For those you who have time over half term I recommend this excellent article by Pamela Snow. It gives one a very good overview about the politicisation of the teaching of literacy in English speaking countries around the world. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.3109/17549507.2015.1112837
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Decodable books – why they are important
What are decodable books? For people who can read – all books are decodable. For children who are learning to read – decodable books are controlled texts that they can decode at each level as they acquire literacy (by sounding out the letters on the page and blending them into words). Decodable books are reading exercises […]
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 […]
Read MoreAre all reading interventions created equal?
It is time for some research which compares different reading intervention programmes. They are not all equal…
Read MoreNonsense words – why everyone needs them
I visited the Victoria and Albert Museum this weekend. As I travelled on the underground, I saw lots of signs, many of which had really strange words. I needed to use my decoding to break down these words, as I had never seen them before. When breaking down a multi-syllabic word, one often reads syllables […]
Read MoreHow to prevent reading failure – a must see video from Spelfabet
Watch this video clip to get a good understanding why children are experiencing reading failure and what we need to do about it. Recommended!
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