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If we're not attentive to fluency, we're pouring water into a leaky bucket.

Because it's such a simple task, we don't realize its consequences, and its consequences are very far-reaching.

This is Susan Lambert, and welcome back to season 10 of Science of Reading the podcast from

Amplify.

I hope you enjoyed the latest Science of Reading Essentials episode on dyslexia.

If you haven't listened yet, it's available right in our feed.

But now we're on to episode three in our season-long deep dive into comprehension.

So far, we've explored the simple view of reading and orthographic mapping.

On this episode, we're focusing on another prerequisite to reading comprehension, fluency.

My guest is Doug Lamov, former teacher and school principal, and author of Teach Like

a Champion.

In July, he published his latest book with Colleen Driggs and Erica Woolway titled The Teach

Like a Champion Guide to the Science of Reading. This book has an entire chapter on fluency, and that's what we'll dive into today.

By the way, midway through the conversation, you'll hear Doug reference a video of a teacher in the UK.

If you want to check it out, we've got a link right in the show notes.

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