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This is absolutely crucial around the research relating to reading. I great post to boil down into the fundamentals of how, when, and why research might apply.
This is absolutely crucial around the research relating to reading. I great post to boil down into the fundamentals of how, when, and why research might apply. https://t.co/xof0jw9ACn
🚨⚙️NEW RESOURCES ALERT⚙️🚨
November Gears of Thought is now live!
⚙️ European Convention on Human Rights
⚙️ Conspiracy Theories
⚙️ Freddie Mercury
⚙️ The ISS
How do your students start their day?
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We enter October this week and #BlackHistoryMonth
Our students will read about:
⚙️ The Race Relations Act
⚙️ The Bristol Bus Boycott 1963
⚙️ Mae Jemison
⚙️ The European Convention on Human Rights
How do your students start their day?
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How often do students encounter new information in your subject via reading? How often is it a YouTube video?
We've covered the entire KS3 curriculum for Geography, History, and Science & share a topic every month. September's pack is "1066".
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Advice needed Would secondary literacy leads recommend literacy mats per subject? Literacy was raised as the biggest barrier to GCSE success this year. Priorities for this year is targeting the students with below average reading ages @FunkyPedagogy@LiteracyEngine@Miss_Khaliq
Recruiting! English Curriculum Lead, Skipton Girls’ High. DM for any questions please share widely!
FT but think we’d likely look at PT too
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Reading fluency: why it matters and how to teach it
"For many children, there is a gap between reading words and comprehension. Reading-fluency instruction can help to close that gap."
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"In other words, about a third of high school seniors basically can’t read prose text at all. They can (I hope) read signs and labels in stores and iMessage each other, but they cannot read a passage of text and understand what it’s saying." slowboring.com/p/american-stu…
A big reason we're seeing the problems we are today with reading and mental health can be explained by the fact that most 10-year-olds now own a smartphone.
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This week in Gears Of Thought:
⚙️ What are loot boxes & microtransactions in video games
⚙️ The launch of Fortnite: Battle Royale
⚙️ Michael Faraday
⚙️ Have you ever wondered what a world without electricity would be like?
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Drop Everything And Read.
At @researchED1 I shared this definition of the practice then shared where I'd adapted it from.
English teaching is one of the last hiding places of Discovery Learning and needs to be weeded out by the roots. Our students deserve better.
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2K Followers 841 FollowingWelcome to researchED Scotland, where you'll find news about upcoming events and useful links to practical research and discussions.
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400 Followers 794 FollowingAssistant Head of Secondary and Head of English, Nanjing 📚 MA Education, NPQH - interested in literacy, assessment and curriculum development
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215 Followers 501 Followingmother, wife, lover of books, English teacher+reading advocate, teaching mentor, cross-country runner, love food, hate conflict-all views my own
129 Followers 388 FollowingCurriculum Leader of a fab English team, lover of spontaneous road trips, mum to two young men, always learning, always reflecting 😀
484 Followers 658 FollowingVery proud wife, mother and dedicated history teacher. AHT for T&L, CPD fanatic, AQA moderator/adviser for the NEA. ECT/School direct mentor. Loving learning!!
204 Followers 1K FollowingWife, Mother, Daughter, Christian, HOD Technology & Design Teacher, Golfer and MUFC fan, not necessarily in that order. 💕All views are my own.
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