers of color. This is a problem.
On Saturday, May 1st, 2021 a group of teachers, teacher educators, administrators, and others from around the state …
ACTIVITIES FOR WORD CLASS: A SELF-SELECTED APPROACH TO SPELLING INSTRUCTION
The old, weekly spelling tests just don’t work. I have found no research to indicate that they do anything to improve students' ability to spell under real-life writing conditions. Word Class is a …