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Structured Literacy in Action Podcast
In this podcast, the team at Jocelyn Seamer Education and I will dive deep into all things structured literacy. We will unpack our online resources and analyse chapters from my books.
Episodes
14 episodes
Creating a road map for instruction. Where do I start?
In this episode, I share how you can create a plan to support your students and prevent cognitive overload by aligning your morphology instruction with your students' phonics knowledge.
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How to Teach morphology in the Primary School
In this episode, I discuss how Spelling Success in Action 1 can help you teach morphology in your classroom.
How to maximise student learning
To teach well, it is necessary to organise learning so experiences respond to the way human memory works. This is explained in the 4 pillars of learning. In this episode, I unpack the 4 pillars of learning and share how we can use them to guide...
Morphology and etymology of irregular high frequency words.
The research is clear; we don't process words as global shapes but through phoneme-grapheme correspondence. In this episode, I explain the origin of some irregular high-frequency words.
Rethinking homophone instruction.
Homophones are words that are said the same way but have different meanings, and for a long time, we were told this was another part of the English language that just had to be memorised. In this episode, I discuss how to use morphology and ety...
Suffixing conventions and key spelling generalisations
We grew up being told English was too difficult to learn, so it needed to be memorised. In this episode, I discuss key spelling generalisations we need to understand.
The role of explicit teaching in morphology instruction.
In this episode, I discuss why Spelling Success in Action 1 uses an explicit gradual release of responsibility model for morphology instruction.
Creating a language curious classroom.
Language isn't just something to study in a classroom. It is used and enjoyed. In this episode, I discuss how your own enthusiasm can help your students engage with language*-+-+
When to introduce morphology
In this episode, I discuss the varied opinions about when we should start to include morphology in our literacy instruction and what I think is the best way to proceed.