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Exploding myths – imploding arguments

Having been round the literacy block a few times, I did permit myself a smile when I read the title of the paper by Anne Castles et al ‘Ending the Reading Wars: Reading Acquisition from Novice to Expert.’ Good luck with that, I thought. And, sure enough, who should pop up with an anti-phonics/anti-Phonics Screening… Continue reading Exploding myths – imploding arguments

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Reading: from working memory into long-term memory

  This post is the third of four, where I share with you the presentation I gave at the recent ResearchEd conference in Auckland, New Zealand. When teaching children to read and write in English, as teachers, our problem lies in devising efficient instructional procedures for teaching the complexities of the English alphabet code, and… Continue reading Reading: from working memory into long-term memory