Reading comprehension is the end game of learning to read and necessarily involves everything that comes before it: a good vocabulary and good oral-comprehension skills, plus accurate and fluent decoding skills. (McGuinness, Early Reading Instruction, p.212)
'Linguistic phonics consists of teaching the forty English phonemes and their most common spellings, along with practice segmenting and blending phonemes in real words, preferably using letters.' (McGuinness, Language Development and Learning to Read, p423)
@mgpotente
@BerrinchudaM
Get him to do a whole series and be a pioneer for kids to learn to read. He will inspire many with his knowledge and natural teaching ability.
@skrashen
I think you know exactly what you are provoking with this comment Dr. Krashen. As you know you can get to the research in a few clicks. This is a very good start:
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Do you think
@FaithBorkowsky
wrote 'Failing Students or Failing Schools' (back in 2018!) because she had a little time on her hands and see if she could try her hand at writing? Or because she knew exactly what is happening in education? Eyes wide open.
Watch the vid with sound off. You can learn a lot about the ART of teaching from such an expert. Notice gestures, facial changes, teacher engagement, non-verbal interaction. Excellent.
What does syntax have to do with it?? EVERYTHING!!
Second language learners must be explicitly taught that word order in sentences differs between their home language and the language of instruction!
In French, students need explicit instruction to learn that adjectives come
@IILearning
@cpatrickproctor
@NateJoseph19
@Eduventuring04
@smorrisey
Getting rid of literacy centres, stations and guided reading rotations was difficult. Instead, I did lots of whole class instruction with pull-outs during seat work to support, listen to reading and assess. Appropriate support for each student.
'There is no question that the high functional illiteracy rate in English-speaking countries is largely a product of our formidable spelling code and the way it is (or is not) taught.' (p.41, Diane McGuinness, Early Reading Instruction)
@chrisdysonHT
@PaulGarvey4
@Andrew_Adonis
@Ofstednews
Why not help with getting food to the most vulnerable Andrew? Like so many amazing teachers are doing ON TOP of their best to continue to help pupils' learning at this crisis time.
'Maria Montessori strongly advised teachers to teach children to write (spell) first, and then allow them to discover that they can read what they have written.' (p.37, Diane McGuinness, Early Reading Instruction)
“The time is always right to do what is right” – Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Be lit! 🔥✌🏽🐝✈️
#lit
#love
#reading
Just listen.
Children are learning to read.
Decodable Books.
Go visit Goodfellas:
It’s happening.
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Be Lit!
@FaithBorkowsky
@IILearning
Got this to help with my child's knowledge of the world.
My thought is, why don't schools do this - one per student as they progress through school?
Am I nuts?
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via
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@MichaelT1979
@mr_bmh1
New NC stripped:
Learn to read and write (1hr p day)
Rest of day:
Be creative
Be active
Be healthy
Be happy
Hw: Read and talk about your day focusing on building empathy and reflection.
Really proud to have completed
@debbiehepp
Phonics Training Online course. Probably the most impressive training I have ever done and led by such an outstanding and passionate expert of systematic synthetic phonics. Do this course and become a pioneer!
'In every single research study ever made phonics was shown to be superior to the word
method; conversely, there is not a single research study that shows the word method superior to phonics.' (Flesch, 'Why Johnny Can't Read', p75).
@PamelaSnow2
@JaneCaro
Great post. The thing about decoding but not comprehending the card is that, post the effortful decoding, the family can then have lots of great conversations about the meaning, developing the oral comprehension. Then the rope starts strengthening even more.
Lots of positive attention for
@OakNational
today, which I’m really grateful for. It’s important we don’t pretend it’s a panacea though. In that spirit, here’s what’s wrong with Oak National Academy:
'Crucially, contrary to what is frequently claimed by whole-language advocates, tests reveal that children taught with a whole-language approach not only score below their grade level when reading new words,'...1/2
WHEN you have each cohort at 95%+ at or above expected grade level, THEN you may have the space to push some pedagogical boundaries. UNTIL THEN stop f...ing about with nonsense. TEACH THE STUFF and CUT THE FLUFF.
'For the most part, reading research has largely demonstrated two things: the enormous ingenuity and versatility of the young mind in the absence of suitable
instruction, plus the miraculous fact that some children actually learn to read and spell.' 👋 1/2
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Supporters of the “Science of Reading” say that it is supported by research. They never give details. Why not supply links for free downloads to the research studies?
My hope for education direction: master the basics (lit/num) as early as possible then a LOT more science, history, geography, art, music, tech, physical ed for all.
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#FPliteracy
LLI petition & support.
🧵 It’s this time of year that people always complain about the made up words in the phonics screening check. Supposedly “good readers” struggle with them. It’s not true. If you can’t read the alien words, you’re not a good reader. For example, you couldn’t read this:
If Reading Recovery were part of the literacy solution surely they would join
@reading_league
or
@IFERIorg
or many of the science of reading groups. Why not?
A Parent’s Guide to Phonics by
@PhonicsforSEN
&
@IILearning
w/a foreword by
@MrLitEdu
is a gem of a book & the best $4 an educator & family can spend! Accurate & aligned w/the science w/clear, concise language it covers all the essentials & provides on-target guidance!
@ehanford
It's great. The part where Bush is listening to the reading in that fateful day. I always admired that he carried on with them while the news waa delivered to him. Knowing he was hearing SOR in action is even more important.
'The important message is this: a writing system is a code with a systematic relationship between units of sound and visual symbols.' (p.39, Diane McGuinness, Early Reading Instruction)
It is not easy for a teacher to get a learner to modify their prior knowledge into different or new knowledge. It takes patience, tolerance, compassion and support by the teacher.
@hannahriopelle
@ehanford
Keep sharing and retweeting and getting this out so more and more teachers have the confidence to speak out. Enough damage has been done. The evidence is there. All schools have to address this!
If you get to a position of changing literacy outcomes for the many, be careful of slipping into strategic planning only. There are YP who need the right help to learn to read RIGHT NOW! Don't lose them in long-termism.
@emilyjsolari
shows that students brains are all across the distribution …if the orange line is the screening cutoff, the students just on the other side of the line still need support!
“The kids are coming in at different levels, different learning styles. So whether you’re a higher reader or a lower reader, we’re all going to break it down together.” Here’s what it looks like when students “collaborate” on reading.
'Their (teachers of written English) words should be not "How to write" but "How to try and say what you really mean" - which is part of the search for self-knowledge and, perhaps, in one form or another, grace.' (Ted Hughes)
I was reading somewhere that the phonics movement is about selling product! This DfE validated SSP programme is FREE and now you don't even need a sign up - just go straight to the programme from this link:
Money-grabbing b.......!
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@C_Hendrick
@MrZachG
I was recently at a party and a guest came up to me and said, hey you teach linguistics have you met x, they run an NLP company you should chat. "I don't think we should," I said.