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The Literacy Teacher"s Life

Elizabeth Morphis

This podcast is for teachers and parents who are dedicated to helping young readers and writers thrive. Children are naturally curious and it’s our role as parents and teachers to provide them with support so they learn to love reading and writing. Between national standards and outside influences, there is a significant amount of pressure on teachers and parents around teaching young children to be successful readers and writers. My goal with this podcast is to support and provide guidance for new

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More Tips for Parents: Working with Kids at Home! EP 12

The Literacy Teacher"s Life ·

2023/03/23

I’m your host, Elizabeth Morphis and for today’s episode, I’m sharing with you more tips to help your child practice literacy at home—those that won’t take a lot of time! When it comes to the actual activity of reading, especially for kids who are just starting to learn, a few strategies you can do are the tap-it-out strategy to look at the word, segment the word, or use a bookmark or finger under each word. The goal is to improve their focus while reading, and for them to learn to be comfortable

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Tips for Parents - Supporting Your Young Readers at...

The Literacy Teacher"s Life ·

2023/03/09

March is often the time for Parent-Teacher conferences, so now is a great time for parents to ask what can be done at home to help their young readers, and for teachers to give some guidance about how parents can do this. As parents, you don’t need to spend a lot of time with your kids to help them read. You just have to be creative with what time you have. Here are some ways to support your young readers. Utilize playtime. Whether it’s playing with their stuffed toys, playing pretend, or

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24:39

More About Teaching Writing! Ideas to Get Students...

The Literacy Teacher"s Life ·

2023/02/23

As the literacy graduate program coordinator at SUNY Old Westbury, one of my tasks every January is to run a literacy clinic for graduate students earning their literacy specialist certifications. For today’s episode, I’m sharing with you my observations from this clinic on what’s working for both teachers and students, giving strategies on how to encourage kids to write, and tips for assessing writing. Kids really like to write. One of the things I noticed is that kids really like to write. The

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Discussing Writing & Craft with Children's Author &...

The Literacy Teacher"s Life ·

2023/02/09

I’m your host, Elizabeth Morphis and for today’s episode, we’ll hear how we can encourage kids to write and draw more, both inside and outside the classroom. We’ll also learn that encouraging kids to have ideas isn’t that tricky, ideas for writing are all around us. Our guest today is Amy Young. Amy has wanted to be an artist from as early as she can remember. She became a lawyer, but ended up missing art too much, so she left the practice to write and illustrate full-time. She’s the author of

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Talking About Writing! EP 8

The Literacy Teacher"s Life ·

2023/01/26

I’m your host, Elizabeth Morphis and for today’s episode, I’ll talk about writing and the purpose of writing. We’ll go deeper on this topic in the next few episodes as well. The purpose of writing in the elementary grades Kids love to share what they know and express themselves, and writing helps them do this. What they write varies depending on their age and grade level. Kindergarteners, for example, start with pictures of what’s important to them: their toys, their friends and family, and

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31:58

Talking Reading Strategies with Jennifer Serravallo EP 7

The Literacy Teacher"s Life ·

2023/01/12

I’m your host, Elizabeth Morphis, and for today’s episode, I get to speak with Jennifer Serravallo. She is a literary classroom consultant, author, and former NYC public school teacher. In this episode, we discuss Jennifer’s newly released book, The Reading Strategies Book 2.0. She shares the changes that she made in this new edition as well as how teachers can use the strategies to support the readers in their classrooms. She also shares advice for parents who may want to try out the strategies

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Gearing up for the New Year: Setting Goals with...

The Literacy Teacher"s Life ·

2022/12/29

I’m your host, Elizabeth Morphis and for today’s episode, I spoke with a former student, Talisa Cantos, who is a Bilingual Literacy Specialist about setting reading and writing goals with students for the new year. The new year is an amazing time to touch base with students and children and set goals with them, even literacy goals. Students don’t start off knowing how to set goals, so we’ll need to help them do it, but they can set goals for themselves, and they know what it is they want to work

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The Importance of Instruction for Developing Decoding...

The Literacy Teacher"s Life ·

2022/12/14

I’m your host, Elizabeth Morphis and for today’s episode, I have with me our guest Julia Lindsey. Julia B. Lindsey, Ph.D., is a foundational literacy expert, consultant, and proud former elementary school teacher. Her work aims to help educators implement research findings in reading instruction. She is the author of the newly released book, Reading Above the Fray: Research-based Routines for Developing Decoding Skills. Julia is also the creator of a framework for research-tested, content-rich

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Getting Kids to Read During the Holiday Season EP 4

The Literacy Teacher"s Life ·

2022/12/01

I’m your host, Elizabeth Morphis and today, in preparation for the Holidays, I have for you 3 tips to get kids reading both in the classroom and at home, and I’ll also share some bonus suggestions along the way. In today’s digital age where children can get so easily distracted, it’s even more important to be able to instill in them the habit and discipline of reading. Reading in the Classroom My first suggestion for teachers is to make kids aware of books and authors they may be interested in

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What is a Literacy Specialist? EP 3

The Literacy Teacher"s Life ·

2022/11/17

I’m Elizabeth Morphis your host and today I’m addressing the difference between a literacy specialist and a reading specialist. I also want to provide context for how the job came to be in schools. I’m also interviewing Kasey, a literacy specialist and one of my former students about her job and what it entails. Two questions I get often are: ● What is the difference between a reading specialist and a literacy specialist? ● What does a literacy specialist do? In theory there isn’t much

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Getting to Know Your Students and Host Elizabeth...

The Literacy Teacher"s Life ·

2022/11/17

As teachers, it is important to learn about the students in your classroom and for the students to learn a little about you. This helps build trusting relationships, which are essential for students to learn and for teachers to teach effectively. This episode does just that! I introduce myself so that you learn about me, my current position as a professor, and my teaching experiences. In the Spotlight Segment, I share a few activities that I use to learn about my students and who they are as

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17:14

Literacy – More than Reading and Writing EP: 1

The Literacy Teacher"s Life ·

2022/11/17

Welcome to the first episode of the Literacy Teacher's Life Podcast! Today's episode introduces the topic of literacy and expands on the common definition of literacy as simple "reading and writing." Host Elizabeth Morphis Brings her experience as both a teacher and amo to two elementary school-age daughters. Today's Topic on the Literacy List What is Literacy and what does it mean? The most common answer most of us hear is "literacy is reading and writing," and that's correct. But it's not all

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The Literacy Teacher's Life

The Literacy Teacher"s Life ·

2022/11/09

This podcast is for teachers and parents who are dedicated to helping young readers and writers thrive. Children are naturally curious and it’s our role as parents and teachers to provide them with support so they learn to love reading and writing. Host, teacher, and mom Elizabeth Morphis is here to help you support your kids at home or in the classroom. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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