'Victoria Dyslexia Support' are making good progress with their petition for cumulative, decodable reading books for beginners and strugglers:
https://www.change.org/p/say-yes-to-dec ... tm_term=cs
Please support them, even if you are not living in Victoria - or, indeed - Australia!
Victoria, Aus: Petition for decodable reading books for beginners and strugglers
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Re: Victoria, Aus: Petition for decodable reading books for beginners and strugglers
This article in The Age by Henrietta Cook furthers the cause of the petition for extra funding for decodable reading books. The article provides examples of 'repetitive text' reading books:
https://www.theage.com.au/national/vict ... ginAction=[object%20Object]Dull, predictable: The problem with books for prep students
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Re: Victoria, Aus: Petition for decodable reading books for beginners and strugglers
Alison Clarke of Spelfabet writes yet another excellent post about the need and advantages of decodable reading books:
https://www.spelfabet.com.au/2018/10/de ... ent-234808Decodable texts and lesson-to-text match
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Re: Victoria, Aus: Petition for decodable reading books for beginners and strugglers
Great news is described in the Canberra Times about promised financing of decodable books - this demonstrates that the importance of phonics provision including providing books that children can expect to read independently by applying their current phonics knowledge is truly on the radar of politicians in Victoria:
https://www.canberratimes.com.au/nation ... =hootsuiteCoalition pledges to overhaul the 'repetitive' books given to preps