A Teacher and Mum - Dyslexia Advocate

24/01/2021

The Reading League has published a journal article which provides evidence to support the following findings:
1. "When children do not receive adequate reading instruction, early reading difficulties are likely to lead to later reading difficulties.
2. Man reading difficulties can be reduced or even eliminated as a result of evidence based instructional interventions.
3. Evidence-based intervention provided in the early grades is more effective than intervention provided in the later grades".

12/01/2021

I am currently studying a Certificate of Competence in Educational Testing. My current learning involves looking at theories of intelligence and its relationship in assessment. This is a YouTube presentation related to Theories of Intelligence.

What are some different theories of intelligence? How do they differ from one another? What are their strengths and weaknesses?

23/12/2020

My next must-listen-to podcast 😊
https://www.gleaneducation.com/podcast/katharine-pace-miles?fbclid=IwAR1zbIsaY0LqswI37xWo4TU5EKA3Lrad0JXian8xaoqCL_9KvGwrsw4P5G8

This podcast episode was sponsored by Heggerty Phonemic Awareness .

22/12/2020

Such an important concept for people teaching reading to understand :)

This is a recording of a conversation between Dr. Kathryn Garforth & Dr. Jennifer Buckingham about Orthographic Mapping. Orthographic Mapping refers to the p...

19/12/2020

18/12/2020

It makes sense to me ☺️ What do you think?

https://fordhaminstitute.org/national/commentary/reading-comprehension-not-skill?fbclid=IwAR3PplwVQbPVvqwXlcFiguHBuWligQnOsOkVSdaSQQ_yzr5W_c-ibjexlqI

I became a disciple of E.D. Hirsch, Jr. early in my teaching career for one simple reason. His theories about reading comprehension—and his alone—described precisely what I witnessed every day in my South Bronx fifth grade classroom: children who could “decode” (read the words on the page) b...

07/12/2020

Another great short presentation by Alison Clarke from Spelfabet 😊

Teachers usually aren't taught much about the structure of the English language at university, and tend to draw on research of variable quality to teach earl...

30/11/2020

As a teacher and a parent, I think this is wonderful news for NSW schools 😊
What do you think?
https://education.nsw.gov.au/news/latest-news/phonics-compulsory-for-every-student?fbclid=IwAR3tPNjYqICH2FJBlNng5RXRtsE-iYL3x9d8tLrSYrtUHt0zdZp3Jj8lE-c

All Year 1 students will be required to undergo a compulsory phonics check from next year.

08/11/2020

If you watched the first part to 'Is my kid learning to read?' You'll want to watch part two :)

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we are currently helping our 1st grade daughter through distance learning. This has opened our eyes to the ways that kids are b...

08/11/2020

The Reading League is a wonderful resource for those wanting to learn more about how to teach reading :)

Sharing knowledge, inspiring change. How do our brains learn to read? What are the underlying causes when students have difficulty? How do we prevent those difficulties? How do we remediate those difficulties? The scientific evidence base has converged to answer all of these questions. By leveraging...