Some months ago I wrote about my struggling reader. He came to the Bloomfield Learning Centre at the age of 10+ with a reading age of 6. Well, he crashed into my classroom (with his scooter) after Christmas announcing he had read two books over the holidays – ‘Holes’ and ‘Wonder’. Amazing! And true! He has […]
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Mother writes about confused phonics teaching in school
Read about mother struggling with school’s inconsistent teaching of reading on the Reading Reform Foundation message board. http://www.rrf.org.uk/messageforum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=5912 Thanks to Susan Godsland of www.dyslexics.org.uk for flagging this up.
Read MoreWhy Jaydon can’t read – ideology before evidence
Watch this you tube clip about the systematic failure to teach all children to read in Australia – all sounds very familiar …. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyDNiEqcpi0 Thanks to Susan Godsland from www.dyslexics.org.uk for tweeting this video clip.
Read MoreRead this : Why doesn’t Darren think he will ever leave the estate
Thanks to Tabula Rasa for this blogpost: http://tabularasaeducation.wordpress.com/2014/01/13/darren/
Read MorePhonic Books for catch-up readers presentation
Here is a presentation about our phonic books for catch-up readers. It explains why older, struggling readers need age-appropriate phonic reading books and presents the special features that will help catch-up readers learn to read. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_VkiZBxAnY
Read MoreTeachers failing pupils – it is still happening
Thanks to Susan Godsland of www.dyslexics.org.uk who flagged up this video clip from the Spelfabet website. Does is sound familiar? It makes me sad to think of the pupils I failed before I was trained in Sounds-Write. This is still happening… http://www.spelfabet.com.au/2013/11/teacher-knowledge-of-phonics/
Read MoreNow I know why I wasn’t taught how to teach reading
Thank you Susan Godsland from www.dyslexics.org.uk for flagging up an interesting summary by Spelfabet (www.spelfabet.com.au) of an article by Mark S. Seidenberg: ‘The Science of Reading and its Educational Implications’. This is a useful summary for busy teachers as it raises some really important issues: 1. The rift between the scientific research academic approach and […]
Read MoreHow to start a reading intervention programme
Read here how Mel from Top Notch Teaching uses Sounds-Write assessment tools to establish an intervention programme for her pupil: http://topnotchteaching.com/lesson-ideas/essential-reading-intervention-student-with-dyslexia/
Read MoreAlba Series reviewed in the DSF Bulletin
The Dyslexia – SPELD Foundation’s publication ‘The bulletin’, Autumn 2013, has just published an article reviewing the ‘Alba’ reading series. I have scanned it – but the print is a bit small so here is the summary: “As with the very popular existing catch-up readers produced by Phonic Books, this series will develop reading skills and confidence through […]
Read MoreMoon Dogs Series – do we really need another phonic series?
Some may question the need for yet another phonic series. Well, the Moon Dogs series is different. It really offers the older, struggling reader a chance for a fresh start from the very beginning. And I mean – the VERY beginning. This series is aimed at older pupils who, mid-programme you discover, do not know the […]
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