Melissa & Lori Love Literacy ™
Hosted by Lori and Melissa · Supported by Great Minds
4.8from 541 ratings
- 347
- Episodes
- 112
- Transcribed
- 541
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2019
- First episode
- 108K
- YouTube views
About Melissa & Lori Love Literacy ™
Melissa & Lori Love Literacy® is a science of reading podcast for teachers who want to understand how reading really works and what that means for classroom instruction.Each month, Melissa & Lori explore topics in reading instruction by talking with researchers, authors, and classroom teachers who are bringing reading research into their classrooms.Melissa & Lori are like the teachers next door, now behind the mic. They learn alongside listeners and ask the same questions educators everywhere are asking: What does the research say about reading? What does strong literacy instruction actually look like in real classrooms? Through these conversations, the podcast helps bridge the gap between reading research and day-to-day teaching.Episodes explore topics including phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, comprehension, writing, spelling, reading intervention, and other key areas of structured literacy instruction.Melissa & Lori help teachers think through what reading research can look like in their own classrooms.
- Publisher
- Supported by Great Minds
- Category
- education · education · education
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 26 Apr 2019
- Latest episode
- 18 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
112 of 347 episodes have a transcript.
18 Sept 2026
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Routines for Differentiating Phonics Instruction with Wiley Blevins
28 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
Research-Backed Spelling Routines That Work with Brennan Chandler
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Routines for Differentiating Phonics Instruction with Wiley Blevins
Published 11 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And then I have some challenge words. Like I said, rain, train, training, retraining. And all the children love the challenge words. Even though I'm not holding many of them accountable, but they get such a thrill out of, can we figure out these big words? But it's an opportunity for me to talk about some prefixes or spelling changes. Or if you're really thoughtful about the challenge words, maybe you're focusing on just adding prefixes to this lesson or just adding suffixes with a particular spelling change, then you can have an instructional moment. And that's what I think about during these lessons is what are my instructional moments? […]
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See plansWho has been a guest on Melissa & Lori Love Literacy ™
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- Julia Lindsey
- Wiley Blevins
- Brennan Chandler
- Richard Gentry
- J Richard Gentry
Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 108,474
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.8 / 5
- 449 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.9 / 5
- 92 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 87 / 100
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- 100
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 86
- Engagement
- 99
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Who hosts Melissa & Lori Love Literacy ™?
Lori and Melissa host the show. Published by Supported by Great Minds.
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