Best Practices in Education Odyssey School

Part 6- Putting it All Together with Writing! In this series we have discussed all of the elements of learning to read and building comprehension through knowledge building. We put all this together in our writing! In this episode I am joined again by my team teacher, Rebekah Walker. You will learn how we teach students to write as they learn. Students start at the sentence level and end up writing 5 paragraph essays in first grade! Support the Show.

Part 5- Project Based Learning and Knowledge BuildingWe know that comprehension is built with knowledge building curriculum. We love building knowledge! One really fun way to build knowledge is through project based learning. In this episode Master Teacher, Carly Penny talks about her experience with project based learning and how it builds knowledge! Support the Show.

Part 4- Comprehension Through Knowledge Building Curriculum with Equity in Mind! The science of reading has taught us that students build comprehension through knowledge building. We went searching for a knowledge building curriculum that we wanted to use. In our search, we made equity a high priority. We strongly believe in decolonizing history. We want to give our students a world view that celebrates all cultures. That search led us to Fishtank Learning! ...

Part 3- Phonics and Intervention with UFLIEvery good science of reading program needs a strong phonics program that is explicit and systematic. It also requires intervention work. In this episode, we discuss how we use UFLI as a tool to teach phonics according to the science of reading and Orton-Gillingham methods. We also talk about how we use small group interventions to help support struggling readers. This episode will be helpful for anyone looking for ways to imp...

In the second episode in our series on the Science of Reading we discuss assessment. Odyssey moved away from Fountas and Pinnell assessment and adopted Acadience this year! The difference has been amazing! Please enjoy listening to us explain why and how it works! Use this link to learn more about Acadience Learning. https://acadiencelearning.org/Support the Show.

Odyssey Elementary Director Robin Skeen takes on a six part series of the science of reading and how it can be applied in the classroom and beyond. Part 1 is an introduction and overview of the program. Support the Show.