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- Wed Jul 13, 2016 1:01 pm
- Forum: Parent Forum
- Topic: Supporting able readers, Y2-3
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Supporting able readers, Y2-3
Hello all, I know able readers are often the least of people's worries, but I've posted a request for help/advice/information on my blog here https://miscellaneouswitterings.wordpress.com/2016/07/13/supporting-more-able-readers-y2-3/ and if anyone has any ideas I'd be grateful. Please feel free to p...
- Wed Apr 27, 2016 12:28 pm
- Forum: Parent Forum
- Topic: John Walker: What are the problems with Whole Language and why doesn't it work?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 8793
Re: John Walker: What are the problems with Whole Language and why doesn't it work?
Just putting this link here (though Debbie has also put it elsewhere). https://miscellaneouswitterings.wordpress.com/learning-to-read-before-spelling-became-standardized/ I think it would be useful to try and change the perception of the history of reading a bit: whole language approaches, viewed ov...
- Wed Dec 30, 2015 5:15 pm
- Forum: Parent Forum
- Topic: Dan Willingham: Read to kids. but not necessarily from birth
- Replies: 1
- Views: 7945
Re: Dan Willingham: Read to kids. but not necessarily from birth
And in the mean time, talk and sing to them as much as you possibly can....
- Mon Dec 14, 2015 11:19 pm
- Forum: Parent Forum
- Topic: Transition to free reading
- Replies: 4
- Views: 14461
Re: Transition to free reading
Thank you Anne, that's really interesting, and encouraging. I'm interested in the variety, actually - there are bound to be lots of ways to do it well. I wouldn't have expected a teacher to hear a child read their personal book every day, or every week - it would obviously be impractical - but I wou...
- Mon Dec 14, 2015 12:15 pm
- Forum: Parent Forum
- Topic: Transition to free reading
- Replies: 4
- Views: 14461
Re: Transition to free reading
Hello to all the people who are reading and not commenting! Any opinions gratefully received - I do understand that what you do might vary according to the child/cohort concerned. It would be very useful to know, though, if there are generally accepted norms, or whether practice varies a lot. Thank ...
- Fri Dec 11, 2015 7:37 pm
- Forum: Parent Forum
- Topic: Transition to free reading
- Replies: 4
- Views: 14461
Transition to free reading
Hello, I'm after some advice from teachers about what is usual when children are well into chapter books for their school reading in Year 2. How much contact would you expect them to have with the teacher about their choice of book and reading? Would you expect the teacher to listen to them read at ...