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WHAT IS A PHONEME?
Today brings another sketch note to help you understand literacy learning jargon: What is a phoneme? The word phoneme comes from the...

WHAT IS A GRAPHEME?
The words we say are made up of individual speech sounds. These sounds are represented by letters and combinations of letters that...

WE BLEND ORAL SOUNDS TO MAKE WORDS
We blend oral sounds together when we speak to create words. We speak millions of words in conversations across the globe. Speech comes...

LEARNING THE ALPHABET
Which letters should I teach first? I hear this all the time. If you think about it, when we teach the alphabet we are unlocking the...


Decodable books what you need to know
So tell me again, what is a decodable… I mean, a decodable book? We discussed decodable books at the previous school P and C meeting and...


FIVE LISTENING GAMES TO ENCOURAGE EARLY READING SKILLS
Reading is often seen as a visual activity in lots of homes and classrooms — but what about the skill of listening?
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