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I am NOT a slow reader…

March 1, 2018January 10, 2020Fiona Lloyd-Williams

Rebecca Geoghegan shares her advice for supporting ‘low ability readers’ and discusses low levels of decoding skills. You can also read her blog about approaches for supporting lower ability writers .  …I am a work in progress When I hear the label ‘low ability reader’, I instantly think of the Allan Ahlberg poem ‘I am a Slow Reader.’ The poem depicts […]

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Turning the ‘iced water’ into a warm bath!

January 9, 2018December 13, 2017Fiona Lloyd-Williams

Rebecca Geoghegan shares her approaches to supporting low-ability writers. Being asked to ‘write’ can be daunting for even the most confident and accurate of writers: at times we all struggle to think of something interesting and memorable to write.  However, if your struggle is coupled with low literacy levels, then you are very likely to […]

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