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phonics

Reading/Writing Rhymes

Thursday, May 28, 2015
phonics

Using Words You Know

Tuesday, May 26, 2015
phonics

Making Words

Friday, May 22, 2015
Short notes again. I love making them as it helps me to understand a text. This time is an article from Cunningham & Cunningham (2002) and it is about phonics instruction. It is very interesting to use with our learners because of its interactive nature. Interaction with teacher and interaction with small manipulative. Let's read! If you are like me, can't understand enough...

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balanced literacy

The Balanced Literacy Model

Monday, May 18, 2015
Alhamdulillah. Our bunch has graduated from the Specialist Course of Literacy Development with flying colours (our lecturer told us so and yes we believed it!). The course required us to attend 10 days of instruction, tabled a forum, and completed 2 online assignments and reporting on our Action Plan.  The course was demanding and I was forced to learn and that was good....

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Talk

How to study English?

Saturday, May 09, 2015
How do you study? Alhamdulillah for the opportunity. It was an hour of  awesomeness with the children. In attendance was the pupils from year one to year six with teachers from diverse subject accompanying them. Since I have multiple range of audience, the activities selected are for easy and intermediate level. The participation was superb! The attention? I can't ask for more. Congratulations...

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Phonemic Awareness

Blending words with second language learners

Saturday, May 02, 2015
There are a lot of ways to do blending. Ask around or simply Google, you will get a long list. Arm span, down the slide, alphabetical dice, mini flip  card, toy car...to name a few. I tried phonetic flip chart with my middle child and it helps his reading a lot, He managed to sound out the words brilliantly. Although the combination of...

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