9.1 Teaching and Learning

Shannon and Mary meet up to start Season 9 of the podcast. They catch up on their summer activities and share their busy back-to-school schedules. They discuss their favorite games and instructional methods from their tutoring practices and review professional learning opportunities they're currently taking. 00:00 Season Catch Up 00:54 Escaping Overscheduling 02:17 Middle School Rhythm 03:40 Home Study Systems 04:22 Resetting With New Students 05:52 Structured Literacy Routines 06:54 Automaticity And Handwriting 11:44 Spell It Out Strategy 15:35 Executive Functioning Course 18:08 Summer Recap And Trips 19:04 Sentence Composing Tools 21:45 Color Coding Grammar 22:24 Weaning Off Supports 22:55 Word Origins Arrives 23:34 First Morphology Lesson 25:02 Scripted Yet Flexible 25:55 Morphology With Younger Kids 26:26 Program Pacing Tips 27:45 Building Teacher Confidence 29:07 Levels And Rollout Plan 29:46 Gamifying With SquishyLAND 31:07 New Game Tweezer 32:51 Executive Function Skills 35:13 Balance Health And Finch 36:44 CERI Class Progress 37:27 Favorite Free Resources 39:07 Season Wrap And Teasers RECOMMENDED RESOURCES RELEVANT TO THE EPISODE: Spelling Out Orthography Cox Campus Structured Literacy Course Executive Functioning trainings from Sarah Ward Bubble map (Science of the Science) Word Origins SquishyLand *Amazon affiliate link Tweezer game Finch self-care app Reading Universe Support the show Get Literacy Support through our Patreon Bonus Episodes access through your podcast app Bonus episodes access through Patreon Buy us a coffee Get a FREE Green Chef box using our link