Trostle Talk Index
Professional Learning Tidbits for Teachers
Episode Guide
Check out Archerisms at Kickboxing - a series of shorts about Dr. Archer's Explicit Instruction wisdom
Episode 2: Subtypes of Readers
Episode 3: How do I find the reading level of my students?
Episode 4: The Reading Rope - Word Recognition
Episode 5: The Reading Rope - Phonological Awareness
Episode 6: The Reading Rope - Decoding
Episode 7: The Reading Rope - Sight Recognition
Episode 8: The Reading Rope - Background Knowledge
Episode 9: The Reading Rope - Vocabulary
Episode 10: The Reading Rope - Language Structures
Episode 11: The Reading Rope - Verbal Reasoning
Episode 12: The Reading Rope - Literacy Knowledge
Episode 13: Instructional Routines - Elkonin Boxes Basics
Episode 14: Instructional Routines - Elkonin Boxes Phoneme Grapheme Mapping
Episode 15: Instructional Routines - Elkonin Boxes Morphemes
Episode 16: Instructional Routines - Scrambled Sentences
Episode 17: Instructional Routines - Sentence Expansion
Episode 18: Instructional Routines - Blending Lines
Episode 19: Teaching the Word Recognition Strands
Episode 20: Instructional Routines - Morpheme Trees
Episode 21: Instructional Routines - Itty Bitty Books
Episode 22: Rethinking Time Allocations
Episode 23: Rethinking Time Allocations: Focus on Flex
Episode 24: coming soon!
Episode 25: coming soon!
Episode 26: Morphemes: Why bother?
Episode 27: Morphemes: Finding a common vocabulary
Episode 28: Why do some children write backwards?
Episode 29: A simple way to increase equity in your class
Episode 30: Increase equity in your classroom using choral responses
Episode 31: Increase equity in your classroom using structured partners
Episode 32: Vocabulary Routine
Episode 33: Benefits and Cautions of AI in Education
Episode 34: Chat GPT Supports Vocabulary Instruction
Episode 35: IES Practice Guides
Episode 36: Letter Names or Letter Sounds: What should I teach first?
Episode 37: Notebook LM Synthesizes the Research: Letter Names and Letter Sounds
Episode 38: Coming soon
Episode 39: Focus on Flashcards
Episode 40: The 13 Elements that Support Learning
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