Uh-oh. I hear New South Wales in Oz is considering a phonics check that may include (gasp!) nonsense words such as POS, TER, DRIV, SWOL, DREN, and LOP. That's prePOS/TERous DRIVel. Utter codSWOL/LOP. Our chilDREN do not need the ability to read nonsense words. @DyslexiaMSL

Don’t miss this opportunity to learn from @SarahAsome Assistant Principal at Bentleigh West Public School in @LD_Australia Wednesday Webinar series. Register here ldaustralia.org/conferences-…

Sound advice for teaching ANYTHING "This advice is especially important for teachers who, themselves, may find phonics to be boring. Don’t communicate that to your students about phonics or anything else that you teach. Enthusiasm is contagious, so buck it up."

The #ScienceofReading allows ALL children to succeed. Effective and inclusive instruction is the greatest tool we have to promote #SocialEquity in every classroom. Come along to this free webinar on the 28th July with Dr @RWheldall. Head to mellcop.org to sign up!

Reading Teachers - If you're teaching these strategies you're actually doing harm - and any phonics you might be teaching is getting overshadowed and sidelined. Let go of "cueing" and learn to teach reading properly. My FREE books can help you (see my profile).

I've spent the better part of the past 3.5 yrs reporting on how children are taught to read and what scientists have figured out about how children learn -- and the shocking disconnect. In this presentation, I tell the story of what I've learned. youtube.com/watch?v=GO4_S26g…

If you do nothing else today, watch this! @ehanford articulates in such a considered way the Science of Reading. Definitely one to show all staff. youtu.be/GO4_S26gOkQ

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This is why we need to teach spelling explicitly.

It seems like a good time to share the video of the phonics debate again. (Note: Five from Five is now a community education initiative of @MULTILITmedia). youtube.com/watch?v=snUNsYfr…

An @EducEndowFoundn-funded evaluation of "Achievement for All" involving 134 schools (108 of which were rated good or outstanding by Ofsted) found that the programme reduced progress in English and maths in years 5 and 6 by 8%: bit.ly/2XVZFCH

Don’t be fooled by reassur­ances that students are learning “phonics in context” or as a “balanced literacy” diet. Both are euphemisms for a non-systematic, non-evidence-based approach. My article in the Weekend Australian today: theaustralian.com.au/inquire…

How deep does the legacy of #WholeLanguage run through our education system? So far I’ve found its now discredited and outmoded ideas embedded in #ITE #ProfessionalLearning, Education Departments, #EducationalConsultants & the #Curriculum. THESE VIDEOS ARE PRIME EXAMPLES 👇 #mt

"Listen, here's the secret: If you can't read, you can't do anything else. It's the doorway to education," she said. "Reading is the basis of freedom.” Wise words from an incredible 83 year old activist

Here is Tim Shanahan's take on the Simple View. Pay close attention to points 1 through 4 in his blog: shanahanonliteracy.com/blog/… Here's my own take on the Simple View: parkerphonics.com/post/the-s… See what you think.

In which @ParkerPhonics suggests that the simple view of reading requires language comprehension (rather than merely listening comprehension referred to by @ReadingShanahan) and restores balance to the world of Reading Twitter.