@Knight2Susan

Teacher, Principal, passionate about literacy and the right to read, studying Masters of Inclusion and Diversity, co-founder of Read Ballarat and SBP Ballarat.

Joined January 2021
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3 - Or do you just gradually provide texts with a bigger variety of sounds/letter combinations over say, a term, and ideally students’ decoding skills will keep up with this? Appreciate people’s thoughts 🙂
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2 - At what point do you begin to move students away from reading strictly decodable texts and onto more ‘regular’ (or less phonically controlled) texts? Is there a certain set of prerequisite skills you’d want to see a student demonstrating?
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1 - Hoping some clever people can help with a question about reading fluency and text selection, particularly for Prep/Year One readers.
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When PS-HS partnership come into action, student outcomes shine! Alice Jury and Belinda Melvin & the literacy team at Mount Rowan SC sharing their 18 month journey w a focus on reading fluency for Yrs 7-8 ss, based on SoR. DIBELS data don't lie! @SharingBestPrac @Knight2Susan
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SAVE THE DATE! Robert Walsh (Principal), and his fabulous staff are generously opening up their school Thursday 23rd March for people to come and observe them in action. @Knight2Susan @Smithre5 #ReadBallarat
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October is Dyslexia Awareness month and Thursday 27th October we are very fortunate to have Heidi Gregory @lovethatsmile answer your questions at our Read Ballarat Q&A event. DM me for details #ReadBallarat #SBPBallarat
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In 2019, we were charged with changing the pedagogy at the #VictorianCollegeForTheDeaf and change we did! Take a look at pre/post samples of written language from some of our students. #EDI #Literacy #Deaf #Auslan #VCD #Equity Student C: mod Deaf, Bimodal, English 3rd lang.
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Next up not to miss out on - Dr Nathaniel Swain. Inverting the legacies of balance literacy - Teaching reading and writing the right way up. #SBPBallarat @NathanielRSwain @Knight2Susan @jdtdobson @lifeoflottie @ShayMcinerney
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@jdtdobson @Knight2Susan @lifeoflottie @ShayMcinerney
Kathleen Williams@kath_will529 Aug 2022
Check out a few of the many exciting presenters at the Sharing Best Practice day in Ballarat, Saturday 1st October. Get your tickets now.
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Tim Sproule@tlsproule4 Jul 2022
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Nearly every child I work with in a high school setting has gone through Reading Recovery and THRASS. None of them are competent readers. We use Corrective Reading and the change in their ability to decode, and then comprehend is amazing. Speed and accuracy always improves.
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The SunLit Project finally has a Facebook page. Please join us! facebook.com/102133595892948…

The SunLit Project

Today at SunLit we are reflecting on the importance of explicit and consistent handwriting instruction, working within a Structured Literacy block, from the very beginning. Take a look at the...

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READ Ballarat - Local Stories hear from three local teachers, forging their way along the Science of Reading path! ⁦@Knight2Susan⁩ ⁦@Smithre5⁩ eduvic.webex.com/eduvic/j.ph…
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