•  On Nov, 28, 2022
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Developmental Language Disorder Developmental Language Disorder, or DLD, is the subject of two recent research studies. Well reported on the internet including in The Conversation. The term replaces Specific Language Impairment (SLI). This change is found in the DSM-V (English) and does not necessarily apply to medical terms in all languages. DLD means a person […]

•  On Nov, 15, 2022
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Clear Classroom Clutter Clear Classroom Clutter!   Classroom clutter confuses especially weaker students. Now there’s a run of  Cs for you!  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 […]

•  On Nov, 15, 2022
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Dyslexia and Early Literacy Dyslexia and Early Literacy offers hints on how to improve the teaching of dyslexic students. Explain to the student 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 […]

•  On Jul, 17, 2022
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Teaching Handwriting  Teaching Handwriting can be straight-forward. It’s a matter of learning a few phrases for regular repetition and a few others. It’s like learning to drive. Once you know what you’re doing, it’s easy and automatic. Links: This Page will be informative: Early Primary School, Page An early literacy lesson pack: “His Name is Nip” […]

•  On Jul, 17, 2022
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The positive effect of parents’ socio-economic standing (SES) is less than it used to be and the negative effect of staff turnover in larger primary schools is now greater.

•  On Jul, 17, 2022
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 Reading – 3 Levels of Text Reading – 3 Levels of Text of reading materials helps parents to help their children. Each text level has a purpose. Children choose their own readers or chapter books in the classroom. They are given reading time for pleasure. Usually, this takes place first thing in the morning or […]

•  On Jul, 17, 2022
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Mark Student’s Work It is important to Mark Student’s Work. The sooner the better after the lesson! Many children do not get their school work marked by a teacher. Example >A class of Grade 5 students was given an Enquiry task. >>Some tasks were done in class and other tasks given as Home Learning. >>A […]

•  On Jul, 17, 2022
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Enquiry Learning Needs Overhaul Enquiry Learning Needs Overhaul as it is not working well. Information needs to be presented to students in an orderly and structured way. Enquiry methods do not allow for this. Some academics and teachers include practical tasks in Enquiry Learning. If it is included, it has always been with us. Taking a […]

•  On May, 08, 2022
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The 3-Point Principle is: Model the letter. Work on a couple of problem letters per week. Say: All downstrokes are straight, all upstrokes slant to the right.

•  On May, 08, 2022
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You could find that Grade 3 material is being taught as if it is Grade 2. And children are being assessed for Grade 2 on Grade 3 materials.