#Phonics

Monise L. Seward

MoniseLSeward

Illiteracy got the upper hand when we stopped teaching phonics.We have a lot of work to do, folks.Lots. We have generational illiteracy in families. The kids come to school w/

Simon Smith

smithsmm

As I’ve said before reading is the most important thing we teach in our schools. We don’t just want children to leave primary able to read we also want them

Emily Hanford

ehanford

Thread: There was a session today at #NCTE19, the annual conference of @ncte, called "Misreading the Science of Reading." I want to share some thoughts, and some reading material, to

Rebecca Urban

RurbsOz

THREAD: Day 3 of synthetic phonics at home and someone woke up on the wrong side of bed! Five-year-old didn’t want a bar of her letter and word sounding practice

Dr Vic Carr

HappyHead74

1/n Ok, on the topic of exclusion, I have inadvertently allowed myself to become super upset. Off to have a cry in the garden at the state of society and

Michele Caracappa

MicheleCaracapp

Here’s a stab at the things we should be planning NOW so we’re ready when students return to elementary school. Note that this list is academically focused, and not inclusive

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taesjuulpods

you’ve probably seen this list floating around the tl, lets talk about it. so it’s a list of words that are supposedly AAVE. (you’ll see why it’s supposedly later) to

Nathaniel Swain

NathanielRSwain

We are not in disagreement on the importance of phonemic awareness, and using 44 phonemes. As we’ve discussed before, we differ oh whether the phoneme-grapheme correspondences should be taught all

Elaine “Proud 2 Be a Rebel” Bennett #EYFSRebel 🦩

KeepEYsUnique

Seems to be a real momentum gathering on line that it’s definitely time for change in education.... but where do we begin??? Here’s some thoughts.... 1. Time to extend EYs

Alex Danvers

AlexDanvers2017

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Nic Taewa

nic_taewa

Thanks @briarlipson for the copy of New Zealand's Education delusion. I just read it this morning and it is a thought-provoking read no matter what educational beliefs you may have.

Amanda Goetz

AmandaMGoetz

Since most of the people saying "virtual learning is the future" don't have kids, I've decided to break down what a normal day is like as a working mom with

Dr. Heidi Beverine-Curry

drheidibc

Thread: Thank you for all the public and mostly private encouragement to share the story & video of S. I’ll give context, share video, then get into detail. Sept 2014-

Sarah Boon

Saraheboon

So I only found out that it was #DyslexiaAwarenessWeek today! I thought I would do a thread of going through the education system as a dyslexic. (Similar to my autism

Tiffany K. Peltier

tiffany_peltier

1/ No, I do not want Guided Reading to occur in my child's classroom. GR was created by Fountas & Pinnell -- it includes leveled texts, which are predictable in

Catherine Wilkinson #thereisnorush

CathWilkinson79

Please helpLong thread alertNaturally thoughts are turning to September. Teachers are thinking of the best use of their time, of things they can prep. I understand this, but please, stop.