Primary (Paradise) Teaching
The Primary (Paradise) Teaching Podcast shares engaging, hands on, easy to implement teaching ideas for your Kindergarten, First Grade, and Second Grade classroom. Our host, Martha Moore, is an experienced, IB certified, K-5 intervention teacher and 1st and 2nd grade classroom teacher. Learn how to provide students with relevant, engaging learning experiences with activities, strategies, and lessons that are easy for you, the teacher, to implement as well. With an emphasis on writing skills, new teacher tips, math strategies, and overall effective classroom practices, let's chat about what works for kids.
Episodes
44 episodes
Understanding Vowel Team Syllables: Phonics Rules for Teachers Episode 20
The vowel team syllable can seem complex. There are many vowel teams in the English language, so how can we teach vowel teams to our students? Let's look at what a vowel team is generally and how to introduce this syllable type in your classroo...
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Season 3
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Episode 20
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8:16
Y Spelling Vowels I and E and How to Teach It: Phonics Rules for Teachers Ep 19
Y as a vowel in English is more common than you might think. In fact, y spells vowel sounds more than it spells a consonant sound. Y often spells the long i and long e sounds, and it can spell the short i sound as well. In fact, y spells a vowe...
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Season 3
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Episode 19
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8:09
Top 3 Science of Reading Books for Beginners: Phonics Rules for Teaching Episode 18
Getting started with the science of reading can feel overwhelming. It can be hard to know where to start with structured literacy or understanding phonics. While there is a lot of information out there, it can be a daunting task to choose the f...
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Season 3
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Episode 18
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5:40
How to Know When to Use tch and ch: Phonics Rules for Teachers Episode 17
Teaching students when to use ch or tch can seem tricky. Is there a simple, clear phonics rule? Today we'll look at how to know when to use tch vs ch and how to teach this to your students.With 10 years of classroom experience, former t...
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Season 3
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Episode 17
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5:43
The 7 Jobs of Silent E: Phonics Rules for Teachers Episode 16
Learn about the 7 jobs of silent e and how to teach them to your students. Silent e, or magic e, does a whole lot more than make the vowel sound long. Learn how silent e changes the sound of s, c, and g, prevents words from ending with the lett...
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Season 3
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Episode 16
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10:22
Top 12 Phonics Strategies for Teaching ANY Sound: Phonics Rules for Teachers Episode 15
When teaching a new phonics skill, you don't need to have 500 strategies up your sleeve. Instead, you need a handful of simple, engaging, effective activities. Here are 12 phonics based strategies to use when you're practicing any new spelling ...
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Season 3
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Episode 15
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15:12
Understanding and Teaching Open Syllables Phonics Rules for Teachers Episode 14
Open syllables: what is an open syllable and how do you teach the open syllable type to your students? In this video, learn what the characteristics of of an open syllable are, look at some examples, and learn 10 practical activities and strate...
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Season 3
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Episode 14
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11:14
Understanding Long Vowels & How to Introduce Them: Phonics Rules for Teachers Ep 13
What is a long vowel and when should you teach long vowels to your students? Let's explore the definition of a long vowel, look at some examples, and discuss the order to teach long vowel sounds. I'll also share step by step how to introduce th...
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Season 3
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Episode 13
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7:59
Using CK vs K: Phonics Rules for Teachers Episode 12
How can you know when to use CK or K at the end of a one syllable word? Follow this simple, easy and you'll never pick the wrong one again. Plus, learn 4 strategies for practicing ck and k with your students.A classroom teacher with 10 ...
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Season 3
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Episode 12
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5:53
What Are Consonant Digraphs and Strategies to Teach Them: Phonics Rules for Teachers Episode 11
Learn what a consonant digraph is and what are the most common consonant digraphs. Learn how to teach consonant digraphs to your students using these practical strategies. A classroom teacher with 10 years of experience, Martha Moore ho...
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Season 3
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Episode 11
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8:49
Closed Syllables and 8 Strategies to Teach Them: Phonics Rules for Teachers Episode 10
Closed syllables are the first syllable type you should teach your students. But, what exactly is a closed syllable, why should you teach closed syllables first, and how can you help your students understand them? A classroom teacher wi...
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Season 3
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Episode 10
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9:35
All About Short Vowels and How to Teach 'Em: Phonics Rules for Teachers Episode 9
Short vowels are typically the first vowel sounds that children learn, but why is that? Let's take a look at what short vowels are, some important facts for understanding short vowels, and how the heck to teach this important phonics concept to...
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Season 3
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Episode 9
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7:38
Creating the Best Phonics Scope and Sequence: Phonics Rules for Teachers Episode 8
Learn the best order to teach sounds to your students and what makes a strong phonics scope and sequence. In this video, Martha explains step by step the order an ideal phonics curriculum would follow and why. A classroom teacher with 1...
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Season 3
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Episode 8
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9:16
Decoding vs Encoding: Phonics Rules for Teachers Episode 7
Decoding and encoding are both important for strong literacy development. Let's explore what it means to decode and encode in English, how each process happens in our brain, what students need to know to decode and encode fluently, and 10 strat...
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Season 3
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Episode 7
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14:24
How to Teach Syllables Phonics Rules for Teachers Episode 6
How should we teach the six syllable types? Let's take a look! In this video, we'll explore 5 strategies for teaching the 6 syllable types in your classroom: closed syllables, open syllables, silent e syllables, r controlled syllables, and cons...
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Season 3
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Episode 6
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7:18
Six Syllable Types: Phonics Rules for Teachers Episode 5
Understanding the 6 syllable types is a key piece of strong literacy instruction. In this video, we'll explore the basic characteristics of each of the 6 syllable types of the English language which includes: closed syllables, open sy...
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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8:11
Why You Need to Teach Syllable Types: Phonics Rules for Teachers Episode 4
In episode 3 of Phonics Rules for Teachers (and How the Heck to Teach 'Em), learn what exactly syllables are and why you need to teach the 6 syllable types in your classroom.A classroom teacher with 10 years of experience, Martha Moore ...
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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7:32
Teaching Consonants and Vowels: Phonics Rules for Teachers Episode 3
In episode 3 of Phonics Rules for Teachers (and How the Heck to Teach 'Em), learn all about consonants and vowels, why we can't just call AEIOU vowels and call it as day, and specific strategies for how to teach them in your classroom using a s...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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10:39
Letter Names and Sounds Phonics Rules For Teachers: Episode 2
In episode 2 of Phonics Rules for Teachers (and How the Heck to Teach 'Em), learn what the difference is between letter names and letter sounds, why students need to understand the difference and the terms, and specific strategies for how to te...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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19:01
Phonics Rules For Teachers and How the Heck to Teach 'Em: Episode 1
If you're an elementary school teacher who is trying to teach phonics in your classroom, but you never actually learned all of those phonics rules in college, you've come to the right place. In the first episode of Phonics Rules For Teaching...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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6:37
Teach Kids to Write for Writing's Sake: Author to Teacher with Gaia Cornwall
In this Author to Teacher Episode: Conversations with published authors about writing, teaching, and how we can support our students, Martha interviews author and illustrator Gaia Cornwall. Gai...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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Use Life Experience and Just Start Writing: Author to Teacher with Dennis Mathew
In this Author to Teacher Episode: Conversations with published authors about writing, teaching, and how we can support our students, our host Martha speaks with author, singer song writer, and speech pathologist
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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Writing is Expression: Author to Teacher with Jasmyn Wright
In this Author to Teacher Episode: Conversations with published authors about writing, teaching, and how we can support our students, our host Martha speaks with author, teacher, speaker, and SEL curriculum developer,
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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41:57
Let Your Writers Be Creative: Author to Teacher with Author Jarrett Lerner
In this Author to Teacher Episode: Conversations with published authors about writing, teaching, and how we can support our students, Martha interviews author and illustrator Jarrett Lerner. Jarre...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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Dear Teacher on the Last Day of School
As the school year winds down, it's always amazing to think about how far your students have come, the things you've experienced together, and what the future may hold. In the last episode of season 1, Martha shares a heartfelt open letter from...
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Season 1
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Episode 20
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