Approaches to Teaching Reading

Some helpful advice from Gordon Askew from the ssphonix blog: http://ssphonix.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/phonics-screening-3-what-next.html

By Julie Henry, Education Correspondent, Telegraph Authors including Michael Rosen, Michael Morpurgo and Philip Pullman have criticised the exclusive use of the phonics method of teaching, in which words are broken down into individual sounds, claiming it risks undermining children’s love of books. However, they came under fire last night from Sir Jim Rose, author […]

Here is an article from the Telegraph: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/10901099/Children-taught-to-read-using-phonics-two-years-ahead-by-age-seven.html

Dr Grant responds to critics of her phonics study on the Reading Reform Foundation messageboard: http://www.rrf.org.uk/messageforum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=5993

Here is an article in the Guardian by Richard Adams http://www.theguardian.com/education/2014/jun/16/phonics-children-education-research

13 reasons often given for not teaching phonics as well or thoroughly as is needed: http://ssphonix.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/thirteen-horrors-of-phonics-say-some.html This post is on the ssphonix blog by Gordon Askew. Now (largely) retired. Until April 2014 Phonics Adviser to DfE. Former primary headteacher, consultant, lecturer, inspector and phonics trainer.

Another straight talking post from Gordon Askew http://ssphonix.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/phonics-and-love-of-reading.html

Read here an article by Gordon Askew. Simple, straightforward. http://ssphonix.blogspot.co.uk/