Hosted by Jennifer Burns · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 11 episodes
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Welcome to the Building a Reader Podcast, your go-to for teaching the youngest learners the joy of reading. Designed for the kindergarten, first grade and homeschool teachers, this show focuses on how to help you say, "Let me show you how this works." So you can engage the youngest students in phonics, phonemic awareness and reading in a way that results in what I like to call, "No teacher needed." Join me as I dive into effective, research based, student focused teaching. You'll be looking at your student(s) and interacting with them more confidently. Your students will want to come to reading.Tune in to discover:*Techniques for enhancing phonics and phonemic awareness*Engaging reading interventions for kindergarten and first graders*Strategies for creating an authentic reading environmentReady to transform your teaching? Subscribe to our email list for exclusive resources, check out my book for deeper insights, check out my online courses and join our membership for Build
Jennifer Burns hosts Building a Reader, a education show with 11 episodes published.
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Are your students stuck in a reading rut? In this episode, we explore how expanding text formats—not just genres—can unlock engagement, reduce boredom, and create richer reading opportunities for all learners. Use your s
In this episode of Building a Reader, I'll share one powerful question every teacher should ask when making instructional decisions: “What evidence do you have?” Consider how your notes can help you to indicate one-off b
When a student struggles to read a word, it’s easy to jump to conclusions or offer surface-level solutions. But what if we paused and asked why—not just once, but five times? In this episode of Building a Reader, we expl
What do learning to read and playing basketball have in common? In this episode of Building a Reader, we explore how reading involves much more than just phonics and sight words—just like basketball involves more than sh
Are your students slowing down or stumbling when they encounter long, multisyllabic words? In this episode of Building a Reader, literacy consultant Jennifer unpacks what it really means when students struggle with readi
As the school year wraps up, it's time to go beyond reading levels and reflect on what really matters: how our young readers have grown. In this episode of Building a Reader, Jennifer guides you through the three essenti
I love scaffolds. They send students into action taking mode. If taught intentionally, they send the message, "You are the kind of kid who can figure this out." Help students to become action-takers with... 1. Letters 2.
Teaching kindergarteners can be confusing and old techniques of drill and skill and flashcards can be minimally effective. When teachers, Megan and Danielle, joined the Building Kindergarten Readers training and started
In this episode we'll consider the mindset of the learners that you teach. Some of them seem to approach learning with an open mind and others do not. Today we'll talk about the four categories that helped me to reconsid
I search for Where's Waldo by looking left to right, top to bottom - because I am a reader. I have reading eyes. Learning letters and words is hindered by the way a child looks and hears. If they look and hear randomly w
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