This blog is a copy of my recent Teach Secondary article (click on the link HERE to subscribe) on the importance of vocabulary, with some handy teaching and learning strategies. Source: One Word at a Time – Teaching Vocabulary – The Confident Teacher
Read MoreApproaches to Teaching Reading
Teaching approaches that are supported by research
Here is a really clear table showing which approaches of teaching reading are supported by research. Thank you IFERI for flagging this table by Laura Stewart. stewart-research_summary_table_1
Read MoreShould we teach tricky words as ‘sight words’?
The new year has started and children are sent home to learn to read and spell tricky words by sight, that is by the shape of the word. Does this make sense if they are learning to read with Synthetic Phonics? Read this thoughtful post on the Phonics Blog. http://www.phonicsblog.co.uk/#/blog/4565770755/Common-Exception-Words-and-the-Muddle-over-Tricky-Words/7631625
Read MoreReading strategies – what not to do
Here is a list of strategies that do not help children become fluent, independent readers and spellers. http://www.dyslexics.org.uk/what_not_to_do.htm Thanks Susan Godsland of www.dyslecix.org.uk for this post.
Read MoreDo book bands help launch children into reading?
Ruth Miskin, author of the Read Write Inc phonics programme claims the confused criteria of banding books follows the discredited searchlight model of teaching reading. So why are schools using it? http://www.ruthmiskin.com/en/news/2016/09/15/ruths-blog-why-book-bands-block-childrens-reading-progress/
Read MoreWhy whole language doesn’t work
Read this blog post on the Literacy Blog explaining why the whole language approach to reading doesn’t work. http://literacyblog.blogspot.co.uk/2016/01/what-are-problems-with-whole-language.html?spref=tw
Read MoreHow to correct phonic pronunciation
A fun activity for learning phonic sounds
Read MoreShould we be teaching children grammar?
Here is a thoughtful post by David Didau: If writing is magic, grammar is alchemy
Read MoreThe effect of Reading Recovery
Reblogged on WordPress.com Source: The effect of Reading Recovery
Read MoreWhy comparing Finnish and USA teaching of reading is not helpful
Here is an article that lists the social and cultural differences between Finland and the USA and why the USA can’t just import “the Finnish way”. What we know is, that teaching all children to read with systematic synthetic phonics is the way to bridge the social gaps and get all children reading. This article […]
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