Phonics International

Just thought I'd add this to the thread - Sue Ellis giving advice on teaching reading in this week's TES Scotland. No more ‘input-outputs’ According to Ellis, schools need access to better data on literacy focusing on what matters most – pupils’ comprehension, decoding fluency and engagement – at a ...

Thought I'd add this to the Scotland thread - which seems to be mainly the Sue Ellis thread... It's from Closing the Attainment Gap in Scottish Education by Edward Sosu and Sue Ellis. Decoding and fluency There are strong correlations between low socioeconomic status and low letter and vocabulary kn...

Hi Debbie, Thank you for flagging this up - I had managed to miss it! It is a small comment that will have huge implications. When Curriculum for Excellence was introduced we did away with all of our standardised testing... I would definitely be in favour of introducing the phonics check up here - t...

Thank you Debbie. I will certainly pop over to the RRF forum! What I can't get away with is the sheer scale of the problem - and the fact that so many people have been (like me) and are, ignorant about something so fundamental... and the damage we are doing in classrooms every day, affecting the fut...

I am a primary teacher in Scotland, and have been doing some personal research into reading. I mainly teach middle to upper stages (P3/Y2 – P7/Y6) so wanted to improve my knowledge with regards to phonics etc. I discovered and read Diane McGuiness’s ‘Early Reading Instruction’… (I think one of the ‘...