Implementing impactful paired reading sessions in your classroom

Oxford University PRess, Essential Letters and Sound Australia (ELSA) 28 August 2025, with Dr Nathaniel Swain

This session focuses on designing paired reading routines that reinforce decoding and fluency. Dr. Swain highlights how structured paired fluency—supported by clear routines—can promote reading accuracy, prosody, and reading volume in your literacy block. The webinar covers how to pair students effectively, scaffold practice with decodable or appropriately challenging texts, and ensure meaningful corrective feedback. Practical classroom examples and implementation tips are provided to make paired reading a high-impact, low-preparation routine. Dr Swain showcases the ELSA Phonic Readers, a brand-new, fully decodable series complete with engaging fiction and non-fiction stories, aligned to the Letters and Sounds sequence.