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In today's Tuesday Tip, I discuss front loading vocabulary and concepts to help students with language difficulties engage more effectively in lessons.

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Hi there, it's Jocelyn, it's time for a tip. This week we're talking about front loading vocabulary and concepts. This is a suggestion often made by speechies for students with language difficulties or processing challenges. Now for these students, what often happens is what the teacher provides in terms of that lead up is not…

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Hello and welcome to this week's episode of the Structured Literacy Podcast.

I'm Jocelyn, and today we're diving into a topic that's pretty important for teachers in grades three to six:

How do we connect explicit, structured spelling instruction with opportunities for application and engagement?

Now I know what some of you might be thinking, Jocelyn isn't explicit teaching of spelling just about repeated practice and low variance instruction? Yes, that's a f…

In today's Tuesday Tip, I discuss that to effectively teach children about word formation, you need to combine phonics with morphology.

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Hi everyone, it's Tuesday and it's time for a tip. Very often when we want to unpack words for children during a lesson, we mark the words up, which is a really great idea. That works nicely for the word take t-a-ke, but what about when it comes to taking? This kind of straight marking up doesn't necessarily work as we…

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Why? Hello there. Welcome to the Structured Literacy Podcast. I'm Jocelyn Seamer. I'd like to begin by paying my respects to the people on whose lands this podcast is recorded the Palawa people of Tasmania.

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This episode rounds out our series about spelling, and today I'm going to discuss where morphology instruction fits into the literacy block for both early years and three to six. Let's begin with the early years. In episode 23 of the podcast, I…

In today's Tuesday Tip, I discuss how shifting from focusing on "doing" to emphasising what students are actually learning can make your instruction more impactful.

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Hi, everyone. It's Tuesday, so it's time for a tip.

In their 2006 paper, Kirschner, Sweller and Clark stated, "learning is a change to long term memory."

In our schools, there is way too much doing and often not enough learning. Try and eliminate that language of doing from your conversations…

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Hi there and welcome to the Structured Literacy Podcast. I'm Jocelyn and in this episode, recorded on the lands of the Palawa people here in Tasmania, I'm going to share my thoughts on an issue that many people have many viewpoints about: scripted teaching. Specifically, can great teaching be scripted?

Now, full disclosure, I don't have research to share with you that will definitively answer this question. A review of the literature on this issue yields a numbe…

In today's Tuesday Tip, I discuss integrating phonics and spelling in literacy instruction, as it can improve learning and reduce cognitive load for students.

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Many classrooms and schools still have their literacy blocks divided into reading time and writing time. This may well include phonics for reading and spelling as connected to writing. When we do this, the impact's threefold. Firstly, we're taking up key instructional time that we know there is never eno…

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Hi there, welcome to the Structured Literacy Podcast, the place where we talk all things literacy and education. I'm Jocelyn and I'm very pleased to welcome you to this episode.

I try to maintain a mix of research-driven information and practical know-how in all that I do, and the podcast is no exception. In today's episode, I'm addressing a question that comes up frequently:

Without a benchmark assessment, how do we track student growth and how do I communic…

In today's Tuesday Tip, I discuss that for better student outcomes, teachers should align Tier 1 and Tier 2 instruction so that all students, including those struggling, receive additional repetitions of the same content rather than different material.

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Hi there everyone, it's Tuesday and it's time for a tip. My tip this week is about aligning tier one and tier two instruction for better outcomes for students. Tier 1 instruction is that really r…

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Hi there. I'm so pleased you've been able to join me for this episode of the Structured Literacy Podcast. My name is Jocelyn and I want to begin our episode by letting you know that you're doing a great job.

Are you perfect? Nope.

Do you have every duck in a row? I guarantee that is not the case.

But you're here listening to this podcast and that means that you are looking for ways to help your students succeed. What am I doing here? Well, I'm here to help y…