Melissa & Lori Love Literacy | Science of Reading for Teachers

[Listen Again] Helping Students Read Multisyllabic Words with Devin Kearns

July 19, 2026·53 min
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If you’ve ever wondered how to help your students decode longer words, this episode is for you! We’re joined by literacy researcher and professor Devin Kearns to talk all about teaching multisyllabic words. Many phonics programs focus on single-syllable words, but what happens when students hit big words and get stuck? Devin unpacks the research behind why that happens and what we can do instead. We talk about: flexible decoding strategies,when and how to teach syllables and morphemes,and wha...

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