Jennifer McAullay - The Reading Teacher

18/05/2023

What's the connection between dyslexia and anxiety? Hear from Jerome Schultz, Ph.D., on what happens when dyslexia and anxiety meet. Learn about how dyslexia...

25/04/2023

Easy and effective! Super combo

Vocabulary ladders are a simple, easy to execute activity for developing students’ vocabulary.

22/02/2023

This is one of the best things I’ve read this morning.
Have a great day everyone! 💕

16/02/2023

How do you choose a reading program to help your child when you fear they’re falling behind?

There are many programs available for teaching reading. How do you decide if a program has ‘scientific’ validity and is likely to be effective, especially from an intervention perspective? Nayton and colleagues (2022) identify some core components of high quality … Continued

05/01/2023

Absolutely agree with this.

What should parents do if they notice their child is falling behind in reading?

01/12/2022

Can good readers be poor spellers?

Easy to read article that outlines the research demonstrating the relationship between reading and spelling.

Several studies, including this one by Desimoni et al. (2012), have shown that good readers tend to be good spellers, and poor readers tend to be poor spellers. In particular, a study by Conrad (2008) found that children were better …

11/11/2022

I saw this reminder earlier in the week posted by Maggie Dent. Sometimes we put far too much pressure on ourselves as parents. Be present, not perfect!

11/05/2022

A must read article if you feel you’re battling to support your child with dyslexia.

  Martin (2022) discusses five myths about students with dyslexia using assistive technology. This is an overview of the key points made in his article. Myth 1: Using assistive technology is cheating Dyslexia is a disability. Like any other disability …

23/04/2022

Is your school still using Reading Recovery as an intervention in the early years? Perhaps it’s time to ask why. We should be ensuring schools use evidence based strategies to help out most vulnerable students.

https://www.apmreports.org/story/2022/04/23/reading-recovery-negative-impact-on-children?fbclid=IwAR1bTKar3xSr7g_1AWlBtqy3lkFrQm0DBtN-Z_CwpQtnVYkcVAs7J_u4j6w

Initial gains from first-grade intervention didn’t last and kids performed worse in third and fourth grade.

02/03/2022

Every child deserves to shine.

05/02/2022

Such an important part of reading.

Fluency is a crucial reading skill. It is the ability to rapidly and accurately decode words and understand the words once they have been decoded. If a student cannot read with fluency, it means all their mental energy is being expended on the decoding task, leaving little mental energy for understa...

11/01/2022

Some excellent tricks and tips for learning tricky spelling words 💡