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Back to SearchS1 E25 - How Can I Teach Spelling Well When I Don't Feel Like I Know What I Need To
Season 1 Episode 25
In today's episode, I'd like to discuss a very real situation in which so many of us feel immense pressure to teach spelling well but feel as if we d…
3 years, 3 months ago
S1 E24 - Kickstarting Your Upper Primary Spelling Improvement Journey
Season 1 Episode 24
This week I'd like to turn my attention to upper primary. I'll start by running a scenario by you, and we'll see how familiar it sounds. You're a t…
3 years, 3 months ago
S1 E23 - How Do I Tackle Spelling in the Early Years?
Season 1 Episode 23
In this episode, I'm going to share some key findings from theory and research when it comes to spelling, evaluate a common practice in spelling inst…
3 years, 3 months ago
S1 E22 - Change Is Hard, and We Need Everyone to Do It
Season 1 Episode 22
We all know that learning is challenging. We teach our students a mantra - "we can do hard things." We aim for them to develop resilience, persistenc…
3 years, 3 months ago
S1 E21 - Reasons the Wheels Might Fall off Your Whole School Approach - Part 4
Season 1 Episode 21
Today's episode is about the fourth reason things might not be going well and some suggestions for what you can do about it. I am rounding off this s…
3 years, 4 months ago
S1 E20 - How to Look After Yourself During Report Writing (It's not what you think)
Season 1 Episode 20
Reports are approaching if you are teaching in Australia, and if you were listening to this episode when it was released at the start of June 2023, …
3 years, 4 months ago
S1 E19 - Reasons the Wheels Might Fall off Your Whole School Approach - Part 3
Season 1 Episode 19
Every school has a time where the wheels might be falling off their instructional approach. This current series of 4 episodes shares some of the reas…
3 years, 4 months ago
S1 E18 - Reasons the Wheels Might Fall off Your Whole School Approach - Part 2
Season 1 Episode 18
In our last episode, I shared the first reason the wheels might be falling off your literacy improvement efforts. If you haven't listened to that epi…
3 years, 4 months ago
S1 E17 - Reasons the Wheels Might Fall off Your Whole School Approach - Part 1
Season 1 Episode 17
You've chosen your phonics program, had everyone trained, and have begun to teach. At first, things seem to be going well, But a year or so down the …
3 years, 5 months ago
S1 E16 - 5 Research-informed Alternatives to Independent Silent Reading
Season 1 Episode 16
Today, I want to talk to you about an issue that has had me with a bee in my bonnet for a little while now, and that is the large amount of time tha…
3 years, 5 months ago