Episode 323: Putting MTSS into Practice in Your Literacy Classroom
Stellar Teacher Podcast: A Podcast for Upper Elementary Teachers

Episode 323: Putting MTSS into Practice in Your Literacy Classroom

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 7, 202613 min

What does MTSS actually look like in your upper elementary literacy classroom? Understanding the tiers is one thing, but knowing what instruction should look like at Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3 can feel much more complicated. In this episode, Emily breaks down how to put MTSS into practice with practical examples you can use in your literacy block. You’ll learn what strong Tier 1 literacy instruction should include, how to identify the specific skills students need during Tier 2, and how Tier 3 increases the intensity of support without necessarily requiring an entirely different program. We’ll also walk...

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Hey teachers, it's Emily with the Stellar Teacher team. Welcome back to the Stellar Teacher podcast. This is probably no surprise because we are a literacy podcast, but we're really big readers here at the Stellar Teacher Company. And I recently read The Shampoo Effect by Jenny Jackson. And I just kept thinking about this line. One line from the book really

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made me chuckle. One of the characters said something like, I've been listening to a radio program on my phone. And then his, um, the character's 40 something year old daughter replies, dad, do you mean a podcast? So welcome back to the stellar literacy podcast, AKA that radio program on your phone. That really made me laugh.

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So on today's episode, we're continuing to talk about MTSS multi tiered system of supports. At this point, we chatted about MTSS as an overview and we've covered differentiation versus intervention. If you've missed those episodes, be sure to go back and catch up on those. My whole goal with these episodes is to give upper elementary literacy teachers

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