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The Culture that Kills
It’s been a bit of a tough week for literacy giants Fountas and Pinnell. Firstly their products were reviewed by edreports.org and found to be


Sounds about Right
I keep getting drawn into situations where I feel a need to defend my work. That’s what you get when you say things


Dysteachia: A preventable disorder
Yesterday I spent the whole day with 5 leaders from a K-12 school north of Sydney. Their incredibly supportive principal ducked in from time to


Do Language for Life and The Writing Revolution disagree?
Since sentence diagramming is one of the major activities in the Language for Life book and course, I thought I’d respond to a point raised


Every Child a Reader…But Not Yours
Coming up to the third anniversary of the death of my firstborn, I can’t say she’s not on my mind. The anniversary effect started a


Independent Driving Activities for Learner Drivers
I often get asked to recommend ‘independent reading activities’ or ‘independent spelling activities’ for children learning to read and spell, and I’m always reminded of