High frequency words

How confused can Key Stage 1 teachers be about high frequency words?

Well, how confused can some Key Stage 1 teachers be about HFWs? Answer? Very confused! Here is a letter to parents sent home recently from a primary school somewhere in the south east of England. Dear Parents/CarersThis week in phonics the children have been learning the following sounds:a, i, m, s, t, n, o p… Continue reading How confused can Key Stage 1 teachers be about high frequency words?

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The Eyes to the Write (in English orthography)

Following on from my previous posting, I want to consider what the implications are for what our eyes are doing when we are learning to read? Certainly, because the span of fixations are more limited, the beginning reader needs more fixations and saccades to hold text in foveal view. This and the fact that publishers… Continue reading The Eyes to the Write (in English orthography)