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Root repository | #178 | fleet, flex (bend, curve, turn) A brace this week. Hi-res PDFs can be downloaded here: A retweet for a download is, as always, greatly appreciated. 🙂

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Sounds & Syllables

@SoundSyllable

6 months

A very generous resource for exploring morphology in the classroom. 🙂

Fabio Di Salvo

@fabdisalvo

6 months

**100 root word cards COMPLETE SET now available!** I have added 15 cards, which brings the total to a nice 100! I've also fixed some errors in previous cards, and added more suggestions to some cards. All 100 cards are available to freely download here:

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@SoundSyllable

2 years

So this image popped up on my timeline. 🙂

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@SoundSyllable

5 months

Here is a complete list. I am yet to release <monstr> & <create>. I never released <lig> as an alternate of <lect> / <lege> (I forgot to make it when I released the other two). I may have released <dic> with <dict> but can't recall. I'm sure all others were released.

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@SoundSyllable

2 years

I have an annual ritual of checking the phonics screening check pseudo words against urban dictionary definitions. My favourite this year...

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@SoundSyllable

24 days

I'm the process of updating some old materials. If anyone is interested here's an infographic I made a long time ago now on 'flowers of rhetoric'. You can download the PDF here:

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@SoundSyllable

2 years

Great thread from Ryon on teaching statutory spellings (which applies to teaching any word really). Now if only there was a spelling programme that had done this for every statutory spelling, over, let's say, 1200 or so slides. 🤔

Mr Leyshon

@RyonWLeyshon

2 years

Some thoughts on teaching spelling with a specific focus on how we approach the statutory lists on the NC: It’s quite common to see words from these lists thrown at kids without much thought as to how these will anchor onto existing orthographic representations/understanding.

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Sounds & Syllables

@SoundSyllable

1 year

I finally took the plunge and picked up a copy of Spelling edited by Rebecca Treiman. 👇 I'm excited to dive in. If anyone is interested I'll summarise the contents and key findings of the various papers (perhaps aiming for one a week if I find time) in a thread.

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@SoundSyllable

11 months

Spellings represent sounds imperfectly. They are approximate, best-fit and, in a writing system with a deep orthography, sound-spelling matches are sometimes ambiguous. Right, that's off my chest. Carry on. 🙂

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@SoundSyllable

10 months

It was pleasure talking all things spelling at the Hampshire English conferences these past two weeks. A huge thank you to everyone at @hiasenglish for inviting me to speak, and to everyone who attended. 🙂

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@SoundSyllable

3 years

If you found this infographic 👇 useful from the Primacy of Science in Communicating Advances in the Science Of Reading that's doing the rounds, you might want to read this published by SEDL in 2001. 🙂

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@SoundSyllable

3 years

FREE online Sounds & Syllables spelling taster 1st Dec 21 | 15:30 It's been a while since the last one, so I'll be running a 1 hour (+ Q&A time) Sounds & Syllables spelling taster on Details in the flyer. 👇 Use the link to book a spot. 🙂

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@SoundSyllable

2 years

@SusanGodsland It had never occurred to me that some might pronounce it with 2. I'd never heard it with 2 before yesterday. I've always heard it as sump | tu | ous.

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@SoundSyllable

2 years

Thank you to everyone who came along to the Sounds & Syllables taster. I really do appreciate you taking your the time out of your day. 🙂

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@SoundSyllable

5 months

FREE online training: A Is For Ox: The Story of English Spelling. All welcome. I've not advertised this until now, but already half the places are gone. Details in the flyer👇 Reserve your spot here:

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Sounds & Syllables

@SoundSyllable

3 years

I am running FREE Sounds & Syllables (24th March) & Rainbow Grammar (17th March) tasters again. You can sign up for one or both here: More details in the flyer below 👇👇👇

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@SoundSyllable

3 years

We've known how to teach spelling for a VERY long time now. This 👇👇👇was written in 1966. And still guff like pyramid spelling, lcwc, word searches, word coffins, does it look right? and the like are all too common in our schools. 😞

Rob Randel

@robrandel

3 years

There is a very popular literacy consultant in Wales still promoting this. Be aware! @SoundSyllable explains why asking children to do things like pyramid spelling is poor practice! TY @anneglennie @SusanGodsland for sharing this. #attackpoorspellinginstruction

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Sounds & Syllables

@SoundSyllable

1 year

I'm going to regret this tweet, but... If you were teaching a child to spell 'salad' and wanted to break it into syllables as a means of doing so, would you go with sa | lad or sal | ad Why?

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@SoundSyllable

3 years

New blog post: the spelling voice. In which I go too much detail for something that is pretty straight forward.

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@SoundSyllable

2 years

Controversial take: teaching etymology is a largely a waste of time in primary. (I love etymology, by the way)

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@SoundSyllable

1 year

I'm running free online spelling / grammar taster sessions in May. If you'd like to know how Sounds & Syllables & Rainbow Grammar can support spelling & sentence structure respectively, I'd love you to come along. Register here: Deets in the flyers 👇

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@SoundSyllable

3 years

A huge thank you who took the time out of your undoubtedly busy day to attend the Sounds & Syllables taster. I hope there was something of interest to you all amongst the vast amount I attempted to cram into the short session.

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@SoundSyllable

2 years

Is there a silent letter in 'scent'? If so, which one?

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@SoundSyllable

3 years

Would there be any interest if I were to run a FREE Sounds & Syllables spelling taster again in July?

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@SoundSyllable

2 years

Phonics / spelling teachers. I'm really interested in how you (or your phonics / spelling programme) define a schwa. So, simple q: what is a schwa?

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Sounds & Syllables

@SoundSyllable

1 year

My website has moved to a new address A new, better host will allow me to add more functionality in the coming weeks and months. 🙂

home - jason wade education

jwed.co.uk

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Sounds & Syllables

@SoundSyllable

3 years

If there is interest, I'll collate PDF versions on the website with a brief guide of how you might use them. 🙂

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@SoundSyllable

6 months

@tiffany_peltier From a UK perspective, we are completely baffled by the seeming obsession in the US with syllabification rules. 🤷‍♂️

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@SoundSyllable

2 years

@APinchofSaLTs These by @fabdisalvo are what you Are looking for.

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@SoundSyllable

2 years

FREE Sounds & Syllables taster: 11th July, 15:45 - 17:15 BST If you want to learn more about how to teach spelling effectively, I'd love you to come along. You can sign up for one or both here: More details in the flyer below 👇👇👇

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Sounds & Syllables

@SoundSyllable

2 years

I've decided to run the FREE Sounds & Syllables & Rainbow Grammar online taster sessions again in November Details in the flyer below. 👇👇👇 If you want to find out about 1st class spelling / grammar teaching, reserve your spot by following the link:

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@SoundSyllable

2 years

Does anyone know if a (re)source for the etymology of certain graphemes exists? For example: /k/ spelled <ch> is likely Greek /r/ spelled <wr> is likely Germanic that kind of thing.

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@SoundSyllable

6 months

"The output of the word identification system, the word's pronunciation and meaning features, is the input to the comprehension system." Perfetti & Helder A neat summary of why decoding is key to text comprehension. 🙂

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@SoundSyllable

2 years

<h> in school - silent or part of /k/ = <ch> digraph <g> in gnaw - silent or part of /n/ = <gn> digraph <gh> in night - silent or part of /ie/ = <igh> trigraph <b> in tomb - silent or part of /m/ = <mb> digraph. Which criteria do you use to decide if letters are silent or not?

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Sounds & Syllables

@SoundSyllable

2 years

A huge thank you to anyone who has liked, retweeted, downloaded or used the Root Repository cards over the last year. And an even bigger thank you to those of you have invited to me to work with your schools. Happy New Year. 🙂

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@SoundSyllable

2 years

@DannyBate4 Bear and birth / berth

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@SoundSyllable

2 years

I've decided to run the FREE Sounds & Syllables online taster sessions again in November Details in the flyer below. If you want to find out about 1st class spelling / grammar teaching, reserve your spot by following the link:

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@SoundSyllable

2 years

For those of you who ascribe to the 'all letters represent sounds' maxim, I am curious to know what sound you think the second <o> in 'chocolate' represents.

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Sounds & Syllables

@SoundSyllable

1 year

I'm running free spelling / grammar taster sessions again. If you'd like to know how Sounds & Syllables & Rainbow Grammar can support spelling & sentence structure respectively, I'd love you to come along. Register here: Deets in the flyers 👇

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@SoundSyllable

2 years

@MissS_TeachLife My advice is to: 1. cement sound-spelling relationships 2. break longer words into syllables 3. teach the spelling of common morphemes 4. build in time for LOTS of practice 4. tackle errors spelling at the point of writing There are NO quick wins.

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@SoundSyllable

2 years

@Suchmo83 There weren't enough dinosaurs in your book, Chris. As a palaeontologist I was hoping for more dinosaurs. If there were more dinosaurs, my rating would have been higher. ⭐️⭐️

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@SoundSyllable

3 years

@solomon_teach If I could tell every teacher one thing about teaching spelling? Have children says sound out loud as they write the spellings.

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@SoundSyllable

5 months

Wow. This was fully booked in less than 24 hours. Thank you to anyone who reserved a spot. It had better be half decent now. 🙂

Sounds & Syllables

@SoundSyllable

5 months

FREE online training: A Is For Ox: The Story of English Spelling. All welcome. I've not advertised this until now, but already half the places are gone. Details in the flyer👇 Reserve your spot here:

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@SoundSyllable

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FREE online Sounds & Syllables (25 Apr) & Rainbow Grammar (2 May) tasters. It's been an age since I've found the time to run these. Details in the flyer. 👇 Use the link to book a spot: I'd love to see you there. 🙂

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Sounds & Syllables

@SoundSyllable

1 year

I've finally gotten around to arranging dates for the next round of FREE online Sounds & Syllables / Rainbow Grammar tasters. Deets in the flyers 👇👇👇 Sign up here:

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@SoundSyllable

2 years

NEW blog post: Making the Most of Morphemes It's been seven months or so since I last posted a blog, so it's about time I pulled my finger out.

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Sounds & Syllables

@SoundSyllable

2 years

Thank you for all the S&S schools who attended the free update training this morning. It was an absolute pleasure to share new and improved approaches & resources. Already looking forward to the next one. 🙂

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@SoundSyllable

2 years

So this caused unexpected controversy during Sounds & Syllables training this week. How many syllables in 'sumptuous'?

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@SoundSyllable

3 years

I've updated my five-step spelling sequence, making a few improvements. A free download and explanation can be found here: Cost of the download is a retweet. 🙂

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@SoundSyllable

2 years

First training day of the year tomorrow up in Scarborough. 🙂

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@SoundSyllable

2 years

Be still my beating heart. This beautiful illustration of the Indo European and Uralic language trees by Minna Sundberg are simply gorgeous. Do click the link.

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@SoundSyllable

3 months

A huge thank you to everyone who took time out of their day to listen to me ramble on about English spelling. It's greatly appreciated. If you didn't come along, could you complete the table in pic 3? 🙂

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@SoundSyllable

2 years

I'm curious as to how primary schools are assessing spelling (particularly in KS2). So, I'd be interested to know 1. what you are using (if anything) 2. whether you think it produced reliable / useful information

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Sounds & Syllables

@SoundSyllable

11 months

I’m really not an edu podcast listener but listening to Kathy Rastle’s thoughts was always going to be the exception. Wonderful stuff. 🙂

Kieran Mackle

@Kieran_M_Ed

11 months

🎉 *Season 6 Finale* 🎉 This week, @Suchmo83 and @Mr_AlmondED close out another wonderful season #TDaPE as they sit down with @Kathy_Rastle to explore morphology, early language instruction and much, much more. Apple: Spotify:

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Sounds & Syllables

@SoundSyllable

3 years

I have created a space where I will upload my Monday Morphemes as PDFs: The Root Repository There's also a very brief guide to them too. . The first is PDF for 'chron' is available for download. I'll add another next week.

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@SoundSyllable

1 year

Not a bad spot to do a little work this morning. 🙂

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@SoundSyllable

2 months

I've worked with hundreds of schools and thousands of teachers on the teaching of sentence structure, and this wonderful thread by Chris rings true. Definitely worth a few minutes of your time.

Christopher Such

@Suchmo83

2 months

A thread on the reasons why kids often struggle with sentence punctuation... and what we might do about it. ⬇️

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@SoundSyllable

2 years

I'm curious how people think about the plural suffixes -s and -es, so... what would you consider to be the plural suffix in the word 'horses'? -s or -es?

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