John Walker: Phonics across the curriculum

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John Walker: Phonics across the curriculum

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I completely agree with John Walker as he describes the need for 'Phonics across the curriculum' meaning beyond infants and beyond literacy lessons.

This is an important read:

http://literacyblog.blogspot.co.uk/2016 ... l?spref=tw
...The hard truth is what pitifully few people seem to understand: the English orthographic code is complex to the degree that even into Key Stage 2, pupils need plenty of deliberate practice and explicit instruction. To read, never mind, spell words from the government’s recommended list, such as ‘mischievous’, ‘pronunciation’, ‘rhythm’ and ‘sufficient’, phonics is key. Children hot-housed for a few months in a desperate attempt to get them through the Screening Check never to do any phonics again are going to fall back on whole word memorisation and guessing to the detriment of their education and the chronic, long tail of underachievement will go on...
Do read the full post!
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