Today is Thursday, July 21, 2018. It’s the summer solstice! Not to be too pagan about it, but please do enjoy the holiday. I’m posting an extra text today, because next Friday, the 29th, I have no plans other than not to be in front of a computer screen. 245 more words
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Documenting small group learning
Selecting children to be part of a withdrawal maths group was a process. As a rule, I am not in favour of withdrawing children to “support” or “enhance” their learning. 545 more words
The Canterbury Tales
“A poem of some 17,000 lines by Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1343-1400). It was probably begun around 1387 and worked on into the 1390s, but apparently not completed. 333 more words
The concept of counting
Thanks to Seonaid Cooke for sharing the link to these videos showing some of the fundamental ideas behind learning to count:
Shifting from teacher to learner ...
Extracting “big ideas” is the key – how can we apply what we learn to other things?
I spent a week out of my teaching role, in the role of the student learner for a week. 374 more words
The Weekly Text, April 27, 2018
It’s Friday again, so it’s time for another Weekly Text. This week I offer a complete lesson plan on using the personal pronoun in the possessive case… 172 more words
patoss conference 2018
Another week, another dyslexia and SpLD professionals’ event! 735 more words
