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www.rootedinlanguage.com Welcome back to the Rooted in Podcast! In this episode, Rita defines sight words and explains how they have been misunderstood in the past few decades. Then, she discusses Ehri’s phases of sight words, one of the most prominent leading theories on the topic today, and shares practices that help students easily move through the phases of sight word development. Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/danijel-zambo/kindness License code: 4XXBSCMYYAZMBW1H

www.rootedinlanguage.com Welcome back to the Rooted in Podcast and part two of Rita’s conversation with her sister Jodi! In this episode, the pair discuss what they each intentionally chose to discard from their original family and how they made choices to discipline their children when they were growing up. Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/danijel-zambo/kindness License code: 4XXBSCMYYAZMBW1H

www.rootedinlanguage.com Welcome back to the Rooted in Podcast! In this two part event, Family Culture: What to Keep and What to Toss Aside, Rita is joined by her sister Jodi to recall family culture and discuss what aspects of their upbringing they have chosen to keep in their own families today and what aspects of their upbringing they have chosen not to bring forth into their own families. Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/danijel-zambo/kindness License code: 4XXBSCMYYAZMBW1H

www.rootedinlanguage.com Join us for this next episode of the Rooted in Podcast! Rita talks about important lessons learned from working out in the gym—a place that may not seem like it would be helpful for gaining literacy. But it's full of rich and deep lessons that are great for helping the struggling learner! Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/danijel-zambo/kindness License code: 4XXBSCMYYAZMBW1H

www.rootedinlanguage.com Join Rita for part 4 of the literacy series as she talks about what it means to become an independent reader and writer. Children grow through all the processes of literacy, and we support them on their journey. The ultimate goal is to have fully independent, competent, and confident readers and writers. So what does that last step look like? Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/danijel-zambo/kindness License code: 4XXBSCMYYAZMBW1H

Rita continues her discussion of the steps and layers of literacy with this next stone: the gaining literacy stage. Learn about what it means to help students consolidate their knowledge as they move from understanding individual language elements to being readers and writers. Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/danijel-zambo/kindness License code: 4XXBSCMYYAZMBW1H

Rooted in Podcast S4E4 Early Literacy: Be Your Child's Best Teacher Rita continues her discussion of literacy as she delves into the nex stage: early literacy. She discusses what is important at this stage of learning, as well as how Rooted in Language can help you. Rita discusses the role of Pinwheels in this critical stage of learning. Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/danijel-zambo/kindness License code: 4XXBSCMYYAZMBW1H

Pre Literacy: Parents Make A Difference Rita talks about the importance of pre literacy. Learn about the role of the parent in this crucial process and how Rooted in Language can help you get your child on the right path. Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/danijel-zambo/kindness License code: 4XXBSCMYYAZMBW1H

Welcome to our new podcast series! Take a dive into our continuing education and learn about what we're learning. In this second episode, Claire talks about the concept of World Englishes and the global diversity of English. She discusses this in relation to the role of the home educator in creating individualized learning for the student. Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/danijel-zambo/kindness License code: 4XXBSCMYYAZMBW1H

Welcome to our new podcast series! Take a dive into our continuing education and learn about what we're learning. In this first episode, Claire talks about what it means to be a linguist and how linguistics is a big part of Rooted in Language. Listen for a glimpse into the world of language scientists. Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/danijel-zambo/kindness License code: 4XXBSCMYYAZMBW1H

Rita sits down with her friend Maria Mingo to discuss the difficult conversations we face as parents and educators. Maria talks about the everyday challenges that come with raising children of color around difficult times and difficult conversations. They examine the importance of connecting with others, recognizing the trials that others may face, and embracing diversity so that it becomes our new normal.

www.RootedinLanguage.com Check out this great resource, mentioned in the podcast: https://www.nytimes.com/column/whats-going-on-in-this-graph Rita talks with Rachel Slezak, a math and science teacher from Nashville, TN who specializes in support education. They discuss the risks of "summer slide" and some great activities to combat the loss of knowledge and mastery that students experience between school years. Read the related blog, "Slide into Summer", available at https://www.rootedinlanguage.com/blog/2020/6/13/slide-into-summer

Rita meets with a local teacher to discuss the "new normal" of home learning. Katie Elam is a middle school English Language Arts teacher in Centerville, OH who is experiencing a new way of teaching as all education has moved home. Rita and Katie discuss how to inspire deep, rich reading and writing when learning is online, over video chat, and through email. Listen in for reading and writing suggestions, tips for home learning, and inspiration to keep your home learning moving forward. For more information and ideas, visit our website at www.rootedinlanguage.com.

Do you ever wonder how much language arts you should be teaching at once? How much is too much? Or too little? Sit down with the Rooted Crew as they discuss how to tailor language arts to the student—making it effective and engaging in the process. Join them for the third segment of this 3-part series discussing the different language arts levels and how to think proportionately to achieve the most effective growth. Make your language arts teaching based on your learner! Read the accompanying blog on our website, at www.rootedinlanguage.com/blog

Do you ever wonder how much language arts you should be teaching at once? How much is too much? Or too little? Sit down with the Rooted Crew as they discuss how to tailor language arts to the student—making it effective and engaging in the process. Join them for the second segment of this 3-part series discussing the different language arts levels and how to think proportionately to achieve the most effective growth. Make your language arts teaching based on your learner! Read the accompanying blog on our website, at www.rootedinlanguage.com/blog

From www.RootedinLanguage.com Do you ever wonder how much language arts you should be teaching at once? How much is too much? Or too little? Sit down with the Rooted Crew as they discuss how to tailor language arts to the student—making it effective and engaging in the process. Join them for the first segment of this 3-part series discussing the different language arts levels and how to think proportionately to achieve the most effective growth. Make your language arts teaching based on your learner! Visit our website for more great ideas, content, products, and classes.

The Rooted Crew is joined again by Jodi Weber from University of Georgia. They finish up this season of Deep Learning by discussing Jodi's work with Instructional Conversation. Listen in to learn about the importance of conversation in learning and how creating a product is the key to deep comprehension and life-long love of learning!

Rita and Claire continue the Season 2 deep learning discussion with a student story! Rita tells the efforts and results from one of her students as he moves through learning high level writing. Successful writing is based in carefully practiced skills and deep understanding of the writing process--understanding that only comes from ongoing experience with explicit guidance. As educators, it is our job to guide students using shared writing strategies. Rita and Claire talk about how to provide perspective and approaches that inspire deep learning and deep understanding. For more strategies, ideas, materials, and classes, visit RootedinLanguage.com.

Join the whole Rooted Crew while they discuss some of their experiences with failure. They embrace and power and impact of failure and how to keep it productive, not destructive. Every failure has potential and the Rooted Crew talks about how to capitalize on those to use them for good. Visit at www.rootedinlanguage.com for more great ideas!

The Rooted Crew kicks off the new year with Season 2, Episode 3. It is a time of reflection and thought, and a perfect opportunity for some self analysis. Rita tells her own personal story as she moves through a series of reflection questions meant to guide educator success.