THRASS CERTIFIED TEACHERS...

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understand that literacy teaching has 3 levels (text, sentence and word)

understand that high standards require high standards of teaching in all 3 levels

have good subject knowledge for teaching "phonics" - the word level

use a multisensory programme to teach phonics

teach all the 44 phonemes and all the 120 keygraphemes of English

teach speaking and listening skills using integral pictures and keywords

teach sequential and spatial awareness skills using 'whole-picture' charts

teach "VAK" skills (visual, auditory and kinesthetic) using multisensory resources

teach learners to identify letters by name not phoneme

use a handwriting "patter" to teach correct letter formation

teach learners to read words by changing graphemes to phonemes [R=G-P]

teach learners to spell words by changing phonemes to graphemes [S=P-G]

do not encourage learners to believe that each letter has only one phoneme

teach word synthesis and word analysis skills

teach an initial sight vocabulary of 100 "hotwords"

teach a programme sight vocabulary of 500 "basewords"

teach cross-curricular phonics - by using words from different subject areas

teach life-long word solving skills (life-long metacognitive skills)

use tests with observable standards of achievement to monitor progress

are able to explain how older pupils/students or parents can help

use a consistent approach to teach learners of all ages and abilities

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