During Season Three of Amplify's "Science of Reading Podcast", host Susan Lambert interviewed various guests about Scarborough's Reading Rope model of learning to read (Scarborough, 2001), and unpacked the "strands" involved in becoming a skilled reader.
In this episode (S3, Ep6), Susan speaks with Susan Neuman about background knowledge, including:
- the important link between background knowledge and reading comprehension
- five research-based principles to build knowledge networks in literacy instruction
- the connection between speech and reading
Find more Science of Reading podcast episodes here.
