[senco-forum] Acceleread/write

This is very interesting. What ages were the children?

We used it with "failed beginners"-  ages between 8 and 12 usually 
(worked well when our primary school support for learning staff took to 
the idea-our secondaries found it  more difficult  to fit  in.)

One SfL teacher completely wrecked the program by devotedly going 
through each exercise set with each child in her group, and then making 
each child draw a picture to illustrate the set of sentences!!

The essence of the scheme seems to be keeping up the momentum-  we 
started with the first set, even if the child knew these letters/sound; 
we let  them type away confidently and helped them go through the cards 
at their own pace (helped their keyfinding, and reinforced what they 
already knew).  We then found they faced the harder bits calmly.

Sorry, it was some years ago, and I no longer have precise figures to 
share with you.  But many kids and the staff around them liked it and 
they made good progress.  A teacher would set it up and oversaw 
progress, but any available adult could do the regular interactions 
required ( sometimes the school secretary!).

Elizabeth

Elizabeth Haffenden wrote:
> This is very interesting.  What ages were the children?
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "E Olson" <elzo15ns at dsl.pipex.com>
> To: "senco-forum" <senco-forum at lists.becta.org.uk>; "Helen Norris" 
> <Helen.Norris at swaveseyvc.cambs.sch.uk>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2008 4:46 PM
> Subject: Re: [senco-forum] Acceleread/write
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>> We'd have given a three month break.
>>
>> In the mean time:
>> 1. Let the pupil write on a talking wp  - to keep up those skills.  He 
>> could do his class writing on one, (eg short answers to 
>> comprehension-type exercises on factual subjects)
>>
>> 2. Work on spelling  on Starspell- set it up to give list of words 
>> based on spelling patterns.
>>
>> 3. Talking Books?
>>
>> 4. Reading-  phonically based readers you may have around at an 
>> appropriate interest level.  Depends what stage the pupil has reached- 
>> I'd go for success.  If you can bear it, The Sun has a low reading 
>> age- or you might find something in the new Waterstone's Guide see 
>> Web: 
>> www.waterstones.com/wat/images/special/mag/waterstones_dyslexia_action_guide.pdf 
>>
>>
>> The trick is to keep the activity within what the pupil can feel 
>> successful at.
>>
>> Elizabeth
>>
>>
>>
>> Helen Norris wrote:
>>> We are just coming to the end of a four week intervention using
>>> Acceleread/write with some very weak year 7 pupils. When can we 
>>> repeat the intervention with the same pupil? How long a gap
>>> would members leave before repeating the intervention and what would
>>> they use with the pupils in the meantime?
>>>
>>> Kind regards
>>>
>>> Helen Norris
>>>
>>> SENCO Swavesey Village College
>>>
>>>
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