Literacy Teaching Resources, Insights & Articles

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How Do You Know That Students Are Reaching Their Developmental Milestones?

By Diana Rigg

30/01/2020

While all children develop at different times, there is an expected sequence of developmental milestones children should be reaching. PLD has provided handy downloadable milestone guides for children aged 6 […]

By Diana Rigg

24/01/2020

It is quite common for children to arrive into Foundation without a dominant hand. As teachers are not Occupational Therapists, how do you help establish a student’s dominant hand as […]

By Diana Rigg

07/01/2020

Tip #1: There is a Need for Better Terminology and Understanding “Sight Words” mean so many things to different people. The term “Sight Word” often provides a false impression that […]

By Diana Rigg

13/12/2019

The WA Department of Education schools focus for 2020 has just been released, have you had a chance to check it out? If not, you can view or download a […]

By Diana Rigg

04/12/2019

Let us be calm when reading the 2019 PISA Testing Report and not point the blame solely at teachers. The report reminds us that there is much work to be […]

By Diana Rigg

01/12/2019

Have you caught up on our previous posts, The Importance of Strong Oral Language and Vocabulary Skills for Later Literacy Success and Improving Oral Language? PLD believes oral language and […]

By Diana Rigg

18/11/2019

Did you catch our previous post, The Importance of Strong Oral Language Skills & Language for Literacy Success? We discussed how to create a high quality oral language program to […]

By Diana Rigg

16/10/2019

Strong vocabulary and oral language skills form the foundation of literacy and academic success. A solid foundation of oral language helps children become successful readers and strong communicators. These skills […]

By Diana Rigg

17/09/2019

With our increasing use of technology, is it necessary to teach handwriting in primary schools? Research suggests that the benefits of teaching handwriting go beyond simply writing (Dinehart, 2014). There […]

By Diana Rigg

21/08/2019

How to support the language development of children with English as a Second Language, also known as ESL and bilingual students? Learning to communicate using language is a remarkable achievement […]

By Diana Rigg

06/08/2019

Synthetic Phonics is the gold standard, evidence-based approach to teaching literacy, which suggests the fastest pathway into literacy is knowledge of alphabet sounds and phonic sounds. Students require alphabet knowledge […]

By Diana Rigg

19/06/2019

Evidence shows that rhyming is not necessarily the most evidence based of pedagogical choices or the simplest phonological awareness skill to master.

By Diana Rigg

06/11/2018

It is important to take the opportunity prior to the beginning of a new school year to reflect on what programs have best-served students within your school. As part of […]

By Diana Rigg

21/08/2018

Research repeatedly explains that it is essential to get it right when students are first learning to read. The bleak reality is that once students start to fall behind their peers, […]

By Diana Rigg

14/08/2018

What are PLD Decodable Readers? Decodable texts are specifically designed for early readers. They provide reading material that enables students to apply their alphabet sound skills, their early phonic knowledge, […]

By Diana Rigg

05/09/2017

PLD is working to preserve Indigenous languages through the creation of region specific resources. For over 10 years, PLD has worked with a range of Indigenous communities for over ten […]

By Diana Rigg

16/08/2016

With the changes in the National Curriculum, Foundation students (that is, Kindergarten NSW/ACT, Preparatory QLD/VIC/TAS, Pre-Primary WA, Reception SA and Transition NT), are required to acquire early reading and spelling […]

By Diana Rigg

06/08/2016

Speech Pathology Week is here and director of PLD Literacy & Learning, Diana Rigg highlights the role of speech pathologists in schools in order to facilitate increased literacy outcomes. PLD […]

By Diana Rigg

13/05/2016

The team at PLD has always made it a focus to highlight the importance of phonics and Structured Synthetic Phonics (SSP) as part of a wider skill set for the […]

By Diana Rigg

26/04/2016

In the recent WA Education Department report, which highlighted the success of PLD literacy programs, Professor Louden asked the question ‘What do high-performing primary schools have in common?’. Louden’s research […]

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