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Podcast Ep 102: Part 2: Teaching Early Writers: from Program to Professional Plan
LATEST PODCAST, Ep 102, Part 2: In this second part of the podcast, Sharon and team delve into various strategies for nurturing writing skills in Foundation year students. One key concept introduced is the use of "sentence stems." These stems provide young children with simple sentence starters, helping them initiate...
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Podcast Ep 101: Part 1: Teaching Early Writers: from Program to Professional Plan
LATEST PODCAST, Ep 101, Part 1: In this podcast, expert literacy consultant, Sharon Callen and team welcome special guest Grace Cullen, a Foundation/ Reception teacher at Littlehampton Primary School. They discuss the challenges and strategies for teaching early writing to young students. Grace shares her experience transitioning from a structured...
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Podcast Ep 100, Part 2: Engaging Readers AND Writers through Book Club
LATEST PODCAST, Ep 100: In part 2 of our podcast, Dr. Jan Turbill continues the discussion on engaging approaches to the teaching of writing through book clubs. She emphasises the importance of teaching writing by allowing students to read like writers and connect with authors. Dr. Turbill recalls her own...
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Podcast Ep 99, Part 1: Engaging Readers AND Writers through Book Club
LATEST PODCAST Ep 99: In this episode, we welcome special guest Dr. Jan Turbill. Jan is an accomplished educator, who talks about her post-retirement involvement with a NSW school, where she worked for 10 years to improve literacy skills in students, particularly in Years 4,5 and 6. She describes how...
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Podcast Ep 98, Part 2: Understanding and Using the Science of Reading
LATEST PODCAST Ep 98: In this podcast education experts Diane Snowball and Keay Cobbin discuss several important aspects of early reading education, including the significance of providing inviting and exciting reading materials in classrooms for young learners. Diane emphasises the importance of offering books that make sense and are interesting...
