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S3 Ep14 - It's Time to Take Radical Responsibility for Student Outcomes
Hi there, it's Jocelyn here with the Structured Literacy Podcast. I'm writing and recording this podcast in regional Victoria, where I'm working with three schools over a week and a half of coaching, running, professional learning and modelling in classrooms. I've worked with two of these schools previously and I'm returning to help them evaluate the impact of their actions and set their next goals. One of the things that I love about the schools that I …
S3 Ep13 - How to Engage Reluctant Students in the Classroom
Hello to you and welcome to this episode of the Structured Literacy Podcast recorded here in beautiful Pataway, Burnie. My name is Jocelyn and it's wonderful to have you here with me. We have all known a student who we believed can perform skills, such as reading and writing, and have become frustrated when, day in, day out, they produce very little work or appear to be making very little effort to engage in the work we've assigned. I've heard the followin…
S3 Ep12 - What to Expect When Working with a Consultant
Welcome to the Structured Literacy Podcast, where we talk all things school and literacy.
This episode was recorded on the lands of the Palawa people here in beautiful Pataway, Burnie in Tasmania. We discuss a wide variety of topics on the Structured Literacy Podcast, everything from phonics to morphology and text-based units, and this week I'd like to deviate from our usual content and talk about what is involved in working with a consultant. Now, …
Tuesday Tip - The Role of Set for Variability
In today's Tuesday Tip, I discuss building up your students' set for variability.
Video Transcript
One of the key milestones in learning to read is developing a set for variability. That means that you can sound out an unknown word, pronounce it a little incorrectly, and then tidy it up based on your knowledge of oral language. It looks a little bit like this. He has a, has, has a dog. The child didn't guess then, they sounded out, used their phonics knowledge and tidied up the pronunciation…
S3 Ep 11 - Are Comprehension Strategies Still a Thing?
Hello, hello and welcome to this episode of the Structured Literacy Podcast. My name is Jocelyn and I am so pleased to welcome you to this episode recorded here in Pataway, Burnie, on the lands of the Palawa people. In 2022, I wrote a blog post about my impressions of the English component of Version 9 of the Australian curriculum and we'll link to that in the show notes. There is much to be celebrated in the updates that came, including the removal of references …
Research to the Classroom: Daily Review Part 3 - Teacher Talk
Jocelyn:
Hi there, welcome to the Structured Literacy Podcast. It's Jocelyn coming to you from Pataway Burnie, here in the absolutely gorgeous Tasmania. I am joined today by Jo Griffin, who is here for our Teacher Talk episode all about retrieval and daily review. Hi Jo, how are you going?
Jo:
Hi Jocelyn, I'm great. Excited to talk to you today.
Jocelyn:
Thank you so much for joining us, or, joining me here after school in the evening. So, everyo…
Research to the Classroom: Daily Review - Part 2 - Teaching
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Hello and welcome to this episode of the Structured Literacy Podcast coming to you from Pataway Burnie right here in Tasmania. This episode is the second in this Research to the Classroom series about daily review and retrieval where we will unpack practical aspects of this practice and share tips for you to use it in the classroom. If you haven't listened to the previous episode about the research behind daily review and retrieval, I suggest …
Research to the Classroom: Daily Review - Part One - The Research
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We Are Here for The Long Haul.
Hi there, and welcome to the Structured Literacy Podcast. It's Jocelyn here, coming to you from Pataway Burnie in beautiful Tasmania. I'd like to begin today's episode by saying thank you to you; thank you for being part of our world. Thank you for letting us be a part of yours. Thank you for the work you do with your students on the road to every child being able to read and write. The other day, my colleague Cass was asked h…
S3 E7 - Getting Questions Right From the Start
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Hi there, it's Jocelyn here with the Structured Literacy Podcast. It's wonderful to welcome you to this episode recorded here in Pataway Burnie, Tasmania, the land of the Palawa people. Just now, I'm sharing a series of episodes focused on helping you build and refine your explicit teaching muscles. After all, it's wonderful to have an evidence-informed program or resource in your hands, but it's what you do with it that matters.
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S3 E6 - 5 Things to do Instead of Asking for Hands Up
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Hello. Hello, it's Jocelyn here with another episode of the Structured Literacy Podcast coming to you from the gorgeous Padaway, Burnie in Tasmania. I hope that wherever you are and whatever you are doing, life is good, and your confidence in building a structured approach to literacy is growing a little each day. You see, this teaching caper is not about doing one magical thing on one magical day and looking up to see that every problem has…