Explicit instruction for phonics overview

Overview 

Literacy specialists Elaine Stanley and Rebecca McEwan present this overview of a phonics instructional model for reading and spelling. 

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Resources mentioned in this video 

Phonics instructional model for reading and spelling [0:39]

Video: Following an evidence-based phonics progression [1:10] 

Who is this video for? 

Foundation to Year 2 teachers; school leaders 

What will you learn? 

About the principles of explicit instruction, and how these can transfer to an instructional model for phonics. 

Presenters 

Elaine Stanley and Rebecca McEwan are experienced teachers, school leaders and literacy coaches. They have had extensive experience implementing systematic synthetic phonics in primary school classrooms, and have recently coached disadvantaged school around Australia.  

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