Two weeks reading, researching and learning about Systematic Synthetic Phonics can be explored searching the blog for the SSP. Overdosed on Alphablocks I went on to create a cluster of reusable, flexible free resources that launch across a range of …
The ACE/CIS “Phonics in context is not enough” provided a very real and practitioners led overview of the debate. The Q and A here, closed with a spurning conclusion: “Explicit and systematic” is mandatory, “significant and relevant” is even more important. …
As a school leader, the twin stands of Organisational and People Management come only second to the Leadership of Teaching and Learning. And yet, they are arguably, inextricable linked. Every sector will be assessing the immediate, the imminent and expected …
Short and to the point. I am thinking a lot about how to teach and pre-teach vocabulary. There is a lot of vocabulary to teach. Here is a nifty little Google Sheet that I designed to help prep vocabulary for …
Hours invested, reading and watching, to learn that the Simple View of Reading is not simple, and that “Teaching Reading Is Rocket Science.” Here is what Louisa Moats would have us know and do. And if Pamela Snow references her …
Marge or rather MARGE has perked her head up again on Twitter. Arthur Shimamura’s acronym for five principles of efficient learning: Motivate, Attend, Relate, Generate, Evaluate. The MARGE mnemonic techniques puts forward “A Whole-Brain Learning Approach for Students and Teachers” to …
The top three recommendations, I think may surprise you. These start at the root of your Google experience. Your account. My account Account management Let’s get at the root of your Google Account setting (personal). Know what information is visible. …
Two weeks reading and learning about Systematic Synthetic Phonics, most of today has been set aside for building Triptico resources. I have started with Phase 2, letters and sounds, and GPC Sets 1-5 and High Frequency Words. All “public,” all …
