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Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious – scaffolding the teaching of multisyllabic words

Posted on 21st March 202230th May 2024 in Dyslexia, Learning to Read, Reading Difficulties, Reading Resources, Synthetic Phonics and tagged article, beginner readers, blending, How to teach multisyllabic words, long term memory, multisyllabic words, word lists, working memoryLeave a Comment

Scaffolding the teaching of multisyllabic words – simple to complex Many teachers are focused on teaching children how to sound out graphemes (spellings) and blend sounds together into words. They will even be teaching children how to manipulate phonemes in phonemic awareness activities. These are all essential underlying skills necessary for learning to read. These activities […]

How to… teach blending

Posted on 21st May 20216th June 2024 in Approaches to Teaching Reading, Learning to Read, Reading Difficulties, Synthetic Phonics and tagged add and blend, article, beginner readers, blending difficulties, blending sounds into words, cumulative blending, decode and blend, how to teach blending, how to teach phonics, how to teach reading, reading and working memory, stretch and blend, teach blending, what is blending?, working memoryLeave a Comment

In our ‘how to…’ series we are going to delve into all things phonics instruction and give you our expert advice on developing confident readers. *** In her podcast, Evidence Based Education, Dr Tracy Alloway explains working memory as ‘your ‘active’ memory. The memory you use to work with information.’ She describes working memory as […]