Ruth’s Blog: FRED’S PAL – Ofsted acronym
Is FRED’S PAL strong?This might help you remember what inspectors will be looking for! Fidelity to an SSP programme, from sounds to fluencyReception – make a strong startExpertise – build a strong team to teach phonics and early readingDecodable books – carefully matched to children’s phonic knowledgeStories – the bestProgress of lowest 20% – strongandLeaders […]
Ruth’s Updates
This newsletter features: grouping meetings, Spring trainings and Phonics training for SEN staff.
Ruth’s Updates
This newsletter features: practice films, Reading Leader Training and getting children off to a strong start.
Ruth’s Updates
This newsletter features: reading leaders, a guide for Reception teachers, Spelling practice, writing in Read Write Inc.
Ruth’s Updates
This newsletter features: storybooks, assessment, afternoon Speed Sound lesson, Speed Group C onto Ditties.
Ruth’s Blog: Don’t take the ‘write’ out of Read Write Inc. Phonics
I wrote Read Write Inc. Phonics to teach reading and writing. I wove the teaching of reading and writing together into one programme: each reading activity supports the next, each writing activity builds upon the one before. The reading and writing activities intertwine to make Read Write Inc. greater than the sum of its parts. In Read Write Inc. schools, teachers teach their […]
Ruth’s Updates
This newsletter features: comparative judgement for Year 2 writing.
Ruth’s Blog: Headteachers who book Development Days are ahead of the game
My obsession with the teaching of reading grew out of failure. In the 1980s, I switched to a reading method that backfired. Never again. Over the next 10 years, my obsession intensified: I wanted to find the quickest way to teach children to read and write, and to show that children from Tower Hamlets could […]
Ruth’s Updates
This newsletter features: portal films, Story Green Words and partner reading.
Ruth’s Updates
This newsletter features: increasing speed, Fred Talk, News from Australia, Screening Check preparation events.