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For the Love of Literacy provides podcasts about the exciting advances in literacy instruction, from morphology and orthography (the spelling system), to meaningful sight word memorization, and sentence construction and comprehension. We focus on the often overlooked aspects of literacy and their links to language development.
We tie learning to read, spell and writing to their roots in spoken language. This makes teaching and learning these abilities much easier because literacy learning is driven by language learning. The major components of spoken language plus vocabulary knowledge strongly predicting and largely determining growth in reading, spelling and writing.
Our guests are not just knowledgeable the links between language and language but know how to implement this learning in the classroom.
You will hear from noted researchers including Linnea Ehri, Marcia Henry and Peter Bowers as well as teachers who have developed lessons that engage students and enrich language abilities. Check back weekly to discover more Fulfilling Literacy Lessons and Clarifying conversations. Feel free to reach out to me at Bruce@ReadingShift.com.
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Vocabulary Development Through Morphology, Semantics and Complex Text - Elfrieda Hiebert
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Jun 14, 2026 |
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Connecting Math and Literacy Learning Difficulties - Meghan Hicks & Jennifer Petrich
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Jun 09, 2026 |
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Enriching Structured Literacy Through Integrated Word Study - Sarah Mitchell
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Jun 01, 2026 |
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Scripts, Sentences and Structures: Helping Students Unlock Meaning - Louise Hewitt, Meghan Hicks & Mary Beth Steven
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May 23, 2026 |
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Meet the Students (A.K.A. Humans) of the Boring (into words) Scholars Collective - Sara Leland & Students
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May 11, 2026 |
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The Sentence Pathway to Decoding and Comprehension -- Xiuhong Tong & S. Hélène Deacon
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Apr 20, 2026 |
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Four Powerful Word, Sentence, Text and Cognitive Routines for Teaching Writing - Meghan Hicks
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Mar 20, 2026 |
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Respecting the Social, Emotional & Academic Needs of Dyslexic Individuals -- Bonnie Feeney & Jen Petrich
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Mar 02, 2026 |
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Co-Creating a Community of Sentence Scholars - Rebecca Marsh & Meghan Hicks
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Feb 15, 2026 |
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Spelling-Meaning Connections for Memory and Comprehension - Kimberly Murphy with Peter Bowers
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Jan 18, 2026 |
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Language Enriching Literacy Ideas for DLD - Kathleen Love and Beth C. Gunshor
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Dec 30, 2025 |
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Fostering Fascination With Words & Sentences - Mary Beth Steven, Lisa Barnett, Skot Caldwell
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Oct 30, 2025 |
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Building a Strong Foundation for Structured Literacy Teaching - Sue Hegland & Liisa Freure
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Oct 18, 2025 |
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A School Year Rich in Words - Ann Whiting & Lyn Anderson
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Sep 30, 2025 |
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How English Spelling Really Works - Jennifer Petrich & Brad Johnson
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Sep 16, 2025 |
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High Frequency Word Project - Rebecca Loveless and Fiona Hamilton
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Aug 29, 2025 |
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How Dyslexics Make Sense of Written English - Marie Foley & Sara Lee
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Jul 27, 2025 |
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Transform Read Alouds into Language and Reading Comprehension Lessons - Trina Spencer and Doug Peterson
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Jul 13, 2025 |
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Marcia Henry and Deb Glaser - Learning to Love Language - From Words to Meaningful Sentences
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Jun 21, 2025 |
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Sight Words and Morphology Linnea Ehri Pete Bowers Kenn Apel
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Jun 03, 2025 |
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Morphology and SWI - English as a Sensible and Meaningful Spelling System
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Jun 03, 2025 |
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Vocabulary and Morphology using Structured Word Inquiry
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Jun 03, 2025 |