Ive amended a recent post I saw on facebook as have been banned from posting there. Emma Hartnell-Baker

1. Response to a recent post on another facebook page.
Teach them to read as early as possible, so that they do not experience
feelings of shame or frustration.
Scaffold learning so that they experience
success at every stage.
Make teaching fun
and exciting.
Out of space..
USE SSP :-)
Added for
the 95% of
children
who need to
be taught PA
to become
a reader.
D e v e l op t h
e i r p h on e m
ic aw ar e ne s
s
Without this
at least 35%
of students
wont ever
reach grade
level.
If you don’t believe me, ask any school their percentages for
reaching grade level in reading, and then look at their teaching
strategies. Any school at which every child isn’t reaching at least
minimum levels (already set really low to counteract a decade of
deliberately not teaching phonemic awareness or phonics - which
has left 4 in 10 Australian students functionally illiterate) isn’t
teaching phonemic awareness.
Phonemic awareness isn’t phonics. Phonics is necessary as it helps
students link oral language (speech) with print, and sets a solid
foundation for reading AND spelling, however students with poor
phonemic awareness won’t ‘get’ the phonics.
Emma Hartnell-Baker BEd Hons MA Special Educational Needs
(Dyslexia Advisor)