•  On Nov, 15, 2022
•  Tutoring Primary

Declutter the Classroom Classroom Clutter Can Confuse  The classroom clutter overhead, on every wall and every space harks back to earlier decades when Whole Language Theory dominated the teaching of literacy. Associated with Whole Language in the primary classroom was the idea of immersion in language and I think this remains one of the persistent remnants of that […]

•  On Nov, 15, 2022
•  Tutoring Primary

Dyslexic Child – The Alphabet   Explain to the child that Our alphabet has twenty six letters. And there are other alphabets that have more letters. As we only have twenty-six letters, fifty two if we include capital letters, we use them in combinations to create other sounds such as ‘th’ and ‘oa’. The letter […]

•  On Jul, 17, 2022
•  Tutoring Primary

Work on the small letters first, then the capital letters. Starting with the lower case, work on letters with only straight lines…

•  On Jul, 17, 2022
•  Tutoring Primary

Leisure reading produces fluency with the high frequency of words. Middle ranking texts extend general knowledge. All have a place and must be assessed in different ways.

•  On Jul, 17, 2022
•  Tutoring Primary

Immediate feedback is the most effective way for children to learn. You could say, “I helped you with this one. Do you think you earned your mark?” Then give them an encouragment mark.

•  On Jul, 17, 2022
•  Tutoring Primary

Place each card in front of your child. One after the other and say the word yourself. Go through this once or twice. Slowly. Then go through again. Say each word again. Ask your child to repeat each word after you…

•  On Jul, 17, 2022
•  Tutoring Primary

The student can sound out h – i – m . And as for words like my, teach them as a sight word in Prep and Grade 1. By Grade 2 the student will learn try, cry, fly and others by applying the rule learned in Prep and Grade 1. Children will learn the rule instinctively.

•  On May, 08, 2022
•  Tutoring Primary

Readers can confuse because each publisher uses their own reading level codes. Levels vary between schools depending on the publisher used.

•  On Jul, 08, 2018
•  Mary Keating

Think of a hamburger. The bread on the bottom is the introduction. The bread at the top is your conclusion. The meat, the salad and the cheese are the paragraphs in between.

•  On Jun, 29, 2018
•  Mary Keating

The child may make a sigh at the end of the reading task with a “Thank goodness that’s over” type of expression. That’s the moment to praise. That’s the moment of achievement.