S4 E2: Inferences in the Early Years with Dr. Jen O'Sullivan
This week, Kate Winn welcomes Irish educator and researcher Dr. Jen O’Sullivan to explore how young children develop the ability to make inferences and how educators can explicitly support this essential skill. From playful, practical strategies to research-backed insights, this episode is packed with ideas to bring inferencing to life in the early years.
Mentioned in the Episode:
The Game by Henry Charles Ten Bears and Shoshannah Greene
RAND Reading Study Group (2002)
Oakhill and Cain (2012) study on inference and comprehension
Tighe and Schatschneider (2014) study on predictors of reading comprehension
Hall et al. (2019) study on inference instruction with English language learners
Jen O’Sullivan’s Substack
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S4 E1: thinkSRSD 101 with Dr. Leslie Laud
Buckle up - it's the Season 4 premiere of Reading Road Trip! Host Kate Winn kicks off the new season with Dr. Leslie Laud of thinkSRSD for a lively and practical conversation about transforming writing instruction. From kindergarten to high school, discover how this evidence-based approach is scaling across classrooms, building confidence, reducing teacher workload, and aligning beautifully with Canadian curricula.
Links Mentioned in this Episode:
Cedar School Decodables by Strong Nations Publishing
thinkSRSD
CommonLit
ONlit.org thinkSRSD resources: Getting Started with thinkSRSD and Grade 3 thinkSRSD-inspired POWeR Cycles
thinkSRSD Facebook Group
thinkSRSD Canadian Facebook Group
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Season 4 Coming June 30!
Buckle up - Reading Road Trip is back for a fourth season!
Join classroom teacher Kate Winn for a jam-packed season featuring fabulous guests. From researchers and authors to educators and practitioners, they're all sharing practical ideas that can be implemented now in your class, school, board or district!
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Surprise! Special Bonus Episode: Kate & Una Share Road Bumps and Refuels
For this surprise bonus episode, buckle up and join Kate Winn and Una Malcolm for a candid conversation about all things reading! Kate and Una share their "road bumps" and "refuels" along the road to reading for all.
Stay tuned for Season 4 of Reading Road Trip this summer where we'll bring another carload of fabulous guests along for the ride.
Keen to explore some of the resources Kate and Una mentioned in the episode?
Kate's UFLI in Ontario Kindergarten document, co-authored with Dr. Holly Lane and Dr. Valentina Contesse
Season 3 Episode 1 of Reading Road Trip featured Dr. Anita Archer and Dr. Sonia Cabell
SISEP and NIRN host the Active Implementation Formula Framework Modules
IDA's Perspectives on Language and Literacy has an issue focused on implementation
Dr. Stephanie Stollar has an active Facebook page and leads the Reading Science Academy
ONlit's Screening: The Reel Deal is a series of short videos addressing common questions about early reading screening
Dr. Diana Burchell was a guest on Season 1 Episode 9, and Dr. Steve Graham joined us for Episode 9 of Season 2
Mount St. Joseph University offers access to their library database through the Center for Reading Science membership program
Ontario teachers - the wonderful Jenni vanRees made this brief video showing how to navigate the OCT Library
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S3 E10: The Science of Learning with Dr. Amanda VanDerHeyden
Season 3 wraps up with a jam-packed episode featuring Dr. Amanda VanDerHeyden. Kate and Amanda have a wide-ranging conversation about the science of learning and human behaviour - how do children learn new things? From the instructional hierarchy to incremental rehearsal, don't miss this fabulous episode!
Show Notes:
Curious about Amanda's insights into Kindergarten math instruction? Take a peek at the links she shared:
Skills for screening, by grade level and time of year
Kindergarten classwide intervention for making a quantity with numbers to 10:
Paired partner practice
Independent practice
Teacher-directed whole-class error correction
Tier 2 intervention - guided practice for finding a missing number
In each episode of Reading Road Trip from IDA Ontario, host and classroom teacher Kate Winn explores evidence-based literacy instruction with a fabulous guest. From researchers and authors to educators and advocates, they're all sharing practical ideas that can be implemented now in your class, school or district!
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