You came to my attention recently because you had published a white paper about small group reading and, as of this recording, you've got a webinar coming up. It is truly excellent and I've shared it on Instagram and Facebook often to let people know that it's a must-have, so thanks for your part in that. There are a lot of lessons scripted out to show you examples of how things would look. It also is extremely clear and practical. What makes it great for a college or university class is that it covers all the grade levels in elementary, versus just the primary grades. I often recommend the CORE Sourcebook, but for anybody who's listening who hasn't heard of it, they should definitely look into it. I don't tell people I'm retired anymore, I say I'm unretired.Īnna Geiger: That seems to be the theme for a lot of people that I talk to on the podcast, they're never done. I also led the analyst team that reviewed teacher prep syllabi for the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ). Linda Diamond: Then I retired in 2020 and began doing some consulting for publishers, for state departments, and for policy makers that are writing legislation pertaining to reading science and structured literacy. I also launched CORE Learning, oh gosh, it must have been in 1994. I'm Linda Diamond, and I'm the author of the 'Teaching Reading Sourcebook,' also 'Assessing Reading Multiple Measures.' The Sourcebook is used in many of the universities that are doing a good job preparing teachers. Linda Diamond: Hi! Thanks for having me, Anna!Īnna Geiger: Thank you so much for taking time out of your day to talk to us about small group reading primarily, but maybe we'll touch on some other things as well.įirst, could you introduce yourself and let us know what you've done in your career? I hope that you can listen today and think about how you might be able to make some aspects of this work in your situation. She recently wrote a white paper about differentiating small group instruction from the start, versus teaching a whole group phonics lesson and then differentiating. Today, we're going to zero in on a particular topic. She's worked as a public school teacher, a principal, a director of curriculum and instruction, and more. In her long career, Linda has focused on teaching children to read, especially those with word reading difficulties like dyslexia. It covers all the grade levels, and it's used in some schools of higher education for helping their teacher candidates learn how to teach reading according to the science of reading. It's very thick, very long, very useful, and very readable about how to teach reading. Linda Diamond is a co-author of the 'Teaching Reading Sourcebook,' which is a big purple book that's fabulous. The full version also appears below.Hello, this is Anna Geiger from The Measured Mom, and today I'm speaking with Linda Diamond.

Shorter List of 100 Kindergarten Vocabulary Words

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Ask them to make a picture together to illustrate one of the vocabulary words. Use those words again and again while giving directions, making announcements, and even while saying hello and goodbye to your students! Write two of the words on the board at the beginning of the week. But with a little imagination, you can also draw or find images for adjectives such as grouchy, quick and quiet, particularly if you talk about the words and pictures together. It's straightforward to label pictures of a dog, fish and elephant. For instance, label pictures around the classroom with appropriate vocabulary and spelling words. As a former classroom teacher and home school teacher, here are my suggestions for using this huge word list for kindergarten students:

Sipps sight word list kindergarten