Brain food for the thinking teacher
From David Didau’s blog:
Why we need to read aloud
Some thoughts on silent reading
References:
Seymour, Aro & Erskine (2003) Foundation literacy acquisition in European orthographies
Westbrook et al (2019) ‘Just reading’: the impact of a faster pace of reading narratives on the comprehension of poorer adolescent readers in English classrooms
Books:
Isabelle Beck et al, Bringing Words to Life: Robust Vocabulary Instruction
Alex Quigley, Closing the Vocabulary Gap