tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876862148358784705.post8005302385813669043..comments2024-03-11T19:40:23.089+00:00Comments on Views from the bike shed: Every child a readerThe bike shedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05195882998271591934noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876862148358784705.post-68976177784991797042012-11-30T19:28:10.813+00:002012-11-30T19:28:10.813+00:00I'm so pleased your family got to experience t...I'm so pleased your family got to experience the great opportunity of a Reading Recovery Teacher. I am a trained reading recovery teacher but due to funding cuts I have no job and have recently had to sign onto a supply agency.<br /><br />So many children would benefit from extra time and help that a teacher with 30 children to teach just doesn't have the time to. I wish your son continued pleasure from his reading.Katy readingtogether.co.ukhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01997075998596125233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876862148358784705.post-32363151538543587752012-11-30T10:28:43.575+00:002012-11-30T10:28:43.575+00:00I see a lot of children who struggle with spelling...I see a lot of children who struggle with spelling because they have become overly reliant on phonics, and do not have the flexibility to make the step up to orthographic spelling. So they are constantly juggling different phonic possibilities without a strategy for judging which is the right one this time. That is one of the strengths of Every Child a Reader, it teaches children how to make decisions which enables them to be flexible in their learning.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876862148358784705.post-46827909282176584892012-11-14T03:08:04.426+00:002012-11-14T03:08:04.426+00:00Your son is indeed lucky. Like some here, I could ...Your son is indeed lucky. Like some here, I could relate the horrors of ignorance in my early school life . Hopefully, your son will be spared those things and is being taught by committed, caring professionals who understand how to help.ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11376645220662546020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876862148358784705.post-17511693586860688062012-11-12T21:57:22.136+00:002012-11-12T21:57:22.136+00:00Reading is an essential skill that, even when we t...Reading is an essential skill that, even when we take if for granted, can still bring us amazement and awe. My 5 year is learning to read for the first time and seems to be taking to it like a starving person at a feast. He can't get enough. It bodes well.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876862148358784705.post-75559950783910262802012-11-12T13:05:56.554+00:002012-11-12T13:05:56.554+00:00Good post Mark. What gets me is kids who become a...Good post Mark. What gets me is kids who become adults and still think that mobile phone txt language is good enough. Too often in work I came across people who wrote reports/documents on behalf of a public body for public consumption with no initial capitals, fullstops or commas, words spelled phonetically with double or ambiguous meanings. If you are writing on your own behalf rather than on behalf of a public body then crux of of the matter is that the meaning which people take from it is what you intended. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09336839035760628741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876862148358784705.post-17117613874072079112012-11-12T11:17:25.216+00:002012-11-12T11:17:25.216+00:00You make a good point regarding spelling. There i...You make a good point regarding spelling. There is so much, maybe too much irregularity, even though written English is, at base, phonetic. I tend to view bad spelling as indicative of lack of care, rather than lack of intelligence, but these days it's just as likely to be down to bad typing and poor proofing (I'm just as guilty here as anyone else). <br /><br />However, the grammar pedants also have a point, especially when a misunderstanding of the rules can lead to sentences meaning completely different things from that which is intended. And when things like apostrophes are used incorrectly, this also makes for confusion.<br /><br />Then of course, the English and American meanings of the word "sanction" are opposite. You have to hear the accent to know what "I'd sanction that" means :)Mark In Mayennehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14987723233401368368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876862148358784705.post-2945526914859190412012-11-12T10:30:43.165+00:002012-11-12T10:30:43.165+00:00PS Interesting point re creativity. I was asked to...PS Interesting point re creativity. I was asked to study English A Level, but declined because my other subjects were sciences and I hated the focus on reading and critique over language and story telling at that level. Had the mooted Creative Writing A Level been around (or AS for that matter), I might have decided differently and perhaps my writing style we discussed on Thursday might be different too!VPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02732971362066784175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876862148358784705.post-17516329800598531282012-11-12T10:23:19.590+00:002012-11-12T10:23:19.590+00:00Great to see Dylan is getting the support he needs...Great to see Dylan is getting the support he needs both at home and in the classroom.<br /><br />I was the last to learn to read in my class, I can remember that struggle so clearly. I ended up nicking my best friend's <i>Janet and John</i> book out of jealousy and frustration and taking it home. 'I can read mum', I declared when I got home. 'Come on then, show me' she said. I nervously opened the book and found I could!<br /><br />I ended up helping out all the slow readers instead of doing any other English lessons when I reached Junior school. My primary school education was a very strange one, which is a conversation for another time...VPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02732971362066784175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876862148358784705.post-74972338054139950242012-11-12T07:11:10.038+00:002012-11-12T07:11:10.038+00:00You're right Mark. In truth it's the spell...You're right Mark. In truth it's the spelling pedants that really get my goat. Spelling has little logic and relies on many cases on rote learning - that's fine but we therefore shouldn't confuse good spelling with intelligence or writing ability. Take for example, tough, through, though and thought - all use 'ough' but all sound different. And then of course we have through and threw - different spelling but same sound - aghhh! In some ways is more intelligent to rebel.<br />The bike shedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05195882998271591934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876862148358784705.post-76762385484333540622012-11-12T06:51:43.259+00:002012-11-12T06:51:43.259+00:00Unfortunately, the importance of creatvity has bee...Unfortunately, the importance of creatvity has been used as an excuse for ignoring grammar. They are both important.Mark In Mayennehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14987723233401368368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876862148358784705.post-35851754953827194412012-11-12T03:11:19.030+00:002012-11-12T03:11:19.030+00:00Reading standing in the sea - that has to be a win...Reading standing in the sea - that has to be a winner. There will be the extra pleasures of the feel and sounds of it to add to the memory of the reading. And it was fun! I'm sure Dylan will remember that!Paulinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15276284964859313257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876862148358784705.post-88656848005061416992012-11-11T21:49:41.224+00:002012-11-11T21:49:41.224+00:00So glad Dylan got the help he needed at the right ...So glad Dylan got the help he needed at the right time, Mark. Literacy is crucial and far too many children still lack the skills they need to succeed. <br /><br />All the photos are super but I love the one with the tide coming in around his feet. :-)Perpetuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01214396019726161983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876862148358784705.post-9704089783351780232012-11-11T21:35:33.617+00:002012-11-11T21:35:33.617+00:00So which one will he be entering?
Not only a righ...So which one will he be entering?<br /><br />Not only a right to read...but a duty of parents and educators to see that they do.<br /><br />I do sometimes wonder whether the children in street gangs would have avoided this life if reading, losing themselves in the life of a book, had been open to them.<br /><br />Our society is failing children - and not only children from the bottom of the heap.<br /><br />Dylan is lucky in his parents.the fly in the webhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04563871975125538755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876862148358784705.post-87538912582678961062012-11-11T21:16:29.930+00:002012-11-11T21:16:29.930+00:00Hello Mark:
Literacy is such a vital life skill. A...Hello Mark:<br />Literacy is such a vital life skill. As you say, it is wonderful that your son's school has both the resources and the desire to see that every child achieves their potential in this regard. Sadly, it is not always so and all too often parents do not show any particular interest either.<br /><br />The competition seems to us to be a great idea to bring the fun into reading. This is so badly needed when the written word can be seen more of a hindrance than a help. With any luck one of these photographs will be a winner!!Jane and Lance Hattatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16831890261259302647noreply@blogger.com