PLD videos
I am an approved Structured Literacy PLD provider. However, I simply do not have the time to travel and have produced a series of videos instead.
I am often asked these questions. You will find the answers in these videos.
- Why do so many students seem to decode adequately but struggle with both spelling and comprehension? What is the link? How can this be addressed?
- How do you teach kids to make inferences?
- These students are so far from achieving NCEA writing standards. How can their writing competence be lifted in time? (This webinar is relevant to teachers of Year 5 – 8 students as well.)
- Direct teaching of vocabulary is essential but far from enough. What else can be done to build students’ vocabulary?
- Managing diverse needs within a senior classroom. How can the most competent be extended in a structured literacy framework? Why does this matter?
- How can students working at level 1 or 2 of the curriculum be advanced in a busy classroom?
- How can the disengaged be engaged?
Video 1 How do competent students figure out and remember words, and why do so many kids not get it? https://youtu.be/yh94DvyMYjw
Video 2 Dealing with longer words. This is where it breaks down for so many older students. What needs to happen? https://youtu.be/RyomSwBSWF0
Video 3 Spelling makes sense, mostly. Whatever do you mean? https://youtu.be/a0iygsRwZaw
Video 4 Comprehension, especially inferencing, is a significant problem. How do you teach kids to make inferences, to make connections and to figure out new vocabulary?
Video 5, about structured writing for older students, is in production.
Rich content decodables: what does this mean?
Every book a student reads should be worth reading. They should all build vocabulary, background knowledge and comprehension, but above all, they should be interesting and engage the reader.
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Syllables and rules: are they helpful?
Do competent adult readers think in syllables or rules when they encounter an unfamiliar word?
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Wordchain
Think of Wordchain as structured literacy in digital format, independently building all word identification and spelling skills.
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