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Is reading like riding a bike?

Leave a Comment / Dyslexia, Dyslexia awareness, dyslexia self esteem, Education, Phonics, Primary Schools, PSC, PSC Australia, Reading, Reading Instruction, SEND, Special Needs, SpLD, Teacher CPD, Teacher training, Uncategorized / thinkpixblog

I’ve been following the ongoing phonics debate in Australia with interest. Many parents are calling for the introduction of the Phonics Screening Check (PSC) and state Education Ministers are opposing it. Is phonics a panacea? Introduced in 2012, can we categorically say the PSC has been a success? Children are still failing to learn to […]

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Guided Spelling: spelling between the desks.

Leave a Comment / dyslexia in the classroom, Education, High School, Phonics, Primary Schools, spelling, SpLD, Teacher training, Uncategorized / thinkpixblog

Guided spelling or ‘Spelling between the desks’, is a new concept of mine! Informed in part by mine and others’ approaches to maths. We are essentially trying to get inside the mind of the student to help to guide and explore their own thinking, in order to model HOW to think analytically about spelling.

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a,b,c…easy as??

4 Comments / Alphabet Arc, Alphabet names, Alphabetic Principle, Dyslexia, Dyslexia awareness, dyslexia self esteem, Education, Phonics, Primary Schools, Reading, SEND, Special Needs, SpLD, Teacher CPD, Teacher training / thinkpixblog

Understanding that letters have a sound and a name is key for dyslexic people.

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