Shanahan on Literacy

Timothy Shanahan is a renowned expert on the teaching of literacy. This podcast addresses practical issues in teaching students to read and to read better.

Is Morphology Training Better Than Phonics Instruction?
Apr 12, 2025 – 14:13
Are We Teaching Reading Comprehension Part 2
Mar 29, 2025 – 16:51
Are We Teaching Comprehension? Part 1
Mar 15, 2025 – 12:52
Accommodating Reading Comprehension with Listening: Good Idea?
Mar 1, 2025 – 9:17
On Eating Elephants and Teaching Syllabication
Feb 22, 2025 – 12:37
Is Print Awareness Part of the Science of Reading?
Feb 8, 2025 – 13:36
My Problem with Teaching Text Organization
Jan 25, 2025 – 12:17
8 Ways to Help Kids Read Complex Text
Jan 18, 2025 – 8:50
Are We Getting the Right Information When It Comes to the Science of Reading?
Jan 4, 2025 – 13:32
'Tis the Season of Test Prep: Bah Humbug!
Dec 14, 2024 – 12:11
Literacy Charities for 2025
Dec 7, 2024 – 15:23
Three-Cueing and the Law
Nov 16, 2024 – 12:21
Is Comprehension Better with Digital Text?
Nov 9, 2024 – 13:10
Do Middle and High School Students Need Fluency Instruction and What Counts as Instruction?
Oct 26, 2024 – 6:13
How Can I Teach with Books that are Two Years Above Student Reading Levels?
Oct 12, 2024 – 10:33
The Role of Letter Names in Learning to Read is Still Curious
Sep 28, 2024 – 9:24
Isn’t Independent Reading a Research-Based Practice?
Sep 21, 2024 – 16:28
When Sisyphus was in First Grade or One Minute Reading Homework
Sep 14, 2024 – 8:18
Seatwork that Makes Sense for Reading
Aug 31, 2024 – 16:07
The Science of Reading Versus the Art of Teaching Reading
Aug 24, 2024 – 13:12
Print-to-Speech or Speech-to-Print? That Is the Question.
Aug 17, 2024 – 12:13
Should We Teach Graphicacy?
Aug 3, 2024 – 15:02
FAQs on Fluency
Jul 27, 2024 – 13:17
What Do We Do with Above Grade Level Readers?
Jul 13, 2024 – 8:59
Does a Four-day Week Mean Lower Reading Scores?
Jun 29, 2024 – 6:22
What about Tracing and Other Multi-Sensory Teaching Approaches?
Jun 22, 2024 – 10:18
Choral Reading: Good Idea or Not?
Jun 9, 2024 – 8:45
Should We Teach with Decodable text?
Jun 1, 2024 – 12:16
What About Those Reading Textbook Reviews and Ratings?
May 18, 2024 – 22:00
Ensuring Success: Pre-Remediation as a Valuable Alternative
May 4, 2024 – 9:29
What Does It Mean to Follow a Program? Issues in Fidelity
Apr 20, 2024 – 13:37
What is the Best Way to Organize a Classroom for Reading Instruction?
Apr 13, 2024 – 10:39
Does Research Support "guided reading"? Practical Advice on Directing Reading
Apr 6, 2024 – 16:03
The Instructional Level Concept Revisited: Teaching With Complex Text
Mar 23, 2024 – 11:20
Does Literature Count as Knowledge?
Mar 16, 2024 – 8:11
Can a Program of Professional Development Raise Reading Achievement?
Mar 2, 2024 – 9:59
Small Group Phonics in the Classroom -- Good Idea or Not?
Feb 17, 2024 – 10:02
Grading Students on Individual Standards
Feb 10, 2024 – 6:58
I Want My Students to Comprehend, Am I Teaching the Wrong Kind of Strategies?
Feb 3, 2024 – 17:49
Blast from the Past: How Can We Take Advantage of the Reading-Writing Relationship?
Jan 20, 2024 – 14:07
What does brain science have to say about teaching reading? Does It matter?
Jan 13, 2024 – 12:24
Does the Science of Reading Include Middle School? Phonics in the Upper Grades
Jan 6, 2024 – 16:52
Putting Your Underwear on First: Why Instructional Sequence Doesn't Always Matter
Dec 16, 2023 – 10:24
Literacy Charities 2024
Dec 9, 2023 – 14:53
Why Main Idea is Not the Main Idea – Or, How Best to Teach Reading Comprehension
Dec 2, 2023 – 14:11
Should We Teach Phonics to English Learners?
Nov 18, 2023 – 8:49
Should We Be Teaching Sight Vocabulary?
Nov 11, 2023 – 15:35
My state is banning instructional practices... or, how to look like you are teaching effectively even if you are not
Nov 4, 2023 – 16:29
Are Qualitative Assessment and Student Self-Assessment Useful in Reading Instruction?
Sep 30, 2023 – 10:12
How to Teach Summarizing, Part I
Sep 23, 2023 – 14:58

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escamillalbi

Thank you!

I’ve enjoyed your blog for many years! Thank you for this as well!
JEteach

New podcast

I am so happy that you have started this Podcast for your blogs. I track your blogs, but I have a hard time finding the time to read them. However, most every morning I listen to Podcasts on literacy so I am excited to add yours’ to it. Thank you