For those of you who are having a relaxing half term: here is a shortish summary by Alison Clarke (Spelfabet website) of Dianne McGuinness’s article “A Prototype for Teaching the English Alphabet Code”. In it, McGuinness explains and describes the essential elements of a good reading and writing teaching programme.
http://www.spelfabet.com.au/2013/03/quality-literacy-teaching/
Thanks to Susan Godsland of www.dyslexics.org.uk for flagging this up.