''Use morphology for spelling only when it supports memory.” Tricia Millar That Spelling Thing (Tricia Millar)

Live conferences on fiction and nonfiction writing coming up in June. I'll be in Glasgow on Thursday 6th June, Birmingham Tuesday 11th June, London Wednesday 12th June and York on Friday 28th June. Hope you can get to one of these! talk4writing.com/conferences/

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Ofsted inspectors will stop conducting subject deep dives during ungraded inspections from September.
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Here are two arithmetic warm ups that I've used before SATs with Y6 in previous years. One is a good luck message and the other is a maths joke!

OMG this is so true

Seriously, if you are at all interested in the English language, you should follow Sounds & Syllables and Anne Phillips.

Two brilliant accounts that share a wealth of knowledge.

Found this thread really helpful, thanks Chris!

Shoutout to Justin (on FB) who shared a Traitors style reading game.

-Reading comprehension text per table
-Explained the rules⬇️
-Selected someone to be the traitor per group (heads down, thumbs up)
-15 mins to complete

The chaos when the traitors revealed themselves made it🤣

The Spice Girls performing ‘Mama’ at Victoria’s 50th birthday party last month 😍✌🏻

#SpiceGirls

When your favourite resident Aussie Talks to your favourite education podcast from the UK while you drive to work in Canada.
Thanks Lyn Stone Kieran Mackle Christopher Such

Looking to create a curriculum that motivates your pupils to write?

Teach Primary have published this article from Ellen Counter and Juliet. Take a look! 👀

Still one of my favorite videos showing first graders using Because, But, So orally to review the Louisiana Purchase lesson from CKLA.

Jealous of not being there!

To be clear, there seems to be some evidence that pupils following text while a relatively *dysfluent reader* (i.e. another pupil) reads aloud does elicit worse comprehension than just listening to a teacher read (Lynch, 1988). This should not come as a surprise.

Dr. Kelly J. Grillo, PhD Tim Rasinski Chase Young Lyn Stone Dr. Shelley Blackwell, SLP.D Jason Wade Thank you Dr. Kelly J. Grillo, PhD for generously sharing this helpful resource! Folks interested in fluency may want to register for my webinar on reading fluency next Saturday (or receive a recording later). eventbrite.com/e/the-science-…

An amazing resource.

Lots of links to reading fluency and morphology information and resources.

A few new to me too, so will definitely be checking those out.

🙂