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Should key words be taught as ‘sight’ words?

August 19, 2014 John7 Comments

I’ve just been asked a question that comes up with unfailing regularity: what should the advice to parents be ‘if a school insists on students learning “key words” by sight and asks you as a parent to help’. The sad truth is that if a school is sending words home that are to be learnt… Continue reading Should key words be taught as ‘sight’ words?

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