S7 E10: From football to phonics with Malcolm Mitchell

Science of Reading: The Podcast

Amplify Education

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

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🗓️ 23 August 2023

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Growing up, Malcolm Mitchell considered reading and academics as a bare minimum means to get to play football. While his journey with football led to playing in the NFL, the work he is most proud of today is his literacy work and his own journey of learning to love reading, advocating for literacy, and writing children's books. In this conversation with Susan Lambert at the 2023 Plain Talk Conference—where Malcolm was the keynote speaker—Malcolm dives into his own process of teaching himself ...

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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.
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0:13.7	including a detailed breakdown of the reading rope and the 10 foundational science of reading principles.
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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 amplify.com.com slash S-O-R guide.
0:44.5	This is Susan Lambert, and welcome to Science of Reading the podcast from Amplify, where the
0:51.4	science of reading lives. With our seventh season coming to an end, and with the NFL season right around the corner,
0:59.4	it's time to share a very special conversation with you all.
1:03.7	Back at the Plain Talk conference, I sat down one-on-one with Super Bowl-winning wide receiver,
1:10.1	Malcolm Mitchell. He got it away and Bowl-winning wide receiver Malcolm Mitchell.
1:11.1	Third and eight, Brady, got it away and completed it.
1:13.7	This is Malcolm Mitchell for the touchdown.
1:16.6	When I scored a touchdown, they need to probably put my name in a newspaper.
1:21.0	People probably tell me good job all around town.
1:25.0	But when I finished one book, no one ever said anything. So which one
1:29.4	am I more likely to repeat? Right. Which one you're more proud of now, though?
1:34.2	Up reading. After playing for the New England Patriots, Mitchell retired from the NFL in 2019.
1:41.5	By that point, he'd already authored a children's book and became an advocate for youth
1:47.1	literacy. But Mitchell himself wasn't always a confident reader. I'm in my English 1102 class
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