Triple R Teaching

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By: Anna Geiger

It's time to reignite your passion for teaching! Triple R Teaching provides simple strategies and practical tips for PreK-grade 3 educators. Anna Geiger, M.Ed., author of Reach All Readers, will show you how to make small changes to improve how you teach literacy concepts. Look forward to episodes about Anna's transition from balanced literacy to the science of reading, and expect episodes that will help you understand the research while giving you practical tips that you can implement today. Hit subscribe, and get ready to transform your teaching!

Teaching students to read longer words - with Dr. Devin Kearns
Last Monday at 5:00 AM

165: Dr. Devin Kearns explains why popular syllable division methods may not be the most efficient way to teach students to read longer words - and what to consider instead.

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Integrating vocabulary and writing instruction - with Dr. Lorraine Hammond
04/08/2024

164: Dr. Lorraine Hammond describes a whole-school approach to teaching vocabulary and explains how teachers can teach writing at the same time. What a powerful and efficient way to build vocabulary and writing skills!

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How to teach sentence comprehension - with Nancy Hennessy
04/01/2024

163: When our students struggle with comprehension, it may be that we need to go all the way back to the sentence level. In this episode, Nancy Hennessy discusses many different ways that teachers can help improve students' sentence comprehension. You may want to take notes!

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How to scaffold preschoolers' early writing skills - with Dr. Sonia Cabell
03/25/2024

162: When you understand the stages of early writing, you're better able to support beginning writers. In this episode, Dr. Sonia Cabell reviews a framework for teachers to evaluate, support, and extend the writing that young children produce. This is a must-listen for preschool and kindergarten teachers!

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What should small group instruction look like? with Deedee Wills
03/18/2024

161: Deedee Wills was once a kindergarten teacher who trained other teachers to implement guided reading. In today's episode she shares information from her recent Plain Talk presentation, explaining why we need to move away from guided reading and how to give intentional, effective small group instruction to beginning readers.

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[Listen Again] Teaching word recognition - with Dr. Katie Pace Miles
03/11/2024

In this replay of a popular episode, we discuss exactly what's happening when children learn to recognize words - teaching tips included!

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All about literacy centers - with Christina Winter
03/04/2024

160: Unless all your students are at the same skill level (highly unlikely!), you will need to meet with small groups during the school day - even in a structured literacy classroom. But what are the rest of the students doing? Christina Winter walks us through how to choose literacy centers, how to teach students to do them independently, and answers pretty much every question you might have about how to manage this time in your school day.

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How one university gives its pre-service teachers hands-on training - with Dr. Jodi Nickel
02/26/2024

159: Dr. Jodi Nickel shares her journey from balanced to structured literacy, and describes how her university pairs teacher candidates with struggling readers in a successful tutoring program.

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A case for whole group phonics lessons - with Casey Jergens
02/19/2024

158: Kindergarten teacher Casey Jergens shares how and why he teaches a whole group phonics lesson before offering small group instruction. Lots of food for thought!

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A special education teacher's journey from balanced to structured literacy: A conversation with Melanie Brethour
02/12/2024

157: Special education teacher Melanie Brethour was a balanced literacy teacher until her son struggled to learn to read. As she learned about how to help him overcome dyslexia, she dove into the science of reading and hasn't looked back.

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