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

Science of Reading, a new teacher's guide. This free e-book gives you the critical information you need,

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

It also provides key information on dyslexia, assessment,

serving multilingual learners, and so much more.

It's packed with beautiful diagrams,

a perfect compliment to the podcast if I do say so myself.

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Just because a skill is not mastered doesn't always mean it has to be addressed in a small group setting.

This is Susan Lambert and welcome to Science of Reading the podcast, brought to you by Amplify.

On this episode, we're continuing our season seven theme of tackling the hard stuff by taking on another topic that listeners have asked about, how to best use small group instruction.

So on this episode, we're going deep into the research on whole and small group instruction. We'll explore some common

misconceptions and spend plenty of time on best practices. Our expert guide for this topic is

Jamie Peevler, co-director and full-time instructor in the Reading Science Graduate Program at Mount St. Joseph University.

After seeing Jamie present about small group instruction, I knew she'd be the perfect guest to discuss the research on this topic and share tips for using group instruction more effectively.

Here's my conversation with Jamie Peebler.

Well, Jamie, thank you so much for joining us on today's episode.

Happy to be here.

We would love if you'd start out by telling our listeners just a little bit about yourself,

how did you manage to get on a science of reading journey, all those things about you?

Well, my science of reading journey actually started in 2002, and it's not the same as what a lot

of other teachers experienced, where they had this awakening, you know, that they didn't know

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