Hi listeners, it's Susan here. Just in time for the school year, I have a brand new resource to tell you about.

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including a detailed breakdown of the reading rope and the 10 foundational science of reading principles.

It also provides key information on dyslexia, assessment,

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It's packed with beautiful diagrams,

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What we found is that when students learn new vocabulary in connected networks, their comprehension

grows much faster.

This is Susan Lambert and welcome to Science of Reading the podcast from Amplify.

Today we have a fantastic episode queued up that's all about knowledge building.

We're going to talk about why knowledge building is so key.

We'll discuss evidence-based strategies for knowledge building.

We'll talk about the connections between knowledge building and vocabulary building,

and we'll explore knowledge building as it pertains to supporting multilingual and English learners.

And today's guest has done some fascinating work and research in these areas. Her name is

Dr. Jackie Relia, and she's assistant professor of elementary literacy education in the College of

Education at North Carolina State University. She's also the director of the Click Lab, which stands for cultivating literacy,

inquiry, and content knowledge. In other words, we couldn't ask for a better guest for a

conversation about knowledge building. And finally, at the end of this episode, I'm going to

give you a sneak peek into a new project

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