A great deal has be said and written about the importance teaching children comprehension once they are fluent readers. Well, here is an interesting article by Daniel Willingham about the limited benefits of comprehension instruction. http://www.danielwillingham.com/1/post/2012/04/collateral-damage-of-reading-comprehension-strategy-instruction.html Thank you Susan Godsland of www.dyslexics.org.co.uk for flagging this up.
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John Walker responds to Andrew Davis’s article in Guardian
Read John Walkers response to Andrew Davis’s article on synthetic phonics: http://literacyblog.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/andrew-daviss-philosophical-phonics.html
Read MoreThe crazy politics of learning to read
Read this powerful article by Miranda Devine about ideology in the politics of teaching reading and its tragic outcome. http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/the-crazy-politics-of-learning-to-read-20090320-94dg.html
Read MoreTeacher training in Wales – a misconception of phonics
John Walker of the Literacy Blog exposes a fundamental lack of understanding of phonics in Wales: http://literacyblog.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/prate-and-lyle.html
Read MoreHallmarks of a good reading intervention programme
If you are considering a reading intervention programme, here is what a good one should look like: http://health.thewest.com.au/news/1289/missed-dyslexia-diagnosis-causes-heartache Thanks to Cathy Saunders who wrote this article and to Susan Godsland of www.dyslexics.org.uk for flagging it up.
Read MoreOvercoming dyslexia – Mandy Nayton of DSF explains
If you have a child or pupil struggling with reading read this: http://health.thewest.com.au/news/1288/overcoming-dyslexia#.UwSao9UDT80.twitter
Read MoreSurely, child-centred education should centre on the child’s right to an education
Read this blog post by Tabularasa about the failure to ensure all children leave school literate and numerate: http://tabularasaeducation.wordpress.com/
Read More"There are no unphonetic words" – John Walker explains the English writing system
Read John Walker’s blog on the Literacy Blog about the English writing system. He elegantly unravels the repeatedly declared notion that the English Writing System is ‘unphonetic’. http://literacyblog.blogspot.co.uk/
Read MoreWho speaks for reading, writing and literature – the truth
“Most kids won’t learn to read simply by being read to and by being surrounded by interesting books; and most kids won’t become good writers simply by writing a lot and participating in student-centered writer’s workshops. Most kids need intensive instruction in phonics and extensive feedback from discerning adults on their sentences and paragraphs, as […]
Read MoreDear Michael Rosen, You must read this…
Read this blog post from Thatreadingthing – I hope Michael Rosen does… http://thatreadingthing.com/2014/02/on-being-the-collateral-damage-of-michael-rosen/
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