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What is reading? – What I should have learnt in teacher training

Posted on 31st March 20226th June 2024 in Approaches to Teaching Reading, Language and Communication Difficulties, Learning to Read, Reading Difficulties, Synthetic Phonics and tagged #learning to read, article, beginner readers, how to teach reading, scarborough rope, simple view of reading, teacher training, teaching methods, what is phonics?, what is reading1 Comment

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When I trained to be a teacher in one of the best universities in London, I learned a great deal about the wonderful world of books, how to select quality picture books and spot racially biased books, and even how to make books by stitching them together by hand. We made book covers using potato […]

Why are children still guessing and not decoding?

Posted on 7th November 201222nd May 2024 in Approaches to Teaching Reading, Synthetic Phonics and tagged article, blending, decodable books, decoding not guessing, Phonics check Y1, skills practice, struggling readers, teacher training, Year 1 phonics checkLeave a Comment

Reports are coming back from schools that, despite Synthetic Phonics being taught in Reception classes, many children are failing to learn to decode. This has been reflected in the results of the Year 1 Phonics Check, with 58% of children reading 32 out of 40 words correctly. Why is this happening?

How to say the sounds of letters in Synthetic Phonics

Posted on 13th March 201131st May 2024 in Reading Resources, Synthetic Phonics and tagged 44 phonemes, 44 sounds in english, 44 sounds in the English Language, a b c phonic sounds, article, how to pronounce phonic sounds, how to say phonics sounds, how to say sounds in synthetic phonics, how to say synthetic phonic sounds, how to say synthetic phonics sounds, how to say the a b c sounds, how to say the sounds of the alphabet, letter sounds in synthetic phonics, phonemes in synthetic ponics, precise letter sounds, precise pronunciation, precise pronunciation of letters, pure sounds, pure sounds phonics, sounds of the alphabetic code, sounds of the english phonic code, teacher training, video, what is a phoneme?3 Comments

Most schools in the UK are now following a synthetic phonics programme. All such programmes teach children to pronounce letters in a slightly new and different way. This is called ‘precise pronunciation’ or ‘pure sounds’. Some staff members and parents may find they are not sure about this new pronunciation, as they were not taught […]