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by Debbie_Hepplewhite
Mon Apr 18, 2016 1:06 pm
Forum: Around the World: News and Events
Topic: Renowned author, Jackie French, now calls for Reading Recovery to be ditched...
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Renowned author, Jackie French, now calls for Reading Recovery to be ditched...

Further criticism for Reading Recovery in Australia: http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/author-and-2015-senior-australian-of-the-year-jackie-french-calls-for-schools-to-scrap-outdated-literacy-programs/news-story/43bba48fe905afd3d45778af8b25f798 Author and 2015 Senior Australian of t...
by Debbie_Hepplewhite
Sat Apr 09, 2016 10:58 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: About 'Guided Reading' - good and poor practice - 'throw out the throwbacks (please)'
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Views: 5947

About 'Guided Reading' - good and poor practice - 'throw out the throwbacks (please)'

IFERI committee member, Gordon Askew, has written a very helpful blog posting about the well-known notion of 'Guided Reading'. Guided Reading is a method of hearing children read which was heavily promoted in England with the roll-out in 1998 of the, then, National Literacy Strategy which was based ...
by Debbie_Hepplewhite
Wed Apr 06, 2016 8:23 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: 'Sight words' - What does this mean? There is good news and bad news....
Replies: 16
Views: 34790

Re: 'Sight words' - What does this mean? There is good news and bad news....

I think we are at the beginning of some schools in Australia being prepared to use England's Year One Phonics Screening Check. Interestingly, quite recently I have learnt about a school in America and a few schools in Australia where teachers from England have been shocked about the poor level, or l...
by Debbie_Hepplewhite
Wed Apr 06, 2016 12:23 am
Forum: Around the World: News and Events
Topic: Aus - Victoria: 'Every prep child to be screened for dyslexia under new programme'
Replies: 2
Views: 8132

Re: Aus - Victoria:

Alison Clarke writes about the Victorian screening proposal via her Spelfabet blog: http://www.spelfabet.com.au/2016/04/is-the-new-victorian-learning-difficulties-screening-assessment-any-good./ Is the new Victorian learning difficulties screening assessment any good? From the end of this year, all ...
by Debbie_Hepplewhite
Wed Apr 06, 2016 12:13 am
Forum: Around the World: News and Events
Topic: Aus - Victoria: 'Every prep child to be screened for dyslexia under new programme'
Replies: 2
Views: 8132

Re: Aus - Victoria:

IFERI committee member, Molly de Lemos, gave me permission to copy her thoughts (expressed to the DDOLL network) about the proposed screening in Victoria (I've highlighted one paragraph in particular in red because using England's Year One Phonics Screening Check internationally might be a 'wake-up ...
by Debbie_Hepplewhite
Wed Apr 06, 2016 12:05 am
Forum: Around the World: News and Events
Topic: Aus - Victoria: 'Every prep child to be screened for dyslexia under new programme'
Replies: 2
Views: 8132

Aus - Victoria: 'Every prep child to be screened for dyslexia under new programme'

Here's another development linked to reading in Australia via 'The Age': Every prep child to be screened for dyslexia under new program April 2, 2016 Henrietta Cook http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/every-prep-to-be-screened-for-dyslexia-20160402-gnwnxs.html#ixzz44zpf2bX7 Every Victorian child will ...
by Debbie_Hepplewhite
Tue Apr 05, 2016 11:40 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Doug Lemov: 'Too often, the way we teach reading in schools is wrong'
Replies: 2
Views: 6871

Re: Doug Lemov: 'Too often, the way we teach reading in schools is wrong'

Further excerpts by Doug Lemov in the TES: https://www.tes.com/us/news/breaking-views/doug-lemov-three-fresh-approaches-teaching-reading In an excerpt from his latest book, Doug Lemov provides some practical tips on how teachers can alter the way they approach reading with their students Consider, f...
by Debbie_Hepplewhite
Tue Apr 05, 2016 11:20 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: 'Sight words' - What does this mean? There is good news and bad news....
Replies: 16
Views: 34790

Re: 'Sight words' - What does this mean? There is good news and bad news....

John Walker writes about this topic via his 'Literacy Blogspot': http://literacyblog.blogspot.co.uk/2014/08/should-key-words-be-taught-as-sight.html Should key words be taught as 'sight' words? I’ve just been asked a question that comes up with unfailing regularity: what should the advice to parents...
by Debbie_Hepplewhite
Tue Apr 05, 2016 10:58 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: 'Sight words' - What does this mean? There is good news and bad news....
Replies: 16
Views: 34790

Re: 'Sight words' - What does this mean? There is good news and bad news....

Dr Louisa Moats, a member of IFERI's Advisory Group, draws attention to the need for the issue of 'sight words' to be addressed fully in teacher-training commenting thus: Our solution for this problem is first, teaching the teachers about Ehri’s phases of word reading development, coupled with the “...
by Debbie_Hepplewhite
Tue Apr 05, 2016 10:48 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: 'Sight words' - What does this mean? There is good news and bad news....
Replies: 16
Views: 34790

Re: 'Sight words' - What does this mean? There is good news and bad news....

Molly de Lemos raised this issue specifically with the IFERI committee as it is a topic of ongoing concern - truly commonplace when you read parent and teacher forums for example. Molly wrote: ...we continue to have children given lists of ‘sight words’ to memorise, almost as soon as they start scho...