Season 3, Episode 2: Dr. Freddy Hiebert on Vocab + Decodable Texts + MORE!
🎙️ VOCAB ISSUES! | Dr. Freddy Hiebert | On the Road to Literacy Success | Season 3, Episode 2
Are we making vocabulary instruction more complicated than it needs to be? And are some of our longstanding instructional practices actually limiting students' opportunities to become skilled readers?
🚐 In this episode of On the Road to Literacy Success, Dr. Staci Bain welcomes renowned literacy researcher Dr. Elfrieda (Freddy) Hiebert for a conversation about vocabulary, text complexity, word recognition, and the research that should be informing literacy instruction.
📚 Together, we explore some BIG questions:
🔹 Are we teaching vocabulary in ways that actually support reading comprehension?
🔹 What does research tell us about how students acquire vocabulary through reading?
🔹 How do text selection, word frequency, and repeated exposure influence reading development?
🔹 Are traditional vocabulary lists and isolated word instruction giving students what they need?
🔹 How can teachers integrate vocabulary, word recognition, and comprehension into cohesive Tier 1 literacy instruction? This conversation challenges educators to look beyond familiar routines and think critically about how we design literacy experiences for ALL students.
🙋🏼♀️ Whether you're a classroom teacher, instructional coach, principal, or district leader, this episode offers research-informed perspectives to help strengthen the literacy instruction happening in your schools. Less instructional fragmentation. More coherence. Better opportunities for students to become skilled readers and thinkers. Check out Dr. Hiebert's TEXT PROJECT site for innumerable goodies.
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