1. You should have viewed the film clip in the last module and here it is again: What Teachers Should Know About the Science of Reading (30:41).At the beginning of the interview, Emily Handford highlights two important concepts/big ideas about the science of reading. Describe these two concepts in your own words.

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2.Listen to the audio podcast of The cognitive science behind how students learn to read: Carolyn Strom (53:40).Links to an external site.This is from Season 1, Episode 9 from the Science of Reading: The Podcast. Discuss your overall takeaway from listening to this audio documentary and provide specific examples to support your thoughts.

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3.There are four stories listed below that address unique readers. Write full and thorough paragraphs for your responses. Selecttwostories to read and answer the following questions:

• Learning to Read His Own Way(pp. 99-102)
• If They Can't Learn the Way We Teach, Maybe We Should Teach the Way They Learn(pp. 103-107)
• Better Than a Base Hit(pp. 145-147)
• Spelling, Reading, and Writing Give Joey an Unexpected Voice and His Teacher and Classmates Inspiration(pp. 157-161)

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a) For your first selected story, what was your overall takeaway (what you found particularly interesting)?

b) For second selected story, what strategies did you learn about that helps unique readers?

c) Discuss how one piece of information you learned about from Week 5 (readings, lecture) connects with one of the stories you chose to read.