S7 E7 - Why Your Spelling Approach Might Be Working Against You Read more… Mar 15, 2026 08:00am By Jocelyn Seamer Under Evidence based practice, reading instruction, evidence based instruction, teaching, teaching reading, Evidence based teaching practice, teach grammar, teach writing, writing, writing instruction, Explicit teaching, Maximise student achievement, literacy, writing difficulty, explicit instruction, maximising reading success, helping struggling readers, learning to read, english teaching, spelling, teaching spelling, supporting students with additional needs, supporting struggling readers, Cognitive load, vocabulary, teaching vocabulary, literacy podcast, science of reading, structured literacy, upper primary, intervention, comprehesion, engagement, motivation, performance, skills, student & teacher 19 min read 1229 views
Summer Series - Do Nonsense Words Have a Place in Upper Primary? Read more… Dec 7, 2025 09:00am By Jocelyn Seamer Under education, writing, reading, spelling, upper primary, teacher & nonsense words 13 min read 6928 views
S6 E23 - Text Complexity: It’s About So Much More Than Levels Read more… Nov 23, 2025 08:00am By Jocelyn Seamer Under education, Evidence based practice, reading instruction, evidence based instruction, teaching, teaching reading, Evidence based teaching practice, Teaching of reading, quality literature, rich texts, Explicit teaching, Maximise student achievement, Reading assessment, literacy, explicit instruction, maximising reading success, reading, learning to read, text selection, teaching children to read, Cognitive load, vocabulary, teaching vocabulary, literacy podcast, science of reading, structured literacy, upper primary, Authentic texts, comprehesion, engagement, motivation, performance, skills, student & teacher 11 min read 874 views
S3 E1 - Getting Clear About What is Important in 2024 Read more… Jan 28, 2024 06:00am By Jocelyn Seamer Under education, Maximise student achievement, literacy, Behaviour management, classroom communication, supporting students with additional needs, decision making, structured literacy & upper primary 21 min read 1444 views
S1 E8 - What goes into the Upper Primary Literacy Block? Read more… Feb 26, 2023 08:00am By Jocelyn Seamer Under structured literacy & upper primary 7 min read 14348 views