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Podcast: Stellar Teacher Podcast: A Podcast for Upper Elementary Teachers
Episode: 260. Dear Stellar Teacher: Our Phonics and Intervention Confessions (and What We’d Do Differently!)
Description: Are you feeling a little lost when it comes to teaching phonics and supporting struggling readers in upper elementary? You’re in good company! In this month’s Dear Stellar Teacher episode, Emily and I are baring it all with our phonics confessions—sharing the biggest mistakes we made in the classroom and how we’ve learned (the hard way!) what really works when it comes to intervention and decoding support.We get honest about why we didn’t prioritize systematic phonics instruction, how we let intervention become someone else’s responsibility, and why we regret not weaving in m...