Nonsense words play an important part in phonics assessment, but what about in Years 3-6? This week's episode of the structured literacy podcast explores whether middle and upper primary teachers need to include them in their classroom.

Highlights from this episode:

2min 33 sec - teaching nonsense words vs assessing using nonsense words

5 min 06 sec - assessments that use nonsense words

7 min 21 sec - the importance of non-word spelling tests

9 min 25 sec - using nonsense words in morphology assessment

13min 07 sec - common concerns about using nonsense words

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