Teaching Reading




How pronouncing the sounds can go wrong and ideas to ensure you are teaching them correctly.


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The schwa can be a cause of confusion and frustration in spelling and reading for a student. Teacher Shirley Houston will give you a simple way to explain it and some tips for helping students to decode and encode words containing a schwa.


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Hopscotch, Graffiti Spelling, Scavenger Hunt – there are lots of ways to get children outside, moving and working on phonics! Elaine Cleary gives some ideas for getting children exercising and practising their phonics!


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When children are fluent readers, their comprehension takes off! We explain: what fluency is, why you need to be paying special attention to ‘prosody’ and how you can teach these skills. 


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There is lots you can do at home to boost your child’s early literacy. Primary School Teacher Elaine Cleary explains how to foster a love of reading.


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