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- Sat Nov 16, 2019 7:40 pm
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: Synthetic Phonics in Trinidad and Tobago
- Replies: 2
- Views: 251
Synthetic Phonics in Trinidad and Tobago
Below are links to a TV news report from Trinidad and Tobago. It is about a project to improve literacy teaching in government schools. I was privileged to be part of the programme, by providing Jolly Phonics training to teachers there. Combating Illiteracy Part 1 | 7pmnews | tv6tnt.com - ccn TV6 ht...
- Sun Apr 15, 2018 10:46 am
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: 'Reading the Evidence: Synthetic Phonics and Literacy Learning' (ed. M. Clark)
- Replies: 46
- Views: 27508
Re: 'Reading the Evidence: Synthetic Phonics and Literacy Learning' (ed. M. Clark)
Thank you for clarifying your position, Jenny. It makes sense.
- Sat Apr 14, 2018 11:26 am
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: 'Reading the Evidence: Synthetic Phonics and Literacy Learning' (ed. M. Clark)
- Replies: 46
- Views: 27508
Re: 'Reading the Evidence: Synthetic Phonics and Literacy Learning' (ed. M. Clark)
First I should say that these messages and Jenny’s careful study of Clark’s book, are very important. We must keep challenging misleading reports on research evidence. However, speaking personally, I am uncomfortable with the notion that research evidence is the only valid basis for deciding on the ...
- Fri Apr 13, 2018 9:34 am
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: Baseline Line Assessment at Start of School
- Replies: 0
- Views: 2789
Baseline Line Assessment at Start of School
It has been announced that the new reception baseline assessment in England is to be developed by the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER). A baseline assessment for four and fiver year olds is controversial. See more details at https://www.nfer.ac.uk/pdf/baseline-assessment.pdf I am ...
- Mon Apr 09, 2018 8:41 am
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: Reading Schemes - "Decodable" or "Look and Say"?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3798
Re: Reading Schemes - "Decodable" or "Look and Say"?
I was looking for something else and came across the previous message from a year ago. I am sorry I did not respond to it at the time.
"An Alternative to Book Bands for Beginner Readers" can be found here:
http://rrf.org.uk/2017/03/28/an-alterna ... r-readers/
"An Alternative to Book Bands for Beginner Readers" can be found here:
http://rrf.org.uk/2017/03/28/an-alterna ... r-readers/
- Sat Apr 07, 2018 10:29 am
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: 'Reading the Evidence: Synthetic Phonics and Literacy Learning' (ed. M. Clark)
- Replies: 46
- Views: 27508
Re: 'Reading the Evidence: Synthetic Phonics and Literacy Learning' (ed. M. Clark)
Here is a link to the chapter Jenny commented on, so anyone who is interested can read it without buying the book and think for themselves about what Jenny wrote: Does Phonics Deserve the Credit for Improvement in PIRLS? Stephen Krashen, In Margaret Clark (Ed) Teaching Initial Literacy http://www.sd...
- Sun Dec 17, 2017 2:13 pm
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: Phonics in Cameroon
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2178
Phonics in Cameroon
http://universallearningsolutions.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Jolly-Phonics-in-Cameroon.pdf A pilot of the Jolly Phonics programme in the teaching of reading and writing of English in Cameroon Conclusions: Through this evaluation it has been determined that the synthetic phonics approach of teach...
- Sun Nov 12, 2017 9:49 am
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: Compelling video footage for Scottish inquiry - useful internationally
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3035
- Thu Sep 28, 2017 4:21 pm
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: Michael Rosen's Reading Revolution
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2557
Re: Michael Rosen's Reading Revolution
About Michael Rosen’s statistics. I didn’t note exactly what he said at the conference, so I have copied from his blog at http://michaelrosenblog.blogspot.co.uk/2017/01/17-of-children-good-at-phonics-but-not.html Here are some raw stats about the present year 3 children in state schools in England: ...
- Thu Sep 28, 2017 3:59 pm
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: Michael Rosen's Reading Revolution
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2557
Michael Rosen's Reading Revolution
On 23rd November (2017) I went to the conference, “Michael Rosen’s Reading Revolution” at Goldsmith’s University. I forgot to check the numbers of people attending, but I guess it was in the low hundreds. Francis Gilbert introduced each speaker and we were told he was the driving force behind the co...
- Thu Sep 14, 2017 4:24 pm
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: Reading Schemes
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2329
Re: Reading Schemes
Thank you for that explanation, Jenny.
- Fri Sep 08, 2017 3:49 pm
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: Importance of Sustained Reading
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2826
Re: Importance of Sustained Reading
I agree about the importance of sustained reading for all the reasons Geraldine mentioned. And I agree that those who promote synthetic phonics for teaching basic reading and writing skills should make it clear that it is a foundation after which other aspects of reading follow, for example sustaine...
- Fri Sep 08, 2017 3:33 pm
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: Reading Schemes
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2329
Reading Schemes
I visited a school with a large staff where they have had training in a good synthetic phonics programme. Only one person there, who is responsible for phonics, already understood what was involved. That person is newer and younger than most of the staff. They have numerous books to practise reading...
- Mon Jul 24, 2017 3:14 pm
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: Jim (James) Curran's phonics foundations acknowledged
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2460
Re: Jim (James) Curran's phonics foundations acknowledged
It's wonderful to know what Jim has done and to see it recognised. He is an inspiration to us all!
- Wed Jun 21, 2017 10:29 am
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: Children who enjoy reading over three years ahead
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4421
Re: Children who enjoy reading over three years ahead
There are undoubtedly good readers who don't much like reading, but I have never met a poor reader who loves reading.