S1-05. Connecting confidence in school and literacy development: Lois Letchford

Science of Reading: The Podcast

Amplify Education

Education, Science, How To, Social Sciences, Early Literacy, Amplify, Science Of Reading

4.5 • 642 Ratings

🗓️ 11 December 2019

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Lois Letchford, author of Reversed: A Memoir, shares personal accounts of her son’s struggles with learning how to read as well as her own in school with dyslexia. After being told by a teacher that her son was “the worst child [she’s] ever seen in [her] 25 years of teaching,” she persisted with endless patience to help her son and began writing poems to pique his interest in reading. What is he doing now? Was she successful? Quote: “Believe in your child, believe they are capable of anyth...

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0:00.0	Hi listeners, it's Susan here. Just in time for the school year, I have a brand new resource to tell you about.
0:07.0	Science of Reading, a new teacher's guide. This free e-book gives you the critical information you need,
0:13.7	including a detailed breakdown of the reading rope and the 10 foundational science of reading principles.
0:20.0	It also provides key information on dyslexia, assessment,
0:24.2	serving multilingual learners, and so much more.
0:27.4	It's packed with beautiful diagrams,
0:29.7	a perfect compliment to the podcast if I do say so myself.
0:34.0	Download your science of reading guide at amplifyplify.com slash SOR Guide.
0:40.3	What if a change in classroom practice could lead to change in reading outcomes?
0:49.3	What should reading instruction include to ensure all students have the opportunity to succeed?
0:56.2	What does cognitive science tell us about learning to read and why aren't those learnings
1:00.8	applied in our classrooms?
1:03.4	Welcome to Science of Reading the podcast.
1:06.0	I'm your host, Susan Lambert from Amplify Education.
1:09.8	Join us every two weeks as we talk with science of reading
1:12.8	experts to explore what it takes to transform our classrooms and develop confident and capable
1:19.2	readers. Today we talk with Lois Letchford, author of Reversed, a memoir. We discuss her book, which
1:26.5	documents the joint journey of her and her son,
1:29.7	who went from a failing first grade experience to successful completion of a PhD from Oxford University.
1:36.6	Our discussion centers around the sometimes desperate search for answers and accidental wins
1:41.7	that ultimately led to academic success.
1:44.6	We hope you enjoy.
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