Episode 7: Talking Reading Strategies with Jennifer Serravallo
I’m your host, Elizabeth Morphis, and for today’s episode, I get to speak with Jennifer Serravallo. She is a literary classroom consultant, author, and former NYC public school teacher.
In this episode, we discuss Jennifer’s newly released book, The Reading Strategies Book 2.0. She shares the changes that she made in this new edition as well as how teachers can use the strategies to support the readers in their classrooms. She also shares advice for parents who may want to try out the strategies with their children at home.
Jennifer starts off by defining strategies, listing its importance, and differentiating it from skills. She also listed some of the differences with this 2.0. version of her book compared to the first one. Short answer: A lot. Enough to feel like this is a completely different book.
First off, in writing this, Jennifer worked with a research assistant who helped her go through peer-reviewed studies, citing over 700 studies, compiling them, and presenting them in a way that would be easily absorbed and implemented by teachers. In this version, out of the 302 strategies presented, over a hundred are brand new, and more than 150 have been revised so much that they are almost unrecognizable. And this book is now organized according to skill progressions, making it easier for teachers to follow.
The first version of Jennifer’s book is very well-loved and useful for teachers and parents alike. Several copies found permanent homes in classrooms. It was translated into Spanish, French, and Chinese. In fact, the market for this book in China is parents who are reading and teaching these strategies to their children who are learning English!
If you want to learn more about the strategies Jennifer so meticulously researched and shared with us, listen to this episode, and you’ll be better equipped to get back to your classroom this New Year.
Connect with Jennifer:
Website: https://www.jenniferserravallo.com/
Publications: https://www.jenniferserravallo.com/publications
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jenniferserravallo/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jennifer.serravallo
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JSerravallo