Research based Teaching, Learning Difficulties and the Environment
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Andrea Machin retweeted
31 May 2022
It's the holidays again, which means it's book giveaway time. If you'd like the chance to win a copy of The Art and Science of Teaching Primary Reading, simply *retweet* this tweet. I'll pick a winner at random this coming Sunday.
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Andrea Machin retweeted
23 May 2018
If a child memorises ten words, the child can only read ten words, but if the child learns the sounds of ten letters, the child will be able to read 350 three sound words, 4,320 four sound words and 21,650 five sound words (Kozloff, 2002). #phonics #literacy
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Andrea Machin retweeted
21 Jan 2018
Humbling Infographic Reveals 20 Writing Mistakes Even Native Speakers Make: grammarcheck.net/writing-mis…
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Andrea Machin retweeted
2 Apr 2018
To celebrate the release of my new book, ‘Closing the Vocabulary Gap’, being released this Friday, I’m doing a free giveaway of a signed copy. Retweet to enter! Winner drawn at random this Friday. (Book available here: amzn.to/2pX4F8U)
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6 Mar 2018
“Why ‘sleep on it’ is the most useful advice for learning, and also the most neglected” by @fjmubeen medium.com/@fjmubeen/why-sle…
19 Feb 2018
Introduction to Fractions youtu.be/nBdWxsm6x5M via @YouTube
Love Eddie Woo's focus on the language of Mathematics!! He makes the topics so accessible!
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Andrea Machin retweeted
9 Feb 2018
"Decodable texts are important because they match a student’s level of expertise...No repetition, no predictability and definitely no guessing is needed to read the text." x.com/JohnKenny03/status/961…
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21 Jan 2018
Good justification for why NSW is not continuing with Reading Recovery! x.com/lifelonglit/status/949…
6 Jan 2018
Reading Recovery is in the news again here in Australia. Here is a chapter I wrote for my next book on the subject:
lifelongliteracy.com/reading…
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Andrea Machin retweeted
5 Dec 2017
Speaking at today’s launch of the PIRLS results. These figures vindicate the government’s promotion of phonics and show that we are building a Britain fit for the future @TIMSSandPIRLS gov.uk/government/speeches/n…
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Andrea Machin retweeted
2 Dec 2017
#edchatMENA @woodard_julie infographic strengthens what we are trying to achieve by building positive student - teacher relationships and Creating a positive culture for making mistakes is essential for real learning. @VisibleLearning
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15 Nov 2017
Sounding off about teaching children to read theconversation.com/sounding… via @ConversationEDU
9 Nov 2017
Australian-first trial investigates impact of highly-trained dogs on autistic children amaze.org.au/2017/11/austral… via @destmelbourne
5 Nov 2017
Rob Stokes Minister for Education NSW: Say Yes to the Year One Phonics Screening Check - Sign the ... change.org/p/rob-stokes-mini… via @ChangeAUS
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30 Oct 2017
Check out "SPELD Victoria End-of-Year Fundraising Movie Night - UNBROKEN" eventbrite.com.au/e/speld-vi… @Eventbrite
Andrea Machin retweeted
14 Oct 2017
#strathypln And brilliant Junior School staff led by Geoff Little! x.com/talkinged19/status/919…
14 Oct 2017
Great work @gasmithpill running after school workshops on architecture & engineering @StrathconaBGGS
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Andrea Machin retweeted
14 Oct 2017
Training teachers in phonics should be prioritised, says thinktank trib.al/tOQxYnS
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Andrea Machin retweeted
6 Oct 2017
This weekend take a break for rest recharge and renewal. 50 ways to take a break. #fridayfeeling #wellbeing #selfcare
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