Green Eggs and Ham:
Or The Case for Phonics Instruction and Decodable Text
By Matthew Davis
http://www.coreknowledge.org/mimik/mimi ... honics.pdf
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- Mon Sep 21, 2015 1:18 pm
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: Is there a role for predictable texts in beginning reading instruction?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 54123
- Mon Sep 21, 2015 12:51 pm
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: Is there a role for predictable texts in beginning reading instruction?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 54123
Is there a role for predictable texts in beginning reading instruction?
''Is there a role for predictable texts in beginning reading instruction?'' Juel and Roper/Schneider. Reading Research Quarterly 18: 'The selection of text used very early in first grade may, at least in part, determine the strategies and cues children learn to use, and persist in using, in subsequ...
- Mon Sep 21, 2015 12:09 pm
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: Eng: 2015 NFER Phonics Screening Check Evaluation - final report
- Replies: 17
- Views: 34848
Re: Eng: 2015 NFER Phonics Screening Check Evaluation - final report
The number of children classed as having special needs has fallen dramatically. https://www.bera.ac.uk/bera-in-the-news/number-of-children-classed-as-having-special-needs-falling-dramatically. The Department for Education says the main reason is that many pupils were wrongly identified as SEN in the...
- Wed Sep 16, 2015 1:46 pm
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: Professor Julian (Joe) Elliott - 'The Dyslexia Debate'
- Replies: 22
- Views: 57624
Re: Professor Julian (Joe) Elliott - 'The Dyslexia Debate'
Here's a thorough review of Joe Elliott's book The Dyslexia Debate
http://edrev.asu.edu/index.php/ER/article/view/1891/509
http://edrev.asu.edu/index.php/ER/article/view/1891/509
- Fri Sep 11, 2015 11:40 am
- Forum: Synthetic Phonics Success Stories and Projects Around the World
- Topic: Implementation of Phonics International in an Australian primary school
- Replies: 0
- Views: 34982
Implementation of Phonics International in an Australian primary school
Do read this report of the implementation of the synthetic phonics programme Phonics International in an Australian primary school. http://www.phonicsinternational.com/Phonics%20International%20in%20Primary%20Education.pdf Impact on results Our Year 3 2013 and 2014 NAPLAN results in Reading reflect ...
- Thu Jul 23, 2015 2:52 pm
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: Please direct me toward evidence based teaching methods for reading
- Replies: 1
- Views: 7242
Re: Please direct me toward evidence based teaching methods for reading
Hello 'little voices', I suspect you're in Australia? All the available scientific research evidence points to systematic synthetic phonics (taught as part of a language and literature curriculum) being the most effective method to teach people of all ages how to read (decode) and spell in countries...
- Sun Jul 12, 2015 4:04 pm
- Forum: Education Blogs & Websites of Interest
- Topic: David Didau's Learning Spy blog.
- Replies: 4
- Views: 15386
David Didau's Learning Spy blog.
David Didau is a secondary English teacher, freelance writer, speaker and trainer.
He's written some excellent blog posts on literacy from a secondary school perspective and on dyslexia.
http://www.learningspy.co.uk/
He's written some excellent blog posts on literacy from a secondary school perspective and on dyslexia.
http://www.learningspy.co.uk/
- Thu Jul 09, 2015 12:15 pm
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: Schools Minister Nick Gibb's speech: The Purpose of Education.
- Replies: 1
- Views: 7257
Schools Minister Nick Gibb's speech: The Purpose of Education.
Today the Schools Minister Nick Gibb made a speech at the Education Reform Summit. The Purpose of Education. https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/the-purpose-of-education The subject of phonics and teaching reading was threaded throughout his speech. The phonics screening check and its role in hel...
- Fri Jun 26, 2015 3:23 pm
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: TES anti-phonics article
- Replies: 0
- Views: 8360
TES anti-phonics article
This week’s TES anti-phonics piece is snuck into an article which is mostly about maths. https://www.tes.co.uk/news/school-news/breaking-views/after-diktats-phonics-are-teachers-really-free-choose-how-teach There is strong evidence supporting the use of phonics to teach reading. But the government d...
- Wed Jun 24, 2015 5:04 pm
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: New 'Teach Reading and Writing' Magazine: Rosen!
- Replies: 2
- Views: 10319
New 'Teach Reading and Writing' Magazine: Rosen!
There's a new Teach Primary magazine dedicated to the teaching of reading and writing. Sounds good? The 1st issue is available to view here: http://www.teachprimary.com/preview/reading-and-writing/reading-writing/#4/z Michael Rosen has written an article for the magazine which is, predictably, anti-...