Tricia Millar 'That Reading Thing'
@trttricia.bsky.social
SOR #literacy for teens & adults wherever they are: secondary mainstream, MLD/SEMH/PRU etc, prisons, post-16 & community settings. Shame-free grown-up #phonics is powerful stuff. I'm a 🇨🇦 in 🇬🇧 who❤️s pro cycling, 🏴 rugby, family history
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April 3, 2025 at 6:57 AM
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You are cordially invited to our new website!
Explore, enjoy and ask questions.
thatreadingthing.com
Explore, enjoy and ask questions.
thatreadingthing.com
April 2, 2025 at 4:53 PM
You are cordially invited to our new website!
Explore, enjoy and ask questions.
thatreadingthing.com
Explore, enjoy and ask questions.
thatreadingthing.com
Please share with your primary teacher friends.
My new book, Primary Reading Simplified, is released this Monday.
Briefly, I'd like to explain why it exists, who I think will find it useful and where you can find it.
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Briefly, I'd like to explain why it exists, who I think will find it useful and where you can find it.
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January 27, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Please share with your primary teacher friends.
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Been working with teens excluded from school. All have #SEND (most commonly ASD/ADHD/DLD) but were either diagnosed too late or not even assessed until after they were excluded. It’s heartbreaking
‘81% of children with behavioural disorders have significant language difficulties’
‘81% of children with behavioural disorders have significant language difficulties’
www.rcslt.org
January 24, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Been working with teens excluded from school. All have #SEND (most commonly ASD/ADHD/DLD) but were either diagnosed too late or not even assessed until after they were excluded. It’s heartbreaking
‘81% of children with behavioural disorders have significant language difficulties’
‘81% of children with behavioural disorders have significant language difficulties’
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Hmmm - considering that NZ women won the vote in 1893, I think not 🙄
January 22, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Hmmm - considering that NZ women won the vote in 1893, I think not 🙄
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The education select committee has an inquiry on 'Solving the SEND crisis.' The list of questions is long and the time is short (Jan 30th), but even a short response mentioning your concerns about #DevLangDis and #SLCN can make a difference. committees.parliament.uk/call-for-evi...
Call for Evidence - Committees - UK Parliament
Solving the SEND Crisis
committees.parliament.uk
January 8, 2025 at 11:09 AM
The education select committee has an inquiry on 'Solving the SEND crisis.' The list of questions is long and the time is short (Jan 30th), but even a short response mentioning your concerns about #DevLangDis and #SLCN can make a difference. committees.parliament.uk/call-for-evi...
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Reading is not just about having a love of books, nor just being able to accurately lift words off the page. It's a product of both.
The simple view of reading, by Gough & Tunmer (1986) is something all teachers should be aware of.
Professional learning for teachers www.impact.wales
The simple view of reading, by Gough & Tunmer (1986) is something all teachers should be aware of.
Professional learning for teachers www.impact.wales
January 5, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Reading is not just about having a love of books, nor just being able to accurately lift words off the page. It's a product of both.
The simple view of reading, by Gough & Tunmer (1986) is something all teachers should be aware of.
Professional learning for teachers www.impact.wales
The simple view of reading, by Gough & Tunmer (1986) is something all teachers should be aware of.
Professional learning for teachers www.impact.wales
Can we please stretch this to including students on the very fringes of education, even the ones some teachers have written off? A youth worker/TRT tutor was asked if That Reading Thing is fun & she answered, 'No, (shocked silence), but it's so satisfying they come back for more.' Best review ever.
A reminder, fun lessons are often less fun than you'd think
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Why we can’t have a fun lesson today
This scene has played out at the door to my classroom day after day for years. Surly youth: Are we having a fun lesson today? Me: No. We are doing Geography. It isn’t meant to be fun. It is m…
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January 5, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Can we please stretch this to including students on the very fringes of education, even the ones some teachers have written off? A youth worker/TRT tutor was asked if That Reading Thing is fun & she answered, 'No, (shocked silence), but it's so satisfying they come back for more.' Best review ever.
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Favourite mnemonic? Labelling of axes on graphs. Y’d awake, vertical. X’hausted, horizontal.
December 10, 2024 at 7:47 PM
Favourite mnemonic? Labelling of axes on graphs. Y’d awake, vertical. X’hausted, horizontal.
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Tan y Gaer Coffi has arrived!
Ethically sourced, roasted by @wrexhambean, and proudly supporting @Teams4u.
Students in our Alternative Provision are involved in every step of the process, from concept to delivery. Learning skills and making a difference.
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Ethically sourced, roasted by @wrexhambean, and proudly supporting @Teams4u.
Students in our Alternative Provision are involved in every step of the process, from concept to delivery. Learning skills and making a difference.
hoffcoffi.com
hoffcoffi
hoffcoffi
hoffcoffi.com
December 9, 2024 at 7:27 PM
Tan y Gaer Coffi has arrived!
Ethically sourced, roasted by @wrexhambean, and proudly supporting @Teams4u.
Students in our Alternative Provision are involved in every step of the process, from concept to delivery. Learning skills and making a difference.
hoffcoffi.com
Ethically sourced, roasted by @wrexhambean, and proudly supporting @Teams4u.
Students in our Alternative Provision are involved in every step of the process, from concept to delivery. Learning skills and making a difference.
hoffcoffi.com
A whole English lesson in a meme. Poetry, homographs (UK & Canada), homonyms (USA, apparently), using context to check meaning, synonyms across dialects (sack, bag & refuse, garbage, rubbish, trash).
December 11, 2024 at 7:44 AM
A whole English lesson in a meme. Poetry, homographs (UK & Canada), homonyms (USA, apparently), using context to check meaning, synonyms across dialects (sack, bag & refuse, garbage, rubbish, trash).
Officially a bilingual speller (cause @theguardian.com tells me so). How about you? www.theguardian.com/science/2024...
Think you know the differences between UK and US spelling? Take our quiz
From beer and facial hair to stomach bugs and car parts, test your knowledge of English’s transatlantic idiosyncrasies
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December 10, 2024 at 7:18 PM
Officially a bilingual speller (cause @theguardian.com tells me so). How about you? www.theguardian.com/science/2024...
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Glad you made it!
Glad you made it!
November 26, 2024 at 3:44 PM
@ged10.bsky.social
Glad you made it!
Glad you made it!
We've been missing a trick here at That Reading Thing.
And now, from our Desk of Holy S*$& Education News:
RFK Jr.: "I was at the bottom of my class. I started doing heroin and I went to the top of my class. Suddenly, I could sit still and I could read."
November 25, 2024 at 6:41 PM
We've been missing a trick here at That Reading Thing.
Getting ready for tomorrow's session for NATECLA and Novus.
Phonics for prison ESOL tutors. Including the famous British English final schwa conundrum which plagues even native speakers.
Getting ready for tomorrow's session for NATECLA and Novus.
Phonics for prison ESOL tutors. Including the famous British English final schwa conundrum which plagues even native speakers.
November 25, 2024 at 5:23 PM
Getting ready for tomorrow's session for NATECLA and Novus.
Phonics for prison ESOL tutors. Including the famous British English final schwa conundrum which plagues even native speakers.
Getting ready for tomorrow's session for NATECLA and Novus.
Phonics for prison ESOL tutors. Including the famous British English final schwa conundrum which plagues even native speakers.
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If you have a moment, I'd love for you to read my new article:
INNER BRIGHTNESS IS NEEDED MORE IN DARKER NIGHTS AND SHORTER DAYS
gurdeeppandher.substack.com/p/inner-brig...
INNER BRIGHTNESS IS NEEDED MORE IN DARKER NIGHTS AND SHORTER DAYS
gurdeeppandher.substack.com/p/inner-brig...
Inner Brightness Is Needed More in Darker Nights and Shorter Days
Longer and darker nights often reveal our personal and community vulnerabilities, highlighting the importance of inner brightness & strengthening our bonds of mutual support & care among communities.
gurdeeppandher.substack.com
November 25, 2024 at 1:59 AM
If you have a moment, I'd love for you to read my new article:
INNER BRIGHTNESS IS NEEDED MORE IN DARKER NIGHTS AND SHORTER DAYS
gurdeeppandher.substack.com/p/inner-brig...
INNER BRIGHTNESS IS NEEDED MORE IN DARKER NIGHTS AND SHORTER DAYS
gurdeeppandher.substack.com/p/inner-brig...
@susangodsland.bsky.social Good to see you!
November 24, 2024 at 6:56 PM
@susangodsland.bsky.social Good to see you!
Others writers and content creators who use MS Office might find this interesting and worrisome. It's vague, but it appears that disallowing MS from scraping content from your documents requires turning off autosave.
Get used to frequent saving while you write! answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffi...
Get used to frequent saving while you write! answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffi...
November 24, 2024 at 2:45 PM
Others writers and content creators who use MS Office might find this interesting and worrisome. It's vague, but it appears that disallowing MS from scraping content from your documents requires turning off autosave.
Get used to frequent saving while you write! answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffi...
Get used to frequent saving while you write! answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffi...
This resonates.
A poem for my last day working at the writing center for the semester (by Joseph Fasano)
November 23, 2024 at 8:16 PM
This resonates.
Mika madly wrestling with the carpet and her little green ball.
Hold it. Mika doesn't have a little green ball.
Hold it. Mika doesn't have a little green ball.
November 23, 2024 at 5:30 PM
Mika madly wrestling with the carpet and her little green ball.
Hold it. Mika doesn't have a little green ball.
Hold it. Mika doesn't have a little green ball.
@felitmov.bsky.social Marvellous to see you here!
November 19, 2024 at 2:39 PM
@felitmov.bsky.social Marvellous to see you here!
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A note on "comic sans is easier for dyslexics to read:" there's no evidence of the efficacy of "dyslexic friendly" fonts: dyslexiaida.org/do-special-f...
Other studies have similarly shown no difference between common fonts for reading speed and fluency
Other studies have similarly shown no difference between common fonts for reading speed and fluency
Do Special Fonts Help People with Dyslexia? - International Dyslexia Association
Christian Boer, a self-identified individual with dyslexia and developer of the Dyslexie font, claims that the font positively impacts the reading performance
dyslexiaida.org
November 18, 2024 at 2:09 PM
A note on "comic sans is easier for dyslexics to read:" there's no evidence of the efficacy of "dyslexic friendly" fonts: dyslexiaida.org/do-special-f...
Other studies have similarly shown no difference between common fonts for reading speed and fluency
Other studies have similarly shown no difference between common fonts for reading speed and fluency
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My first contribution as a columnist for Special Needs Jungle. My main focus will be on Alternative Provision
#thisisAP #SEMH
#thisisAP #SEMH
NEW POST: Alternative Provision expert and SEND parent, Sarah Johnson says too many schools exclude without first assessing for SEND. Sarah says asking “why” and understanding needs should be at the core of a school’s work www.specialneedsjungle.com/arrive-alter...
Too many children arrive in AP with no needs assessment—schools need to be more curious about the “why” - Special Needs Jungle
Special Needs Jungle provides parent-centred information, news, special needs resources and informed opinion about SEND - Special educational needs and disability, Education, Health and Care Plans, EH...
www.specialneedsjungle.com
November 18, 2024 at 9:55 AM
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This is a great episode - I leap at any opportunity to learn from @trttricia.bsky.social. Too much to summarize here, but I appreciate her commitment to developing tools that non-experts can use. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/e...
November 17, 2024 at 6:40 PM
This is a great episode - I leap at any opportunity to learn from @trttricia.bsky.social. Too much to summarize here, but I appreciate her commitment to developing tools that non-experts can use. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/e...