Seed Learning - Literacy

SEED Learning: https://seedlearning.co.nz/ (Lisa Smith)

Spelling: Necessary to have and explicitly teach the code however, will never have it's own curriculum. Must teach (DAT0 in reading and writing.

A teachers job is not to teach - it is to help the progress the learning.

All resources are on the website.
- If children are having literacy struggles checking rhyming - if they cant do it - go back and teach it and any age.
- Syllables and critical
- Blend and then we split
- Touch a picture, say the word

Phonological awareness
- ICE BERG - tip of the iceberg is phonics - if you do not have the foundation of the ice berg you aren't going to have phonics.

With you - preview (video) - review (Practise)

Sounds come first - not letters

Wos = Was - If the word starts with a wo sound then spell it with an A (wa). Watch, was etc.

Morphemes 
Chunks of language with meaning.

Make the sentences 
- Strip it
- Order it
- Re order it
- Re plump it (Recraft or add detail e.g: In the river = Waikato)