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.

Download your science of reading guide at amplify.com.com slash S-O-R guide.

Hi all, Susan here. Thank you so much for helping Science of Reading the podcast

reach over 2 million downloads. We couldn't have done it without you listening and spreading the word about the

show. Over the next few weeks, while we're hard at work on something special for season six,

we're featuring four of our favorite episodes from our first five seasons. To start things off,

we want to share an episode from our very first season with Dr. Jackie Barber,

now Director Emerita of the Learning Design Group at UC Berkeley's Lawrence Hall of Science.

This episode focuses on the important relationship between reading and other content areas,

in this case, science.

Building broad background knowledge and associated

vocabulary is important for reading comprehension. Listen in as Jackie talks about how she discovered

that literacy and content need to be partners. Without further ado, here's my conversation with

Jackie Barber.

Well, Jackie, welcome and thank you so much for joining us today.

Thank you for inviting me, Susan.

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