[senco-forum] Sticky writing

There is a step by step detailed description of how to tackle literacy with
children who are not picking up phonics in Dyslexia Guidance published by
NFER-Nelson and co-authored by Martin Turner and me, with Joanne Collier
contributing to the 11+ years part.  The guide was solicited by NFER-Nelson
precisely to fill the gap of what to do when literacy teaching fails...
phonics are not dropped - just taught differently.

Teaching to build up the number of phonemes is in there.  Use of own voice
is too through the three stage drill.

Based on years of experience of what works for many kids experiencing
difficulty, about a third of the book is photocopiable resources.  Other
than buying Sound Linkage and getting hold of some magnetic letters, a lot
of what is in there can be done without extra expenditure.

We also refer to behavioural optometrists and Drs and SLTs for auditory
processing where we feel that is appropriate.   Out of 19 years of primary
teaching this way only an absolute minority have failed to make progress
(one had been sat in a corridor for two years by his school and he was
emotionally past taking any more risks while trying to learn and he went off
to a full-time UK dyslexia school and learned there).

Philippa

On 10/1/07, Maggie Downie <maizie2004 at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>
> How long have you been trying the 'phonic' method?  It may be that the
> child just needs more time and intensive practice before it 'clicks'.
>
> Have you tried using the 'successive blending' method, which does not
> require using so much short term memory.  Get the child to sound out and
> blend the first 2 phonemes a few times until they are secure, then sound out
> and add the final one.  Ensure that the child is actually 'reading' the
> graphemes as s/he sounds out and blends.  It is not a feat of memory, as
> some children seem to think it is. Once 3 phoneme words are secure, move on
> to 4 phoneme words using the same technique.
>
> I would certainly agree with Aly that the child should be checked out for
> auditory processing difficulties, but I would not abandon the phonics
> unless/until a positive diagnosis is confirmed and you are advised by an
> expert that the child will be unable to learn to read using systematic
> phonics instruction.
>
> Maggie
>
> Mary Ross <maross13 at yahoo.co.uk> wrote: We have a child who finds learning
> to read by the phonic method very
> difficult i.e. cannot blend even 3 sounds together.  The Ed. Psych. has
> recommended 'Sticky Writing'.  Unfortunately I missed that part of the
> feedback and am not too clear on what this is. Any suggestions?  Do I
> REALLY
> give up on phonics?
>
> Mary.  Senco. Norfolk Junior School.
>
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