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I've made a blog-post where all the resources I've shared - from science curriculum documents to tier two vocabulary lists - can be downloaded. Help yourself! primarycolour.home.blog/2019/11/02/one…
Christopher Such
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Christopher Such
@Suchmo83
Experienced primary teacher, school leader and author.
Feel free to DM if you are looking for professional development relating to reading.
- To all parents who are requesting live video lessons so your children can keep learning new content: Please stop. You might as well ask a mechanic to fix your car over the phone. If children could learn effectively from watching videos, we'd all be unemployed already.
- Today's tiny teaching tip (3): Once the class are working quietly, resist the temptation to start narrating. (E.g. "It's great to see that everyone is... Don't forget to...") It sounds obvious, but many teachers don't realise they are even doing it. Let them work in peace.
- A long(ish) thread on the teaching of reading comprehension in key stage 2. Just some thoughts and opinions: 1/n
- Today's tiny teaching tip (19): You know that teaching stuff that you've accumulated in your garage/loft/shed/cupboard on the off chance you might use it again at some point? You won't. Bin it.
- 🚨 It's the summer holidays again, which means that I am giving away two copies of The Art and Science of Teaching Primary Reading. If you'd like to be in with a chance of winning a copy, simply *retweet this tweet*. Good luck! 🚨
- Here goes nothing: If I made a freely available video (let's say 45-60 mins) that attempted to explain to secondary teachers the key elements of phonics, would that be of interest to anyone?Secondary English teachers: out of curiosity, were you given any training/instruction on phonics during your teacher training? Interested in yes/no, type of phonics training, year you trained. Thanks!
- A thread on common misconceptions about phonics & reading fluency, how they are spreading and the issues being caused for schools and, ultimately, the children within them: 🧵
- Today's tiny teaching tip (9): Pretend that everything you teach is inherently fascinating, regardless of your real opinion or the opinions you suspect the class might have. Part of planning well is working out what makes something - anything - potentially interesting.
- A thread on reading aloud while pupils follow along in their own copy of the text... 🪡
- It's the summer holidays, which means I have two books to give away. If you'd like to win a copy of The Art and Science of Teaching Primary Reading, all you have to do is **retweet** this tweet. Best of luck!
- If you want to get a basic idea of how people learn to read, and you have very little time to spare, in this video I try to describe reading development to @mrbartonmaths in under *8 minutes*. (He then asks some great questions afterwards.)
- A while back I shared a science curriculum document. It seemed to be well received, so I have gone several steps further. I have put together a much more user-friendly version containing the same knowledge and skills, but with lots of improvements, including...
