Jimmy -- you sound a bit bitter for some reason. Do you think that the Jolly Phonics proponents feel they have found a panacea where this is none? Some say...
Jennifer Chew
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Dec 1, 2002 8:03 am
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Hi ... I didn't say I thought they needed only whole word instruction, only that phonics alone will not work. I have said that I know phonics is essential but ...
I, too, teach that one spelling can stand for more than one sound (e.g.cream/bread, cow/snow, and the six sounds for -ough) because I go from letters to...
mcnee
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Dec 1, 2002 11:45 am
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Aly wrote: I didn't say I thought they needed only whole word instruction, only that phonics alone will not work. I have said that I know phonics is essential...
Jennifer Chew
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Dec 1, 2002 1:02 pm
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This morning, I saw a little boy whom I know clutching a Harry Potter book. The boy is 7 and got Level 3 in the 2002 tests for 7-year-olds despite being barely...
Jennifer Chew
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Dec 1, 2002 1:02 pm
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Hi Mona To take this a few steps forward, or even backward. How do would you teach a deaf person to read? Because we APDs are in a half way house. We can hear...
This will be my last post on this for a while. I don't know what, if any real deficits these kids had you report on. What pre and post tests are used and how...
Hi Mona I know this is slightly off topic. But maths can be a very visual frindly subject, and the numbers can be respresented by increasing or decreasing the...
Trainees 'not taught to teach reading' By John Clare, Education Editor (Filed: 28/11/2002) Students training to be primary school teachers at Cambridge...
Hi All Sorry to repeat some of this but I had to go back to individual emails from the digest version to be able to present this post properly. Aly's link was...
Hi ... I came across this very probolem when reading for tests with pupils with severe dyslexia. It affected many in the class even without learning ...
Hi ... I would encourage a good background of sight words, key words, which is quite often the only way those with auditory processing problems can remember ...
In a message dated 12/1/02 7:26:12 AM Atlantic Standard Time, Olanys@... ... No argument with that, Aly. I notice you didn't mention whole word learning ...
MarcKay@...
Dec 1, 2002 4:13 pm
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I do not know. You would have to ask the person who taught Helen Keller. Mona. How do would you teach a deaf person to read? Dolfrog...
mcnee
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Dec 1, 2002 5:30 pm
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Circle time? The use of this word "circle" puts me off right away. Mona ______________ Star Tribune School treatment program is reading, writing and recovery ...
mcnee
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Dec 1, 2002 5:30 pm
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Ofsted has just produced its report on four eyars of using the National Literacy Strategy, and says it has not produced the "dramatic improvement" that is...
mcnee
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Dec 1, 2002 5:30 pm
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Celia writes Does anyone have any ideas for malleable activities.To help young children form their letters correctly.Like soap on mirrors,sand in trays? ...
Celia Reed
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Dec 1, 2002 8:49 pm
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Hi Celia ... What about playdough/plasticine? Or stencilling? Use a different colour for each letter maybe? Felt letters? Or sandpaper? Velvet? All different ...
Celia writes: Does anyone have any ideas for malleable activities.To help young children form their letters correctly.Like soap on mirrors,sand in trays? If...
Jennifer Chew
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Dec 1, 2002 9:45 pm
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Thanks Jenny ... From: Jennifer Chew To: readbygrade3@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, December 01, 2002 9:43 PM Subject: Re: [readbygrade3] activities-help Celia...
Celia Reed
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Dec 1, 2002 9:55 pm
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Hi mona I am just a parent asking questions in the hope of finding some practicle answers. dolfrog ... Keller....
Jimmy wrote: This will be my last post on this for a while. My response: I will understand if you don't want to communicate further on this, Jimmy, but would...
Jennifer Chew
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Dec 1, 2002 11:12 pm
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... Uh ... actually, Aly, you'd guessed it right and the actor (with his director) had it wrong - check the Oxford English Dictionary for the meaning of...
Kate - It was actually me (Jenny) not Aly who sent the original message about 'mobled'. Thanks for the info. on it - I have never looked it up myself ( I ...
That is an awesome accomplishment, but there must be other variables involved besides the use (or not) of Jolly Phonics alone. _________ I do not use Jolly...
mcnee
mcnee@...
Dec 2, 2002 12:19 pm
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That is an awesome accomplishment, but there must be other variables involved besides the use (or not) of Jolly Phonics alone.Whose comment is this, please? ...
mcnee
mcnee@...
Dec 2, 2002 5:28 pm
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There is a long article in today's Daily Telegraph, "How Emma managed to get into the act", about a Down's syndrome girl now 18, who wanted to be an actress,...
