What does Speld SA stand for?

SPELD NSW | Support for Specific Learning Difficulties.

What is a phonic book?

Phonics-Based Fantasy/Adventure Books for Older Readers Each Phonic Book contains richly-illustrated pages with quick-moving stories to keep readers engaged and minimize frustration and fatigue. The Phonics Books Series are: Designed for guided or independent reading.

What is a Decodable reader?

The “decodable readers” they are funding are books that are contrived to help children practise a particular letter-sound pattern taught as part of a synthetic phonics program. While they may teach the phonics skills “N” and “P”, they don’t teach children the other important decoding skills of grammar and vocabulary.

What does Speld test for?

Using the Woodcock-Johnson test batteries, SPELD NZ Assessors evaluate the skills involved in effective learning such as: Language and auditory skills. Visual skills and spatial awareness. Speed of processing.

How do I teach my child to read phonics?

Here are more ways you can reinforce phonics learning at home:

Team up with the teacher. Ask how you can highlight phonics and reading outside of class, and share any concerns you have.
Listen to your child read daily.
Boost comprehension.
Revisit familiar books.
Read aloud.
Spread the joy.

How do Decodable books teach reading?

How I Use Decodable Books

Circle or highlight words with a target phonics pattern (this is important because it helps kids make the connection between a phonics concept and actual reading)
Discuss the meaning of the text (always!)
Read the text multiple times, for fluency practice (at school and/or at home)

How do you teach Decodable books?

Select the decodable reader that contains the letter sound knowledge your students know and need to practise. For example, a student needs to practice the long vowel sounds so a reader containing /ai/ words may be selected. Remember that this letter sound knowledge must be explicitly taught prior to reading.

What is a Speld teacher?

All SPELD NZ Teachers are fully qualified teachers with classroom experience. We equip them with highly specialised skills via our training: A 600 hour, Level 5 NZQA-approved New Zealand Certificate in Teaching Individuals with Specific Learning Disabilities.

How much does a Speld assessment cost?

As SPELD NZ Assessors are independent contractors, the cost of the assessment varies, however the usual range is $450 to $540 (plus GST if any).

What are the 5 basic skills of Jolly phonics?

The findings showed that the teacher had successfully implement the 5 skills in Jolly Phonics, namely (1) learning the letter sounds, (2) learning letter formation, (3) blending- for reading, (4) identifying sounds in words-for writing and (5) tricky words, through variety of enjoyable techniques involving children’s …

How do the Speld SA phonic books work?

The SPELD SA Phonic Books use the sequence of sounds used in the Jolly Phonics synthetic phonics program, which teaches 42 main sounds in English and how those sounds are represented as single letters and a combination of letters. Students say and blend these letter-sounds together to hear words. This is called decoding.

What are the Speld SA phonemic awareness tasks?

The free SPELD SA Phonemic Awareness Tasks have been created for the purpose of helping students develop phonological awareness skills. They are structured using the same sequence of sounds taught in Jolly Phonics and can be used as a part of a class activity, small group work or intensive remedial program.

How can Speld SA help Aboriginal students?

SPELD SA aims to help Aboriginal students engage with phonic books by having characters, content and settings that reflect Aboriginal communities. In developing this series, SPELD SA has consulted with people who live and work in the Anangu, Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands.

What are the Speld SA circles?

The circles represent the collaborative learning and supports around children with specific learning difficulties, including children, schools, families, SPELD SA and others.’ Elizabeth Close, Artist. These books have been produced by SPELD SA, and supported by the Government of South Australia.

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