Why does Congress hate the one part of No Child Left Behind that works? Read it and weep… http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/013/850gvneh.asp?pg=1 Thanks to Susan Godsland from www.dyslexics.org.uk for flagging this article up
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What people are saying around the world
Here is what people are saying about the new study by Dr Grant: http://phonicsinternational.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=1736#1736 Thanks to Phonics International forum for this post.
Read MoreSchools spreading news of impact of phonics on literacy
http://www.tyndalepark.school.nz/news/phonics-huge-head-start
Read MoreWhat to do if a child has not passed the Y1 phonics check
Some helpful advice from Gordon Askew from the ssphonix blog: http://ssphonix.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/phonics-screening-3-what-next.html
Read MoreSee how decodable books can develop vocabulary and comprehension
We are currently in the last stages of creating our Dandelion Readers, Level 4 series. It introduces more vowel and consonant spellings and common suffixes. This page is taken from Book 10 ‘A Grand Adventure’. The phonic focus of the book is the suffix -ture (as read in the words ‘nature’, ‘adventure’). But this page […]
Read MoreSir Jim Rose criticises children’s authors in phonics row
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 […]
Read MoreChildren taught to read with phonics – two year ahead by age 7
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
Read MoreDr Grant responds to critics of her phonics study
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
Read MorePhonics – positive impact on literacy
Here is an article in the Guardian by Richard Adams http://www.theguardian.com/education/2014/jun/16/phonics-children-education-research
Read More13 Horrors of Phonics
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.
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