HIGHLAND LITERACY

Literacy Learning for Practitioners

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    • Literacy Across Learning
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    • Reading Between the Lines
    • Read with Confidence
    • Spelling and beyond . . .
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    • Writing Feedback – Technical Skills Vs. Content
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  • The Highland Literacy Progression
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    • Developing Literacy – Introduction
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        • Wave One
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      • Pre Teaching Vocabulary – VIDEOS
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        • Copy and Add – VIDEOS
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    • Paired Reading – Peer and Adult
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    • Reading and Spelling: In a Nutshell
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      • Literacy – Get Your Five A Day
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    • Speed and Fluency
    • Shared Reading
    • Wraparound Series
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      • Cued Spelling
      • Reading and Spelling: In a Nutshell
      • Spelling – Assessment
      • Spelling Errors – All Tangled Up!
      • Spelling Intervention Packs
      • Spelling – Learning and Teaching
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      • Wraparound Spelling
    • Text Structures
    • Wraparound Series
    • Writing Traits
      • Conventions
      • Ideas
      • Organisation
      • Presentation
      • Sentence Fluency
      • Voice
      • Word Choice
  • Wraparound Series

Reading and Spelling: In a Nutshell

You can access the ‘In a Nutshell’ documents for reading and spelling – great for a quick overview and for sharing with Pupil Support Assistants – using the links below:

CLICK HERE: Reading in a Nutshell

CLICK HERE: Spelling in a Nutshell

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