If you have been following my blogs, you'll know that most of the work I have been doing this year, spring boarded from the learning that is summarised on this post from January. There's still a problem with structured literacy Just one snippet of my literacy approach this year has been based around the class texts that I have been writing, with the inspiration of the children. I have listened in to their conversations, eavesdropped into their play and been inspired. I've posted about these on my facebook page quite frequently. Basically they are three part texts, featuring a cast of characters that children get to know, that have fun together. I am reluctant to refer to them as decodable texts, because for some of my class they are 95% decodable, while for others, just 70%. They read these texts, while sitting next to a buddy and with me there to help them with any sound spelling patterns they do not yet know. While the usual point of decodable readers is ...
I am passionate about play and structured explicit learning, finding the best of both worlds.