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Literacy: Phonics and Prior Knowledge.
Course Content
Course Content
Introduction
Introduction
Teaching Students How to Read
Teaching Students How to Read
Phonics
Introducing phonemes and graphemes
Phonemes
Phonemes and graphemes: How does this apply to reading?
Fluency and comprehension
Quiz
Phoneme Manipulation
Building reading comprehension
Phonics
Introducing phonemes and graphemes
Phonemes
Phonemes and graphemes: How does this apply to reading?
Fluency and comprehension
Quiz
Phoneme Manipulation
Building reading comprehension
The Role of Prior Knowledge
The Baseball Study
Prior knowledge is not distributed equally
Teaching reading with prior knowledge in mind
Prior knowledge pitfalls to avoid
Final Tips from Teach Like a Champion
How to teach literacy with prior knowledge in mind
The Role of Prior Knowledge
The Baseball Study
Prior knowledge is not distributed equally
Teaching reading with prior knowledge in mind
Prior knowledge pitfalls to avoid
Final Tips from Teach Like a Champion
How to teach literacy with prior knowledge in mind
Final thoughts
Final thoughts
Final quiz
Congratulations on completing the course
Collect your certificate
Final thoughts
Self-reflection post-course
Final quiz
Congratulations on completing the course
Collect your certificate
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Which topics does the Teacher CPD Academy cover?
Mindset
Cognitive Load Theory
Delivering Feedback
Growth Mindset
Metacognition
Resilience and Motivation
Retrieval
Practice
Growth
Mindset
Cold-Calling and Wait Times
Understanding Students' Social and Emotional Needs
Spacing, Interleaving and Dual Coding
Becoming Evidence-informed
Asking Effective Questions
Oracy for Learning
Clear Explanations
Homework
Developing Schema
Adaptive Teaching
Scaffolding
Developing Creativity
Improving Attention
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