We’ve been asked about spelling and the connection to reading science more times than we can count. Today, we talk with expert J. Richard Gentry,  author of Brain Words and blog contributor to Psychology Today: Raising Readers, Writers, and Spellers (An Expert Guide for Parents).He tells us all about spelling and how it connects to our speech and language system. Moreover, he supplies teachers with practical, meaningful, science of reading-aligned strategies to teach spelling. Visit our website and subscribe to our newsletter. Follow us!Facebook and join our Facebook Group Twitter Instagram Related EpisodesEp. 65: Talking with the Literacy Documentary Team: The Truth About ReadingEp. 70: Science of Reading Part 1: Decodable Texts, Sound Walls, & the Aim of Early Literacy Ep. 23: Emily Hanford Epically Defines the Science of Reading