This is an important post for teachers, parents and publishers involved in getting children to read: Do eBooks have too much going on the page that distracts from the print? Does the ‘read to me’ option develop ‘look and say’ method of reading instead of decoding? Thanks to Annie Murphy Paul for flagging this up.
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How to re-engage your pupils in reading – part 2
Melanie Creach of Top Notch Teaching reviews the Phonic Books range of decodable books for older, struggling and reluctant readers. How To End The Reading Book Struggle (And Engage Your Students In Reading Again) Part Two
Read MoreHow to Teach Children to Read by Top Notch Teaching
Melanie Creach of Top Notch Teaching explains ‘How to Teach Children to Read’: How To Teach Children To Read
Read More10 Myths about Reading Instruction – actually 7/10 myth busters true
Read this article on the’Ten Myths about Reading Intruction’ by Sebastian Wren, PhD. It was written some time ago. Since then, phonic programmes have come a long way. So I don’t believe Myth 3- that phonic programmes are not the answer to teaching read is true any longer. good programmes and good training are absolutely the answer to […]
Read MoreFonics iz Krazie
Here is a good quote from Mike Lloyd’s book – ‘Phonics and the Resistance to Reading’ “Those who deploy the “phonics doesn’t work because our language in not phonetic” argument depend in part on concealing the fact that systematic synthetic phonics sets out to teach both the simple and complex code. These critics delight in […]
Read MoreReading Wars – redefined
Do you believe we can eradicate illiteracy? Read Mike Lloyd-Jones post and decide where you stand. http://www.phonicsblog.co.uk/#/blog/4565770755/The-Reading-Wars-Redefined/7880796
Read MoreShould we dispense with the D word? – a way forward
This clear article, by Kevin Wheldall, Anne Castles and Mandy Nayton, explains the controversy created by the Joe Elliott and Elena Grigorenko in their recent book ‘The Dyslexia Debate’ and suggests a sensible way forward. http://www.kevinwheldall.com/2014/03/should-we-dispense-with-d-word.html?spref=tw
Read MorePhonics and the Resistance to Reading by Mike Lloyd-Jones
“From September 2014 the National Curriculum requires children in primary schools throughout England to be taught to read using systematic synthetic phonics. This is the first time that the National Curriculum has so explicitly and definitively established phonics as the required approach to teach reading. This book explains clearly why this change is so important […]
Read MoreDebbie Hepplewhite replies to Richard Garner of the Independent
Read here Debbie Hepplewhite’s robust reply to a shoddy article by Richard Garner of the Independent: http://phonicsinternational.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=1528#1528 And Richard, if you would like to see how Synthetic Phonics helps dyslexic children to read, please come to the Bloomfield Learning Centre to observe my lessons. All our pupils learn to read. Mostly they have not been […]
Read MoreLiteracy an exclusive club?
Read here what Mike writes about how teachers keep children out of the ‘Literacy Club’ without even realising… Thanks to the phonicsblog for this sad but true observation. http://www.phonicsblog.co.uk/#/blog/4565770755/The-Literacy-Club/7821506
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