Together in Literacy

Join us in welcoming our special guest, Sabrina Axt. Sabrina is a practicing attorney based out of the San Francisco Bay area, and she has been for over fifteen years.  Her career and personal journey have led her to...

In this episode, we are covering all things accommodations for dyslexia. We’ll answer the following questions: What are accommodations? Why do we need accommodations? What’s the purpose of accommodations? What are the...

In this episode, we’re joined by a very special guest, Sydney Bassard. Sydney is is an ASHA-certified speech-language pathologist. She received both her B.S. in Public Health and her Master of Speech Pathology from...

In our last episode, we went deep into the Peter Effect and the importance of knowledge for educators. In this episode, we look at the Matthew Effect as it pertains to reading development in children. What is the...

Have you heard of the Peter Effect? The Peter Effect comes from a Bible story in which Peter states, “I can not give what I do not have.” Applied to the classroom, we cannot help our students without the knowledge,...

Everyone loves to play games, right? Are you using games and learning activities in your lessons with your students? In this episode, we talk about the benefits of playing games with our students, the different...

Have you ever heard of the I Do, You Do, We Do model and wondered what it was? Or maybe, you’ve heard of the Gradual Release of Responsibility Framework? In this episode, we break down the framework we use in our own...

In this episode, we’re joined by Dr. Erica Warren as we discuss working memory! Dr. Erica Warren is an educational therapist, executive function coach, writer, artist, podcaster, and the brain behind Good Sensory...

What are decodable texts? They are the reading stepping stones necessary for reading authentic text. When we’re talking about decodable texts, we are referring to passages, readers, and chapter books. And that’s...

In this special episode, we’re joined by Hope McNabb, our first-ever guest on the podcast! Hope is a brilliant college freshman and an amazing artist, who was diagnosed with dyslexia at the age of eight. Tune in as...

This episode is part two of our previous episode, Season 1. Episode 5: How Dr. Samuel Orton and Anna Gillingham’s Work Support Social-Emotional Learning. In episode five, we did a deep dive into the history of Dr....

Come along with us as we explore the incredible work of Dr. Samuel Orton and Anna Gillingham! We’ve got a lot to say, so this will be a two-part episode.  In this first part, we give a brief biography of Dr. Samuel...