In this podcast episode, Katie Egan Cunningham, Jan Burkins, and Kari Yates, the authors of Shifting the Balance: 6 Ways to Bring the Science of Reading into the Upper Elementary Classroom. This much-awaited sequel to the first Shifting the Balance book introduces six more shifts for elementary teachers. In this episode, the authors discuss the sixth new shift, which is about reimagining independent practice in the literacy classroom. They talk about how children become active readers and the...

In this podcast episode, Katie Egan Cunningham, Jan Burkins, and Kari Yates, the authors of Shifting the Balance: 6 Ways to Bring the Science of Reading into the Upper Elementary Classroom. This much-awaited sequel to the first Shifting the Balance book introduces six more shifts for elementary teachers. In this episode, the authors discuss the fifth new shift, which invites teachers to revisit their fluency instruction. They talk about decoding skills, the relationship between silent reading...

In this podcast episode, Katie Egan Cunningham, Jan Burkins, and Kari Yates, the authors of Shifting the Balance: 6 Ways to Bring the Science of Reading into the Upper Elementary Classroom. This much-awaited sequel to the first Shifting the Balance book introduces six more shifts for elementary teachers. In this episode, the authors discuss the fourth new shift, which addresses reclaiming the role of word recognition instruction in the upper elementary grades. They talk about the false...

In this podcast episode, Katie Egan Cunningham, Jan Burkins, and Kari Yates, the authors of Shifting the Balance: 6 Ways to Bring the Science of Reading into the Upper Elementary Classroom. This much-awaited sequel to the first Shifting the Balance book introduces six more shifts for elementary teachers. In this episode, the authors discuss the third new shift, which involves recommitting to vocabulary instruction. They talk about the roles of implicit and explicit vocabulary instruction and...

In this podcast episode, Katie Egan Cunningham, Jan Burkins, and Kari Yates, the authors of Shifting the Balance: 6 Ways to Bring the Science of Reading into the Upper Elementary Classroom discuss the second new shift, which involves rethinking the way we teach comprehension strategies. They unpack two important misunderstandings about strategy instruction in light of reading research. They suggest that a few strategic moves are sufficient for readers, and they encourage teachers to make...

In this podcast, Katie Egan Cunningham, Jan Burkins, and Kari Yates, the authors of Shifting the Balance: 6 Ways to Bring the Science of Reading into the Upper Elementary Classroom. This much-awaited sequel to the first Shifting the Balance book introduces six more shifts for elementary teachers. In this episode, the authors discuss the first new shift: building knowledge. They explore the role that knowledge plays in reading comprehension and why content area instruction is so important....

In this podcast, Katie Egan Cunningham, Jan Burkins, and Kari Yates discuss the background and origin of their new book, Shifting the Balance 3-5: 6 Ways to Bring the Science of Reading into the Upper Elementary Classroom. This much-awaited sequel to the K-2 book introduces six more shifts for elementary teachers. In this conversation, Katie, Jan, and Kari talk about the vulnerability and riskiness involved with writing the book and the six commitments they made to the work and to each other....

In today's episode, Jan, Kari and Dan discuss the sixth shift: Reconsidering Texts for Beginning Readers LINKS Shifting the Balance: 6 Ways to Bring the Science of Reading into the Balance Literacy Classroom https://www.stenhouse.com/content/shifting-balance thesixshifts.com Follow Jan  @drjanburkins / drjanburkins.com . Follow Kari  @Kari_Yates

In our sixth episode, Jan, Kari and Dan discuss the fifth shift: Reinventing the Ways We Use MSV. LINKS Shifting the Balance: 6 Ways to Bring the Science of Reading into the Balance Literacy Classroom https://www.stenhouse.com/content/shifting-balance thesixshifts.com Follow Jan  @drjanburkins / drjanburkins.com . Follow Kari  @Kari_Yates

In our fifth episode, Jan, Kari and Dan discuss the fourth shift: Revising High-Frequency Word Instruction. LINKS Shifting the Balance: 6 Ways to Bring the Science of Reading into the Balance Literacy Classroom https://www.stenhouse.com/content/shifting-balance thesixshifts.com Follow Jan  @drjanburkins / drjanburkins.com . Follow Kari  @Kari_Yates

In our fourth episode, Jan, Kari and Dan discuss the third shift: Reimagining the Way We Teach Phonics LINKS Shifting the Balance: 6 Ways to Bring the Science of Reading into the Balance Literacy Classroom https://www.stenhouse.com/content/shifting-balance thesixshifts.com Follow Jan  @drjanburkins / drjanburkins.com . Follow Kari  @Kari_Yates

In our third episode, Jan, Kari and Dan discuss the second shift: Recommitting to Phonemic Awareness Instruction LINKS Shifting the Balance: 6 Ways to Bring the Science of Reading into the Balance Literacy Classroom https://www.stenhouse.com/content/shifting-balance thesixshifts.com Follow Jan  @drjanburkins / drjanburkins.com . Follow Kari  @Kari_Yates

In our second episode, Jan, Kari and Dan dig in to the first shift: Rethinking How Reading Comprehension Begins. LINKS Shifting the Balance: 6 Ways to Bring the Science of Reading into the Balance Literacy Classroom https://www.stenhouse.com/content/shifting-balance thesixshifts.com Follow Jan  @drjanburkins / drjanburkins.com . Follow Kari  @Kari_Yates

Based on their book, Shifting the Balance, Jan Burkins and Kari Yates address misconceptions that have discouraged educators from incorporating the science of reading into the balanced literacy classroom. Shifting the Balance: 6 Ways to Bring the Science of Reading into the Balanced Literacy Classroom https://amzn.to/2O5pQFV Jan: @DrJanBurkins / www.drjanburkins.com Kari: @Kari_Yates www.thesixshifts.com