presentation And Handouts
Click here for info and ideas presented at the Calgary Public Library for Decoding Dyslexia Alberta (October 27, 2019)
Click here to access the presentation used at Westmount Charter School on May 17, 2019.
Click here to access Parent Education pptx presentation as shared at Foothills Academy Estelle Siebens Community Services March 20th, 2019.
Click here to access the pptx presentation from City of Calgary Teachers Convention - The Science of Reading and Reading Instruction - February 14th, 2019.
PowerPoint Presentation - The Science of Reading and Reading Instruction
Handout - The Simple View of Reading and the Reading Rope
Handout - Sound-Symbol Chart - University of Texas
Handout - Note taking pages and activities from Foothills Academy session - March 20, 2019
Books & teaching resources
(Scroll down for scientific articles)
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Assessing, Preventing and Overcoming Reading Difficulties - David Kilpatrick
Code Charts - Phonics International
Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS) 8th Edition - University of Oregon
Knowledge and Practice Standards for Teachers of Reading - International Dyslexia Association
Language at the Speed of Sight - Mark Seidenberg
Free Download - Reading Instruction and Phonics: Theory and Practice for Teachers - Stephen Parker
Buy hard copy (inexpensively) at Amazon.ca Reading Instruction and Phonics: Theory and Practice for Teachers - Stephen Parker
Reading Pathways: Simple Exercises to Improve Reading Fluency - Dorothy Hiskes
Sounding Out the Sight Words - Denise Eide and Cindy Kringelis
Speech to Print - Louisa Moats
Speech to Print Workbook: Language Exercises for Teachers - Louisa Moats
REPORTS, scientific articles, monographs & Videos
Where possible I have linked to full articles. In some cases articles are behind paywalls and I have linked to the abstract. I recommend that all educators advocate that access to the scientific journals should be provided by their employer (as the only cost effective possibility for scientific knowledge to become easily accessible).
Dehaene, S. VIDEO - The Brain Prize Presents: Stanislas Dehaene - a 7 minute video introduction to the reading / brain science (and why NOT to teach whole words).
Dehaene, S. VIDEO - How the Brain Learns to Read - Prof. Stanislas Dehaene - about 1/2 hour video - roughly 20 minute lecture with about 10 minutes of (mostly) interesting Q&A at the end. REALLY WORTHWHILE (especially the lecture portion).
Spelfabet. VIDEO - A 12 minute video that explains How Children Learn to Read.
Willingham, D. and Lovette, G. (2014). Can Reading Comprehension Be Taught? Teachers College Record.