Liz Kane Structured Literacy

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1/7/21

Liz Kane Structured Literacy 

Suggests phonological screening test as part of 5 yr old entry testing. STeps example? what would we use?

Are we checking YS at entry?

Average 5 year old arrives with knowledge of 5 letter sounds.


1. Science of Reading

Article from Laura Stewart - see Louise. Webinars -?. Podcast series Science of REading 


The Code - Liz Kane (Scope and sequence. Written following MSL Training)


Lifting Literacy Aotearoa - critical advocate group for literacy. Website, one stop shop developing with resources. Kaiapoi North School case study on sight.


New literacy books from the Ministry are not labeled as decodables. Phonics+ label. No scope and sequence in ministry books.


English alphabet. 26 letters, 44 phonemes. 250 ways to spell those phonemes. i, ie, igh


Decodables for older students - game changer. Zak series- Zak gets mobbed. Liz group of year 7-8 boys MSL showed no vowel knowledge.  mad - closed syllable cvc word. Phonicsbooks.co.uk  free downloads.

https://www.phonicbooks.co.uk/product-category/catch-up-readers/talisman-series/

books available from smart books. Have a 



Liz mantra- No guessing allowed when reading words. Teach with scope and sequence in interventions. Explicit teaching with phonological awareness. 


The ladder of Reading. Nancy Young

Neural pathways. Phoneme to grapheme. Pathway from Spoken language to reading. Teaching the brain to read. 


Are you still using Magenta readers?- good for scissor skills. Message with magenta is moving the child away from text and learning to read with pictures. Can’t read jumping hopping skipping? 


Science 

Authographical - how we learning to read


Science of reading reading league


Neural Pathway - Halo sport


Tunmer - Early literacy investigation. Find out more

‘The Simple View of Reading’ - Gough and Tunmer 1986

word recognition (decoding) x language comprehension = reading comprehension



A 20th Year Celebration of Scarborough's Reading Rope - International  Dyslexia Association

Learning to read is not visual memory,  it is by orthographic mapping.


Explicit teaching of vocabulary is vital. 


Language and literacy Dr Stanislas Dehaene - Perth . talks about the teaching of reading and brain. Youtube



teaching through structured literacy means they learn reading, spelling and writing at the same time. Dictation used with 5 year olds. Plenty of time, 13 years at school. Start with explicit to gain success. 


Orthographic Mapping 

Cat slide

Structured literacy is about slowing down to make a strong foundation of literacy acquisition.

5-6 times neurotypical and the word will be mapped.


Liz Kane books - link to research is proven



2.Bridging Research to the Classroom


Phonological Awareness

An awareness of the sound structure in spoken language


Sentences - words - syllables - phonemes


Phonemic Awareness

Ability to isolate, identify and manipulate the smallest unit of sound (phoneme)


Isolate - blend - segment - delete - add - substitute (advanced) important step for our students with difficulty. 


5 year assessment for initial data.  Revisit at the end of each term only ones not achieved. This quickly identifies those children with difficulty. 


Heggertty - good place to start for NZ teachers Y1 - 40 weeks cumulative scope and sequence. Early teaching incorporate movement. Available from Christchurch. Loud and daily repetition. 


Bridge the Gap for those older students who need more. 

 

Sound Map in centre. - Say the word with counters in the circle. Pull them down and say the word again.

Start with no letters, just sounds. When process established and ready introduce letters. 

Working memory support - if systematic and slow will enhance working memory. 


 

RED FLAG - if students can’t hold and repeat 4 words back, or a sentence, they will need lots of opportunities to practise this.


Further up the school David kilpatrick. Equipped for Reading Success.  First two thirds of the book is learning for teachers. PhST test and teaching for Year 5-6.


Heggertty programme - Teachers segmenting sounds with visuals in google slides. The First sound we hear is… kids call out then a picture shared. Youtube channel. 


Explicit teaching to reach automaticity  


Progression - Move from letters to counters to imaging. 


Decoding

Alphabetic principle - spelling to sound correspondence


The Sounds of New Zealand English  - Emma Nahna.


Scope and sequence - what you are going to teach and the order you learn

Tim and Pip - first 55 texts, 6 stages - Little Learner’s Love Literacy

Check sunshine decodable information - scope and sequence 


ck after a short vowel - all in The Code manuel 


Ready to Read Phonics+ Scope and Sequence - Ministry site (don’t follow a scope and sequence) 


https://www.littlelearnersloveliteracy.com.au/


LLL - books are not rich vocabulary picture books. They have function to teach.




3.Structured Literacy


6 yr nets - are they supporting us. What are they testing? Designed for Reading recovery programme. Are we testing to track what we are teaching?


Letter formation must be taught first - sitting at table

Then when formation established layering the sound overtop. Have large letter up on whiteboard. Child trce overtop, when correct add the sound. About mastery not coverage. 20-30 times in stage 1 until letter to sound mastery.

 

NExt move to vc then cvc. Slide finger underneath looking at the letters and saying the word slowly without stopping (blend across as with YS) NOT segmenting. Saying the whole word


Explicit teaching from sound to print.

Structured literacy, teaching the vocab before reading the book

Soundswap     then reading cvc sight words. 

  Progressions before reading of book.


What do you send home. Parent meeting first. Books going home could be books parents read and share with chn before any ‘reading’ books come home. 


www.phonicbooks.co.uk


Little learners love literacy - phoneme, sight words and heart words assessment sheets


Mahi by Mahi - own scope and sequence in Te Reo


The Code

Free Google sheet for collection of data with phonological awareness, graphemes and scope and sequence stages. 


Playbased learning - Chn come to table for lesson, must have an opportunity for practise before going back to play. Opportunities for practise and mileage. How is this happening/timetabled in our classes?


Spelling - Essential list words - sprinkled into The Code in relevant stages. 


LEsson sequence structure repeats 

Soundpack - review of previous teaching 

Explicit teaching

Sound j

Spelling dge

Rule - straight after a short vowel

Reading  - giving visual examples nudge, badge, fudge, sledge

Encoding - 10 words

Dot under the vowel, line under the pattern

Finish with dictation    example on website





Groups to follow:

Lifting literacy Aotearoa

Structured literacy Waikato

Structured Literacy - Auckland

Emma Nahna. Gemma Maddocks


Here are the videos as Liz promised:

 

The Neuroscience of Learning

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nWMP68DqHE

 

Dr Stanislas Dehaene

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25GI3-kiLdo&t=603s

 

Speech sounds of NZ English

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SePU-T4S-js

 

More links to podcasts and webinars…

https://www.lizkaneliteracy.co.nz/further-reading

 

Free downloads for The Code

https://www.lizkaneliteracy.co.nz/the-code


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