Launching Literacy

I would like to ask literacy-minded folk what your views are on the use of reading rulers to track (follow) the text for ALL readers at secondary school? I see it could be useful for developing readers but wonder if it might negatively affect proficient readers? @LiteracyCommUK

Thanks to @DamsonEd and @LiteracyCommUK for an insightful session yesterday around reading tests and comprehension. I'd love to know what info schools share with parents following a reading test such as NGRT. Do you send home SAS scores? Stanines? RA? Pls explain your reasons...

Please can I ask what you would consider 'best practice' in supporting students with dyslexia at Secondary school- both on a class-teacher and whole school level? General pedagogy and/ or intervention strategies? Articles/ links welcome. TIA! @LiteracyCommUK

Does anyone still use Toe by Toe? @LiteracyCommUK

@rkhawk22 @UkSenco @AVisserFuray @LiteracyCommUK Very interesting- thanks for sharing!

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Question for SENDCOs/ Dyslexia specialists/ Literacy Leaders: What systems do you have to manage student's requests for coloured paper in lessons? @UkSenco @AVisserFuray @LiteracyCommUK

@Lit_liverbird @AVisserFuray @UkSenco @LiteracyCommUK That would be great- thanks! We are really struggling with the sheer number of requests that come seemingly from nowhere in particular!

@Litbuilder @AVisserFuray @UkSenco @LiteracyCommUK They are tested. I can ask our SENCo for more information

@Lit_liverbird @AVisserFuray @UkSenco @LiteracyCommUK Thanks for your reply. Do you have any sort of qualification criteria for coloured paper, other than the student has expressed a preference?

@Litbuilder @AVisserFuray @UkSenco @LiteracyCommUK Our wonderful reprographics person makes ex books with the relevant colour and we collect them from her.

@AVisserFuray @uksla @lucasjmaxwell @LiteracyCommUK @Katchoo81 Thanks Alice! I'll take a look. We have around 9 hrs of reading time for each book so they don't need to be particularly short.

@Litbuilder @uksla @lucasjmaxwell @LiteracyCommUK @Katchoo81 Are you looking for shorter books to use in sessions? I Am Minotaur (McGowan) & Needle (Lawrence) spring to mind initially. I've got a list but it is several years old -- need to update it but no time! Might be some things for you there though bit.ly/2OQrOJB

I'm looking for engaging, YA fiction titles that deal with PSHE style topics. Must be appropriate for Y8 and be something unlikely to have been read at Primary school. Please hit me with your suggestions! TIA! 📚 @AVisserFuray @uksla @lucasjmaxwell @LiteracyCommUK @Katchoo81

@LadyGrimdark @AVisserFuray @uksla @lucasjmaxwell @LiteracyCommUK @Katchoo81 Thank you for your reply! I'll take a look!

@Litbuilder @AVisserFuray @uksla @lucasjmaxwell @LiteracyCommUK @Katchoo81 My teen book Fig Swims the World is about a girl dealing with anxiety and bullying, and how she finds her tribe in a group of fellow swimmers.

This is going to be such an amazing collective force! A great first meeting. Excited to learn from others and to contribute too! Thanks @FunkyPedagogy

@CG_PRU @FunkyPedagogy @LiteracyEngine @LitdriveUK @theliteracytree @LiteracyNetwor1 @LiteracyShed @Literacy_Trust @Literacy_CCA @ChoiceLiteracy Lexia targets decoding, lang comprehension (grammar) and reading comprehension. There are also fluency packs that work well. Not sure about IDL as we don't use it- sorry

@Litbuilder @FunkyPedagogy @LiteracyEngine @LitdriveUK @theliteracytree @LiteracyNetwor1 @LiteracyShed @Literacy_Trust @Literacy_CCA @ChoiceLiteracy We have reading intervention and spelling intervention. Some of the reading is fluency and some is comprehension. We currently use IDL. Is Lexia similar?

Thoughts? For literacy intervention a colleague has suggested: - toe by toe - teachers4teachers reading boxes - Lexia They seem very ‘american’ to me. Does that matter? Has anyone used them? What did you think? Progress? Tracking? I’ve used toe-by-toe before, years ago

@CG_PRU @FunkyPedagogy @LiteracyEngine @LitdriveUK @theliteracytree @LiteracyNetwor1 @LiteracyShed @Literacy_Trust @Literacy_CCA @ChoiceLiteracy We replaced toe by toe (long and labour-intensive) with Lexia. It's good, but needs around 100 mins per week to be effective. What's the specific issue you want to address with the intervention?

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@Suchmo83 @AlexJQuigley @AVisserFuray Maybe as part of whole class reading of a text in English or History for eg? Generally, our current stance is to say only the teacher should read aloud, but lots of students enjoy reading aloud too.

@Litbuilder @AlexJQuigley @AVisserFuray Under what circumstances are they reading aloud ? Is this part of reading lessons? And do other pupils currently read aloud? There are a lot of good reasons why pupils might read aloud (paired fluency practice, sharing their writing, etc). Generally I don't advocate much...

Quick question, if I may? What advice would you give to teachers who have students in their class who want to read aloud to their peers, even though they are not yet fluent in reading for their age? @AlexJQuigley @AVisserFuray @Suchmo83

What do all you wonderful librarians and Secondary Literacy Leads do to positively engage parents? Do you ever share data? Thinking this could be a double-edged sword... all ideas / comments appreciated! @AVisserFuray @lucasjmaxwell @FaithBorkowsky

@SusanGodsland Thank you 😊

@Litbuilder Scroll down to the heading 'Moving from Decodables into Mainstream Reading Books' dyslexics.org.uk/resources-and-…

Looking for articles/ research pertaining to the transition between 'learning to read' and 'reading to learn'. Where should I look in particular? Eternally grateful for any help/ advice! Thanks! 😊