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Fast Track Literacy Success

camilla Occhipinti

The Literacy Collective –We explore everyday issues pertaining to literacy teaching and learning. Equipping educators with practical strategies that they can use instantly to improve their literacy outcomes. We reduce the overwhelm that educators feel in their profession by providing well researched strategies, a plethora of useful freebies and expert coaching tips. Visit www.theliteracycollective.com to explore our amazing program that fast tracks literacy learning with our sound to print visual

education k-12

All Episodes

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#034 What Readers Should I Use In My K-2 Classroom?...

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2020/05/19

Today’s topic is hotly debated amongst teachers and schools. Join me in episode #34 where I present the facts on what type of readers you should be using in your classroom and help you see that this requires serious consideration by early years teachers and curriculum coordinators in every school. I know this may sound dramatic, but for some children (potentially 20-30% of your class) it could literally mean the difference between a successful launch into reading or a lifelong struggle with

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#033 The False Positive Results - How Not To Be Lured...

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2020/05/13

The attraction of a common early reading success fallacy has been a consistent lure for teachers, and has sufficiently undermined English reading instruction ever since it was first stumbled upon. It did not take long for this 'golden bullet' to hit globally, providing enormous commercial enterprise for companies producing resources with this debunked philosophy. These resources and programs are so ingrained that even educational systems today mandate the use of their commercialised assessments and

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#032 The Most Important Reading Scientific Discovery...

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2020/04/29

In Episode 31 & 32 you'll find out what is now considered “the most current theory of how children form sight word representations”. We will dive deep down into the most current research and see what top cognitive neuroscientists and educational psychologists are telling us about the process we use to store printed words in our long-term memory. When we understand the research we can ensure best practise is occurring in our classrooms, giving students the essentials for successful learning. The

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18:40

#031 The Most Important Reading Scientific Discovery...

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2020/04/22

In Episode 31 I will be sharing what is now considered “the most current theory of how children form sight word representations”. We will dive deep down into the most current research and see what top cognitive neuroscientists and educational psychologists are telling us about the process we use to store printed words in our long-term memory. When we understand the research we can ensure best practise is occurring in our classrooms, giving students the essentials for successful learning. The skill

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16:50

#030 The 6 Common Mistakes To Avoid When...

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2020/04/15

Episode 30 is all about making the most of this lock down time and avoiding common mistakes that teachers may unknowingly make when transitioning students to home learning. This is new territory for everyone and I know as teachers you are doing everything you can to keep afloat and manage this new way of supporting learning. The early primary school years can be the most difficult as the independent skills of your students are minimal, students require more explicit teaching and activities require

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18:57

#29 Three Steps to Teach Any Child To Read - From...

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2020/04/08

As we know, the most crucial years of learning for any child are the years they learn to read. How well they master this skill can have far reaching consequences for their ongoing achievement at school,their social and emotional well being, their vocational and financial success and their ability to thrive in and contribute to society. Episode 29 takes a look at how we can ensure our little learners in their first year of school can continue to learn the essential skills they need in order to read

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12:19

#28 6 Simple Steps to Ensure Your Students Keep...

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2020/03/23

Episode 28 is a 6 step checklist and support plan to help students and their families make a smooth transition to home learning during the COVID19 outbreak. Many parents will be feeling anxious about their ability to step in as their children’s teacher so we want to empower them in that role and make their job as easy as possible.

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#027 The Proven Method to Improve Early Spellers

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2020/03/11

I’m pretty sure you’ve had students in your class at the end of Kindy, Grade 1, Grade 2 and in fact every grade, who can get 100% accuracy in a spelling test and then their writing is riddled with spelling errors. There seems to be very little transference of spelling knowledge into their writing. Frustrating, right? Well lets take a close look at the teaching strategy of ‘Dictation Exercises’. This one strategy can be an important key to unlock the connection between spelling and writing. Join me

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24:02

#026 Phonological Weakness: The Road Block For...

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2020/03/04

Reading scientists, cognitive neuroscientists and educational psychologists all agree that Phonological weakness is the most common blocker for reading success. According to researchers, at least 80 percent of all poor readers demonstrate a weakness in phonological awareness and/or phonological memory. Readers with phonological processing weaknesses also tend to be the poorest spellers. So join me in Episode #26 and learn many practical strategies that teachers can use to ensure they are giving

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17:13

#025 Two Simple ‘Rocket Fuel’ Drills to Launch Your...

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2020/02/23

Episode 25 will give you two very simple rocket fuel daily drills that will successfully launch all of your students into the reading success stratosphere. Literacy time is limited in our crowded curriculum so I want to give you practical strategies that use proven methods and have high impact to optimise learning time….. this podcast takes a look at the benefits of adding a daily drill and gives you some key take aways to use immediately in your classroom.

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17:25

#024 What Is The One Resource Every Foundation...

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2020/02/12

Have you ever spent hours scouring TPT and Pinterest looking for resources for your literacy program, found a great game or resource then spent hours printing, laminating and cutting only to realise it was a one hit wonder. You end up using it once and then pack it away until next year. (If you are the organized, store and label type) I have a garage full of those types of resources and have often thought to myself, ‘enough is enough!’ It got to the point where I would only select resources that

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13:53

#23 How This One Single Flawed Teaching Strategy Is...

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2020/02/05

Episode 23 reveals one very common teaching strategy, that is widespread in our classrooms today. This flawed strategy and has been totally debunked by neuroscientists. In fact, researchers label it as a complete waste of time and even detrimental to the learning process. Join me as I take on the traditional 'holy grail' of learning....'sight words'...... and present the do's and don'ts of early years methodologies for supporting successful beginning readers. Find out more at

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12:54

#022 5 Simple Changes That Transformed Struggling...

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2020/01/28

Episode #22 takes you on a personal journey of how one teacher made 5 small but mighty changes to her literacy program and transformed struggling learners into confident readers. These 5 simple steps could be implemented into your classroom straight away.

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#021 How To ‘Marie Kondo’ Your Classroom To SPARK...

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2020/01/22

It seems like everyone is decluttering or organizing something... be it their homes, their lives, their minds or pretty much anything else that is declutterable. And apparently the benefits are numerous - more productivity, more time and more joy! Taken to a whole new level by Marie Kondo in her books and Netflix series, decluttering has become a global phenomenon. So it totally makes sense that we would apply this knowledge and evidence to our classrooms, right? In Episode 21 I unpack the

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#020 The 6 Step Guide To Navigate The Online Teacher...

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2020/01/14

Have you ever found yourself wondering just how much you can rely on the materials found on the internet? Or maybe you have purchased a cheap resource that ended up just being a whole lot of preparation and a one hit wonder. The real question is …....can we really trust resources made by other teachers sold cheaply on the internet? The need to have resources aligned to the ‘science of reading’ is imperative and all resources should be about learning, not busy work, therefore I’ve create this simple

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#019 Phonics In The Foundation Year – Why We Have To...

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2019/12/18

During Episode 19 I look more closely at the way phonics is being taught in many classrooms across the globe. I also explain why these classrooms are failing to get the results hoped for. Let’s face it, you can be using an evidence based phonics approach but if it is not being taught in a way to maximise results, then it becomes just another ‘program that wasn't great’. Give your students the advantage by tuning into Episode 19 and find out about the misconceptions and advantage points of phonics

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#018 'Sound to Print' Vs 'Print to Sound' - The...

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2019/11/26

The most successful early reading instruction studies, by reading scientists, have been ones using a linguistic phonics approach. Learn how a 'Sound to Print' approach to teaching phonics makes learning logical and managable for all learners. With 26 letters and 44 sounds, the English language is one of the most complex languages to learn so we need an approach that simplifies its process. Join me in Episode 18 as I delve into the different approaches and give you some practical examples along the

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#017 Not All Phonics is Good Phonics

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2019/11/21

‘Which phonics program will be the most effective to ensure every child learns to read?’ Call it 'The Reading Wars' or 'The Phonics Debate', either way the true question that really matters is what approach to teaching reading is scientifically proven to be 'best practise' to achieve success. Join me in Episode 17 where we take a closer look at two phonics approaches that seem to be in most of our schools and which one is clearly the front runner with lasting results. To find out more about our

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#016 Supercharge Student Learning (and results) With...

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2019/11/13

In Episode 16 I take a close look at a very underestimated teaching approach to teaching phonics and early reading skills. In fact, this strategy can supercharge your program and results. It is a proven method that is recommended for students with reading disabilities like dyslexia but has now scientifically been proven to help all learners. I am also going to pack this episode full of ideas and tips that you can use in your classroom straight away! To find out more about the TLC program go to

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#015 Science Based Phonics- What’s In, What’s Out?

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2019/11/06

Did you know there are 5 types of phonics instructions? Some instructions are backed by science and are proven methods for success while others are having detrimental effects on student learning. Tune in to Episode 15 to find out the best approaches to teaching phonics. We will explore what's in and what's out. This podcast might just change the way you view phonics. Find more podcasts and the TLC program at www.theliteracysuccess.com

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