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Podcast: Science of Reading: The Podcast
Episode: S3-09. Deconstructing the Rope: Vocabulary with Nancy Hennessy
Description: Join Nancy Hennessy, past president of the International Dyslexia Association, as she unwinds vocabulary, a strand of Scarborough’s Reading Rope. In the latest episode of our Deconstructing the Rope series, Nancy defines the role of vocabulary and elaborates on the nuanced structures of comprehension in literacy instruction. She also highlights how to explicitly teach vocabulary to students through her research-backed, four-pronged approach.  Quotes:"Every one of the strands of the rope is important. If any strand frays, then reading is in jeopardy. ""Vocabulary instruction is really getting our students interested in w...