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Melissa & Lori Love Literacy ®

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Melissa & Lori Love Literacy® is a podcast for teachers. The hosts are your classroom-next-door teacher friends turned podcasters learning with you. Episodes feature top literacy experts and teachers who are putting the science of reading into practice. Melissa & Lori bridge the gap between the latest research and your day-to-day teaching.

#324

Making Sentences Make Sense with Nancy Hennessy and Julia Salamone

Episode 241 Nancy Hennessy and Julia Salamone discuss the often-overlooked topic of syntax... more

05 Dec 2025

56 MINS

56:24

05 Dec 2025

#323

Placing Text at the Center of the Primary Classroom with Meghan Hein

Episode 240 Primary teacher Meghan Hein shares how she keeps the text front and center of ... more

21 Nov 2025

40 MINS

40:00

21 Nov 2025

#322

[Listen Again] Placing Text at the Center of the ELA Classroom (Updated)

Episode 37 The article Placing Text at the Center of the Standards-Aligned ELA Classroom ... more

14 Nov 2025

59 MINS

59:19

14 Nov 2025

#321

Helping Students Read Entire Books with Doug Lemov, Colleen Driggs, and Erica Woolway

Episode 239 Experts Doug Lemov, Colleen Driggs, and Erica Woolway join Melissa & Lori to ... more

07 Nov 2025

53 MINS

53:47

07 Nov 2025

#320

Why Morphology Matters for Word Reading and More with Melissa Orkin and Alex Osburn

Episode 238 What if the “secret sauce” to reading big words isn’t just syllables, but als... more

24 Oct 2025

1 HR 09 MINS

1:09:42

24 Oct 2025

#319

Research-Based Routines for Multisyllabic Word Reading with Jessica Toste and Brennan Chandler

Episode 237 Teachers know the challenge: students hit multisyllabic words and suddenly re... more

10 Oct 2025

1 HR 00 MINS

1:00:02

10 Oct 2025

#318

Reading Interventions for Upper Elementary with Catlin Goodrow

Episode 236 Catlin Goodrow discusses her role as a literacy coach and interventionist for ... more

26 Sep 2025

43 MINS

43:06

26 Sep 2025

#317

How to Make Every Intervention More Effective with Matt Burns

Episode 235 Matt Burns discusses effective interventions for students struggling with lear... more

12 Sep 2025

45 MINS

45:08

12 Sep 2025

#316

Making Sense of Reading Assessments with Michelle Hosp

Episode 234 Michelle Hosp joins us to break down the different types of literacy assessme... more

29 Aug 2025

53 MINS

53:54

29 Aug 2025

#315

Kindergarten Intervention That Gets Results

Episode 233 In this episode, we sit down with speech-language pathologist Linsey Jones, w... more

15 Aug 2025

45 MINS

45:58

15 Aug 2025

#314

MTSS for Reading Improvement with Stephanie Stollar and Sarah Brown

Episode 232 We know MTSS can feel like one more acronym and maybe one more thing on your p... more

01 Aug 2025

52 MINS

52:51

01 Aug 2025

#313

Scaffolding Challenging Texts for All Readers with Christina Cover

Episode 231 Working with students who struggle to make sense of complex texts? You’re not ... more

18 Jul 2025

46 MINS

46:32

18 Jul 2025

#312

The Power of Text Sets with Freddy Hiebert

Bonus Episode In this episode, Melissa and Lori sit down with Freddy Hiebert, founder of T... more

11 Jul 2025

39 MINS

39:49

11 Jul 2025

#311

What the Research Says about Difficult Texts with Kristin Conradi Smith, John Strong, & Steve Amendu...

Episode 230 In this episode, we discuss <a href='https://ila.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/a... more

04 Jul 2025

52 MINS

52:34

04 Jul 2025

#310

Making Words Stick with Molly Ness and Katie Pace MIles

Episode 229 In this episode, Katie Pace Miles and Molly Ness define and explain orthograph... more

20 Jun 2025

51 MINS

51:01

20 Jun 2025

#309

Helping Students Read Multisyllabic Words with Devin Kearns

Episode 228 If you’ve ever wondered how to help your students decode longer words, this e... more

06 Jun 2025

53 MINS

53:03

06 Jun 2025

#308

Revisiting Fluency Instruction and Assessment with Jan Hasbrouck

Episode 227 In this episode, Jan Hasbrouck discusses the critical components of reading fl... more

30 May 2025

53 MINS

53:58

30 May 2025

#307

[Listen Again] Building Fluency with POSSUM with Maryanne Wolf and Melissa Orkin

Episode 211 from December 6, 2024 Fluency is a crucial aspect of reading. It involves auto... more

23 May 2025

50 MINS

50:12

23 May 2025

#306

First Steps to Fluency: How Young Learners Become Independent Readers with Virginia Quinn Mooney

Episode 226 In this episode, Virginia discusses the importance of fluency in K-2 grades, e... more

16 May 2025

39 MINS

39:05

16 May 2025

#305

A Classroom Fluency Protocol That Works with Aaron Grossman

Episode 225 How do we turn fluency instruction into something engaging, meaningful, and ef... more

09 May 2025

36 MINS

36:10

09 May 2025

#304

[Listen Again] Readers' Theater: Easy, Effective, & FUN! with Chase Young

Episode 209 from November 8, 2024 Chase Young discusses the implementation of Reader's The... more

06 May 2025

50 MINS

50:57

06 May 2025

#303

Exploring the Research Behind Paired Oral Reading with Jake Downs

Episode 224 Helping students become fluent, confident readers isn’t always easy—especiall... more

02 May 2025

51 MINS

51:18

02 May 2025

#302

[LISTEN AGAIN] Language Variations and Teaching Reading with Julie Washington

Episode 151 (from June 23, 2023) How Language Variations Shape Literacy Language and read... more

25 Apr 2025

46 MINS

46:51

25 Apr 2025

#301

Effective Reading Instruction for Multilingual Learners (And Why It Works for Everyone)

Episode 223 Antonio Fierro and Gabi Bell Jimenez break down the essentials of teaching En... more

18 Apr 2025

1 HR 07 MINS

1:07:20

18 Apr 2025

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#324

Making Sentences Make Sense with Nancy Hennessy and Julia Salamone

#323

Placing Text at the Center of the Primary Classroom with Meghan Hein

#322

[Listen Again] Placing Text at the Center of the ELA Classroom (Updated)

#321

Helping Students Read Entire Books with Doug Lemov, Colleen Driggs, and Erica Woolway

#320

Why Morphology Matters for Word Reading and More with Melissa Orkin and Alex Osburn

#319

Research-Based Routines for Multisyllabic Word Reading with Jessica Toste and Brennan Chandler

#318

Reading Interventions for Upper Elementary with Catlin Goodrow

#317

How to Make Every Intervention More Effective with Matt Burns

#316

Making Sense of Reading Assessments with Michelle Hosp

#315

Kindergarten Intervention That Gets Results

#314

MTSS for Reading Improvement with Stephanie Stollar and Sarah Brown

#313

Scaffolding Challenging Texts for All Readers with Christina Cover

#312

The Power of Text Sets with Freddy Hiebert

#311

What the Research Says about Difficult Texts with Kristin Conradi Smith, John Strong, & Steve Amendu...

#310

Making Words Stick with Molly Ness and Katie Pace MIles

#309

Helping Students Read Multisyllabic Words with Devin Kearns

#308

Revisiting Fluency Instruction and Assessment with Jan Hasbrouck

#307

[Listen Again] Building Fluency with POSSUM with Maryanne Wolf and Melissa Orkin

#306

First Steps to Fluency: How Young Learners Become Independent Readers with Virginia Quinn Mooney

#305

A Classroom Fluency Protocol That Works with Aaron Grossman

#304

[Listen Again] Readers' Theater: Easy, Effective, & FUN! with Chase Young

#303

Exploring the Research Behind Paired Oral Reading with Jake Downs

#302

[LISTEN AGAIN] Language Variations and Teaching Reading with Julie Washington

#301

Effective Reading Instruction for Multilingual Learners (And Why It Works for Everyone)