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Rethinking reading comprehension with Brent Conway

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TRT Podcast #121: Rethinking reading comprehension with Brent Conway

I had quite a few misunderstandings about reading comprehension when I was a balanced literacy teacher. Today I talk with Brent Conway, a former principal and current assistant superintendent, about how to rethink reading comprehension.

 

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Resources mentioned in this episode

  • Wit & Wisdom knowledge building curriculum
  • The Reading Comprehension Blueprint, by Nancy Hennessy
  • The Knowledge Gap, by Natalie Wexler
  • The baseball experiment
  • The Three Shifts (Achieve the Core)
  • Reading as Liberation: An Examination of the Research Base, by lead writers Sue Pimentel & Meredith Liben
  • Tim Shanahan on Literacy
  • SMARTER Intervention

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Filed Under: Podcast, Comprehension, Science of reading, Structured literacy Tagged With: third grade, kindergarten, Pre-K, first grade, second grade

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12 Comments

  1. kelley schrott

    May 1, 2023 at 10:46 am

    Thank you for this . I completely agree about the Fountas and Pinnell assessment. However, I missed what assessment he uses instead? I would love to know! Thanks

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    • Anna Geiger

      May 6, 2023 at 6:00 am

      I’m not sure what his state assessment is, but you can reach out to him here! 🙂
      https://curriculummatters.org/profile/brent-conway/

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  2. Allison

    April 28, 2023 at 4:03 pm

    This episode was great. Is there anyway to find out the specific research that talked about how the BAS was wrong predicting reading success /comprehension on four out of five students tested?

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    • Anna Geiger

      April 30, 2023 at 12:48 pm

      Great question, Allison! I would reach out directly to Brent to ask if this has been published. Here is his information: https://curriculummatters.org/profile/brent-conway/

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