Thanks for sharing Mark! It might have come across that I’m very anti spelling tests but I do mention at the end of the piece that retrieval practice and tests of spelling can be useful IF the lists of spellings make linguistic sense or focus on a taught base/root, spelling pattern, etc.

The Friday Fiasco: Why the Weekly Spelling Test is a Pedagogical Dead End Every Thursday evening, in homes up and down the country, a familiar routine plays out.

Second, @readwritejen.bsky.social goes for the weekly spelling test. Again, this is a feature of every primary school that I have ever taught in despite a lot of teachers, parents and children really wondering about its purpose.

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Today is Tasters and Tours at MIE. Not a traditional Open Day, and that's deliberate.

Rethinking early reading intervention policy in Ireland: evaluating the case for moving beyond Reading Recovery? Early reading development is critical for long-term academic success, highlighting the need for timely and effective intervention for children with reading difficulties. This paper critically exami...

Delighted to have had my article published in @irisheducationalstudies
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Check out my new Substack blog on spelling! Thank you @markgoodrich.bsky.social for reminding me to hop back onto Bluesky. It’s been a while. open.substack.com/pub/readwrit...

Ruffled Feathers: Why Round Robin Reading Does More Harm Than Good Think about something you really dislike doing.

Time to question Round Robin Reading and maybe ruffle a few feathers! open.substack.com/pub/readwrit...

Very limited, if any, research on this. It is possible that their reading may be happening at a visual or whole-word level; however, accurate encoding requires a more robust and explicit understanding of the alphabetic code. If I come across anything to support this, I’ll let you know.

Not sure of the age of the children in question but if they’re having problems reading non-words, this would indicate gaps in their phonic knowledge. It would also implement a spelling screener to determine patterns in their spelling errors — phonic, morphological, knowledge of spelling rules, etc

I would gather data on their phonics knowledge to see if there are any significant gaps and support where necessary, but if they’re reading fluently, I’d focus more on spelling.

I’ve come across many kids like this. Writing and spelling is more challenging than reading. Sometimes dyslexic kids get lots of support with reading but don’t necessarily get the same with spelling. Teaching spelling rules, morphology, etymology can be 👍🏼 I recommend Spelling for Life by Lyn Stone

Thanks for sharing @katewinn.bsky.social 💚

Coming up this Wednesday! Join @clarafiorentini.bsky.social and myself for a special webinar on lighthouses and literacy. Packed with creative, end-of-year ideas. Lots of inspiration to carry you through the last few weeks! literacy-channel.mykajabi.com/offers/nG9rC...

So important that those of us who advocate for the “science of reading” make clear that we mean so much more than phonics!

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All #NIH grants have now terminated here at #Harvard, including ours, which examined shared/distinct underlying neural & cognitive mechanisms between typical/atypical #arithmetic and #reading skills. Results would have been invaluable for development of #screening, diagnostic, & intervention tools.

New Substack post ‘The Science of Reading is more than just phonics’ open.substack.com/pub/readwrit...

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Beyond Memorising Whole Words The Research Behind Skilled Reading

So #EduSky and #EduSkyPrimary, you really want read about orthographic mapping at the weekend, don’t you?

This by @readwritejen.bsky.social is the best description I have read of how this works and why it is so important.

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Thanks for sharing! @markgoodrich.bsky.social It’s a complicated process to describe but delighted you think I captured the essence of it!

Really looking forward to addressing some #dyslexia facts and misconceptions in this webinar. Join us!
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‘Why Guessing Isn’t Reading’ open.substack.com/pub/readwrit...

Planning for Infant Classes Why English Shouldn’t Be Sliced Into Separate Pieces

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Trying out a new space! Please feel free to join me as I reflect on literacy research, literacy instruction and broader issues in literacy education. open.substack.com/pub/readwrit...

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What is happening with writing? Writing problems, and solutions, can too often go undetected in schools. Unlike reading, there are relatively few specific writing assessments to detect issues that schools can use, so it is hard to f...

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'What is happening with writing?'

"Schools are trying to support struggling writers with ‘build-your-own’ approaches & interventions. Writing lacks good diagnostic assessment as well as interventions to address problems that emerge through such assessment."

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This Institute of Education Sciences guide offers a 5-step process to help educators implement evidence-based practices to improve student literacy outcomes. Discover tools and resources to strengthen programs and practices at: bit.ly/3DBquVA

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Why academia is sleepwalking into self-destruction. My editorial @brain1878.bsky.social If you agree with the sentiments please repost. It's important for all our sakes to stop the madness
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Add round robin reading to that! Extremely stressful and traumatic for struggling readers. We’re doing our best in teacher ed to eradicate these practices.