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In this episode of the Structured Literacy Podcast, I answer 3 burning questions that have been asked in the On the Structured Literacy Bus Facebook group. When one person asks a question, you can bet your bottom dollar that others will benefit from the answers. So, let's dive in. 

Q1 - Is there any evidence/ best practice on using chunking when reading?
Q2 - Can you please help me dot and dash the word pleased, as in I was pleased that happened?
Q3 - I struggle to monitor progress regularly in my year one class. What tips do you have to make that work? Where do you snatch the time to do it?

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In this episode of the podcast, I'd like to share a framework with you that I think will be incredibly useful to help you make decisions about any new approaches you are thinking of adopting. At this time of year in particular,  it's common to see schools eagerly order new programs, organise training, and generally get their ducks in a row ready for the new school year.

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In this episode of the Structured Literacy Podcast, I discuss how English words can seem confusing. Still, they are largely logical when we understand four key areas: phonics, orthography, morphology, and etymology. The truth is that spelling needs to be explicitly taught, just like reading. The challenge is finding a way to do that while building our knowledge of how words work. The full transcript can be found on the website www.jocelynseamereducation.com

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Hello, and welcome to the Structured Literacy Podcast. My name is Jocelyn, and I'm so pleased that you've decided to join me for this episode.  A little while ago, I created an episode called, why Isn't My Tier Two Instruction Working?  This was season 2, episode 3. In this episode, I shared several reasons that things might not be going to plan and suggested ways that schools might strengthen their tier-two practices to make them as effective as possible.  In this episode, coming to you from Padawai Burning here in gorgeous Tasmania, I turn my attention to tier-one instruction.

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In this episode, I'd like to share some of my secrets for writing and teaching text-based units that will engage all your students in learning age-appropriate content. 

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In today's podcast episode, we will discuss the issue of creating an integrated literacy block. This episode starts with a trip down memory lane of my early childhood experiences,  but the episode is for all grades of primary school. So, upper primary folks stick with me. This episode is for you, too.  

As part of my daily work, I speak with schools that are looking for some support to build on the great work they are already doing,  and a very common goal is to have an integrated literacy block. Before we get into what an integrated literacy block might look like,  we need to have a chat about the word integration and what it means to our teaching practice.

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Welcome to this week's episode of the Structured Literacy Podcast. I am coming to you from Pataway Burnie in gorgeous Tasmania. I'm Jocelyn, and so pleased that you've been able to join me. 

In this episode, I'm going to discuss a question that comes up often in our live events and online forums. That is, how do we know when it's time to begin and then move on from using decodable texts? For a lot of years, decodable texts were very limited to a small number of series. My earliest exposure to them was with the Fitzroy readers, and then a downloadable series from the website Teach the World to Read. 

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You may have heard the phrase, low variance in relation to literacy instruction. Low variance refers to instruction that has the following features. Firstly,  it usually has a scope and sequence or a clear outline of specific content that is to be taught.  People know what they're going to teach, the order in which they're going to teach it in and in the how.  

Now it's common for teachers to be told exactly when to teach particular concepts and skills, and in different subject areas, the level of specificity this needs to take,  I think, is a little different.  I think when it comes to things that have to be mastered before we move on, enabling teachers to make the decision about when to move on is a good thing,  but in other perhaps we're going to keep things a little more consistent.

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Today on the podcast, I'll be talking about tier two instruction, some circumstances that result in it not being as effective as it could be, and some things that we could do to ensure that our and our students' efforts result in great outcomes.

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Whole school approaches give us consistency and shared vision, but how can we make sure that this feature of instruction doesn't go too far? 

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