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- Wed Nov 24, 2010 10:04 pm
- Forum: All sorts of articles, blogs, research and topics to stimulate debate!
- Topic: Why do we teach cursive writing?
- Replies: 2
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Why do we teach cursive writing?
Just wondered if anyone had any comments about the subject of teaching cursive handwriting to children. I have had a query from a parent whose 5 year old is struggling with cursive handwriting. Her school have just adopted this as a new policy. can anyone give me an idea of the arguments for and aga...
- Wed Jan 06, 2010 10:43 pm
- Forum: All sorts of articles, blogs, research and topics to stimulate debate!
- Topic: "Mistake" in Letters and Sounds?!?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 47102
:lol: It made perfect sense to me, but the I'm a phonics nerd! I fear that the majority of people on this planet would think we were talking some alien language! I have just read the article you linked to in the PI Newsletter - oh what a beauty!!! At last we have a sensible report telling the govern...
- Wed Dec 30, 2009 2:41 pm
- Forum: All sorts of articles, blogs, research and topics to stimulate debate!
- Topic: "Mistake" in Letters and Sounds?!?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 47102
- Sun Apr 19, 2009 2:01 pm
- Forum: All sorts of articles, blogs, research and topics to stimulate debate!
- Topic: reading comprehension
- Replies: 2
- Views: 17316
- Thu Apr 16, 2009 8:20 am
- Forum: All sorts of articles, blogs, research and topics to stimulate debate!
- Topic: reading comprehension
- Replies: 2
- Views: 17316
reading comprehension
I'm really hoping that someone maight be able to give me some help. I have a pupil who comes to me because of his poor comprehension skills. The scenario is this: L is 9 yrs 7 months, and on the Burt reading test is scoring 9 months ahead of age (10y 4m), and on the schonell spelling is scoring 11 m...
- Wed Feb 11, 2009 9:35 pm
- Forum: All sorts of articles, blogs, research and topics to stimulate debate!
- Topic: Poppetsam where are you?!
- Replies: 0
- Views: 11997
Poppetsam where are you?!
We haven't heard from you for a while. I was just wondering how things are going and how your class are doing now that we are halfway through the year?
Let us have an update!!
Let us have an update!!
- Thu Feb 05, 2009 7:44 pm
- Forum: All sorts of articles, blogs, research and topics to stimulate debate!
- Topic: OOps!
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- Views: 12004
OOps!
Sorry, I forgot to paste the article into the post about Reading Recovery!
I have now rectified the matter, hope it makes a bit more sense now! Must be the snow getting to me.
I have now rectified the matter, hope it makes a bit more sense now! Must be the snow getting to me.
- Thu Feb 05, 2009 5:18 pm
- Forum: All sorts of articles, blogs, research and topics to stimulate debate!
- Topic: Coffee quotes
- Replies: 2
- Views: 16911
Yes, quite right!! Sorry I wasn't meaning that to sound as though only educated mothers should be paid to stay at home! I believe that all mothers (or fathers) should have the choice to stay at home and look after their children. It was more to do with the lunacy of the situation in England at the m...
- Thu Feb 05, 2009 5:05 pm
- Forum: All sorts of articles, blogs, research and topics to stimulate debate!
- Topic: Reading Recovery
- Replies: 0
- Views: 12523
Reading Recovery
I read the following article in my local freebie newspaper the other morning whilst having breakfast :evil: . PUPILS at a Derbyshire primary school have improved their reading skills so much that they are being given a national award. Stenson Fields Primary School introduced the Every Child a Reader...
- Tue Feb 03, 2009 7:19 pm
- Forum: All sorts of articles, blogs, research and topics to stimulate debate!
- Topic: Coffee quotes
- Replies: 2
- Views: 16911
Coffee quotes
A friend and I were having coffee this afternoon and mulling over the report into childhood unhappiness. We were discussing the fact that so many educated women are being forced into work, when actually they would really be great at staying at home and giving their children a good start in life. My ...
- Mon Feb 02, 2009 10:52 pm
- Forum: All sorts of articles, blogs, research and topics to stimulate debate!
- Topic: Report on childhood happiness and the "selfishness of a
- Replies: 1
- Views: 14459
Report on childhood happiness and the "selfishness of a
Oh dear, now I'm really depressed :( As if its not enough to feel constantly under pressure as a teacher to get everything right, I'm now being slated for being a part time working mum. If you havent seen the news tonight (or only got as far as the snow!) a report has just been brought out blaming p...
- Sat Jan 24, 2009 9:27 am
- Forum: All sorts of articles, blogs, research and topics to stimulate debate!
- Topic: Alert - curriculum review!
- Replies: 0
- Views: 12180
Alert - curriculum review!
I went on a training course on Thursday and found out about the government review (by Jim Rose) into the Primary Curriculum. The trainer that was running the course (who was very passionate and inspiring) made a comment which rather concerned me. She says that Jim Rose has backpedalled somewhat on h...
- Sat Jan 24, 2009 9:17 am
- Forum: All sorts of articles, blogs, research and topics to stimulate debate!
- Topic: Hope and inspiration
- Replies: 2
- Views: 15463
:D I too am feeling very hopeful for the future under the influence of Obama Thought this might interest people, although its nothing to do with phonics, it seems relevant to those of us who are passionate about things. Its copied from an Amnesty International Mailing. For more info about the work o...
- Sun Jan 18, 2009 7:25 pm
- Forum: All sorts of articles, blogs, research and topics to stimulate debate!
- Topic: Time out to consolidate blending and segmenting skills?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 17684
Thank you Debbie, as always you have raised some very interesting points. Some of which I can answer and others I don't have enough info to be able to answer. One of the things I will say though, is that as a school they only send books home for parents to share with children, not books that the chi...
- Sat Jan 17, 2009 4:18 pm
- Forum: All sorts of articles, blogs, research and topics to stimulate debate!
- Topic: Time out to consolidate blending and segmenting skills?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 17684
Time out to consolidate blending and segmenting skills?
A friend is having a debate in her school at the moment about whether to keep on introducing the phonemes at a rate of 3 per week or whether to take time out to consolidate segmenting and blending skills. Let me elaborate. They have 2 reception classes. So far they have taught all of PI Unit 1 GPCs ...