Workshop for Literacy A Contextual Approach for Successful Learning Jennifer Drysdale PT Learning Support Service Fife jendrysdale@freezone.co.uk Workshop for Literacy A Contextual Approach for Successful Learning You can read more about the Workshop for Literacy in The Routledge Companion to Dyslexia edited by Gavin Reid OR The current edition of English Four to Eleven Number 39 Summer 2010 Published by The English Association and the United Kingdom Literacy Association Introduction J Drysdale Workshop for Literacy

WORKSHOP FOR LITERACY Contexts created around ‘real ‘ books Early Identification of core skills development Contextual Assessment Successful learning experiences Contexts created around ‘real ‘ books J Drysdale Workshop for Literacy

WORKSHOP PROJECT 2008 –2009 1 Cluster 2009 –2010 6 Clusters Training and support visits Skills tracking framework 2008 –2009 1 Cluster 6 Schools 10 P1 classes 2009 –2010 6 Clusters 34 P1 classes 10 P2 classes 3 Nurseries 2010 -2011 46 new schools across Fife Some schools in every Cluster 34 P2 classes 10 P3 classes J Drysdale Workshop for Literacy

HOW THE WORKSHOP SUPPORTS DYSLEXIA PREDICTORS OF SUCCESS Early indicators COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT Core development to facilitate literacy LEARNING PROCESS Learning steps are the same for all J Drysdale Workshop for Literacy

J Drysdale Workshop for Literacy ORAL VOCABULARY …ENABLES Literacy Identify early and respond / focus on quality children’s books Children’s books contain 50% wider range of vocabulary than television programmes or conversation Cunningham and Stanovich J Drysdale Workshop for Literacy

Visual to Phonological NAMING SPEED …ENABLES Literacy education elephant Visual to Phonological correspondence triangle strawberries phonological plodoustrophy J Drysdale Workshop for Literacy

PHONOLOGICAL AWARENESS …ENABLES Literacy words rhyme syllables phonemes Children who can’t segment phonemes, will experience difficulty in learning to read and write. J Drysdale Workshop for Literacy

CREATE A ‘READING BRAIN’ SEMANTICS: vocabulary and meaning ORTHOGRAPHY PHONOLOGY Phonological processing Visual processing Orthographic coding Phonic coding Early predictors reflect strengths /weaknesses in these 3 cognitive domains Same learning process for all - so approach development in the same way for all SEMANTICS: vocabulary and meaning verbal STM J Drysdale Workshop for Literacy

Who gets most opportunity to read? ….opportunity determines success SUCCESS DEPENDS ON…. quality practice Who gets most opportunity to read? ….opportunity determines success J Drysdale Workshop for Literacy

VITAL LEARNING PROCESS In the EARLY YEARS Phonological awareness and phonic knowledge Accurate word reading results in stored knowledge of every sound / letter in a word Children with a ‘deficit’ in any one area will not be able to access the ‘whole practice’. So Rich will get richer syndrome How does the Workshop help? Sight vocabulary Skilled, fluent reading J Drysdale Workshop for Literacy

THE READING RICH WILL GET RICHER…… Don’t let the poor get poorer Make sure every child ha acce ss to the same learning process J Drysdale Workshop for Literacy

J Drysdale Workshop for Literacy He opened two presents. J Drysdale Workshop for Literacy

HELPING THE LEARNER WITH SPECIFIC DIFFICULTY Support learning in its natural context J Drysdale Workshop for Literacy

J Drysdale Workshop for Literacy PHONOLOGY to ORTHOGRAPHY Two sustainable sounds Contrasting lip shapes l w Match sounds  letters letters  sounds l a m b SHOW how letters make words J Drysdale Workshop for Literacy

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J Drysdale Workshop for Literacy One to one matching phonic cues and context overlearning sight vocabulary J Drysdale Workshop for Literacy

PRACTISE THE RIGHT THINGS Discriminate between 2 sustainable sounds Match letters to sounds Use to discriminate between words in context Experience the reading process - don’t perfect guess work J Drysdale Workshop for Literacy

Using sounds and letters to make words DEVELOP PHONICS EFFECTIVE PHONICS Using sounds and letters to make words White boards and markers up the school J Drysdale Workshop for Literacy

SKILLS: GETTING a BALANCE Right Hemisphere letters- form and direction Left Hemisphere language prediction Beware of early over-reliance on one mode J Drysdale Workshop for Literacy

INDIVIDUAL READING - look out for ……… …too much prediction Someone’s putting in extra words - and he’s reading far too quickly ! This reader looks at the ceiling rather than the text J Drysdale Workshop for Literacy

J Drysdale Workshop for Literacy

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INDIVIDUAL READING - look out for ……… …too much sounding out ! Someone’s sounding out all the letters – and she’s far too slow ! This reader attends to every single letter in most words. J Drysdale Workshop for Literacy

J Drysdale Workshop for Literacy

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Someone’s using skills together - and it’s just right ! INDIVIDUAL READING …. …just right Someone’s using skills together - and it’s just right ! This reader will recognise some words, predict some words and use some phonic cues J Drysdale Workshop for Literacy

Everyone c…… to the party. He opened two presents. Everyone c…… to the party. J Drysdale Workshop for Literacy

The children b……………. wi’ the bubbles. It went outside. The children b……………. wi’ the bubbles. J Drysdale Workshop for Literacy

DISCOVERING HOW LITERACY WORKS ENG 0-12a: I explore sounds, letters and words, discovering how they work together …. One day Humpty came to my house. He had macroanay and chips and broclay and it waz deelishz ENG 0-12a: I explore sounds, letters and words, discovering how they work together and I can use what I learn to help me as i read or write Who needs phonic worksheets? Confident to express ideas / successful in writing them Semantics / phonology / orthography all together J Drysdale Workshop for Literacy

J Drysdale Workshop for Literacy USEFUL SOFTWARE Clicker Grids  free downloads Clicker  talking books Clicker  sequencing / broken sentences Cloze Pro Crick Software CoWriter Don Johnston Incorporated Kidspiration Inspiration Software Inc Crazy Talk Reallusion Inc J Drysdale Workshop for Literacy