[senco-forum] Literacy

Hear hear! I spend most of my life teaching phonics to dyslexic children.
Yes I do it in as multisensory a way as possible but, fundamentally, the
biggest chance I give them is that we work where the child is at, not the
curriculum.
By the way, a study called the "The London Offender Study" in 1998 found
that 52% of randomly selected offenders showed strong indications of
dyslexia, although the frequency in the general population is 4-10%. 
Mary

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[mailto:senco-forum-bounces at lists.becta.org.uk] On Behalf Of Biff Crabbe
Sent: 29 December 2006 20:49
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Subject: [senco-forum] Literacy

I agree with the general view that synthetic phonics first is likely to be
the most effective initial teaching method for the largest proportion of
children.  And I agree completely with Aly that we won't necessarily be much
further forward in knowing how to support the smaller proportion of children
for whom it isn't the right method (or quite possibly the right method, but
at the wrong time or the wrong pace).

Whatever comes out of the Rose report as an 'on the ground' teaching system,
if it runs along the same lines of thinking as the rest of the imposed
curriculum and strategies (it's Year 1, Term 2, so we must be doing the
stuff on page 23), its effectiveness will be reduced for both cohorts.

Biff

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