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Mailing address PO Box 83 Glenside SA 5065 : Web www.speld-sa.org.au: Email [email protected]
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Welcome to the first
SPELD SA e-newsletter
The aim of this publication is to keep our
members up-to-date with what is happening at
SPELD SA. It includes a mix of information,
commentary and publicity for our three member
groups: parents, schools and tutors.
Thank you to all who have been saving their
bottle caps for us. The response has been great
and we would particularly like to thank Aaron
Brice and the company Bickfords who contributed
over 1000 new bottle tops. Keep them coming in
and we will keep distributing them.
How can you tell whether a particular
program will improve a person’s
literacy skills?
MUSEC Briefings
Academics at Macquarie University have
investigated the research available on a number
of programs and provide an objective response in
the MUSEC Briefings (link). The latest program to
be added was “Cellfield”.
SPELD SA e-newsletter 1st Edition June 2011
You can find the MUSEC Briefings at
http://www.musec.mq.edu.au/community_o
utreach/musec_briefings
Alternatively, on the SPELD SA website under
Information/ FAQ- Will this educational
practice or program help my child?
Mailing address PO Box 83 Glenside SA 5065 : Web www.speld-sa.org.au: Email [email protected]
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SPELD SA Free Phonic Books
These books were created for parents and
teachers looking for short texts to support the
teaching of phonics. The texts include the most
common spelling of the 42 main sounds of the
English language and follow the order of letter-
sound presentation in the Jolly Phonics Program:
s, a, t, i, p, n
c, k, ck, e, h, r, m, d
g, o, u, l, f, b
ai, j, oa, ie, ee, or
z, w, ng, v, oo (eg food), oo (eg, book)
y, x, ch, sh, th (eg thing), th (eg, this)
qu, ou, oi, ue, er, ar
While the core texts may be appropriate in
content for people of any age who are beginning
readers, we have recently included some longer
texts at each level with more advanced
vocabulary.
There are now 68 texts on the site, the most
recent additions being ‘A Comic Act’ (Set 4) and
‘Lots of Hits’ (Set 7). We would love to receive
feedback from our readers to guide us in the
future - email [email protected].
Thank you SPELD SA would like to thank all contributors to
the SPELD SA Phonic Books especially,
Angela Weeks
who writes most of the text.
Dick Weigall
without whom, there would be no
pictures! Dick (who you can see at
work at http://www.speld-
sa.org.au/index.php?option=com_
content&task=view&id=117&Itemi
d=199), has illustrated most of the books and has
brilliantly brought these simple texts to life
through his illustrations.
Sandy Russo
without whom, the texts would remain a word
document and the illustrations, drawings on
paper! Thanks to Sandy’s technological and
graphic skills, you can access
these texts online as flipping
pages or printable PDFs.
and the
Thyne Reid Foundation
which has very generously provided the funding
to enable SPELD SA to produce a further 100
books and promote the books and training
modules we create freely for the public.
Dandelion Phonic Books
Members Special
SPELD SA is offering 5% off the price of Dandelion Phonic Books for all current members.
To see available books, and to download an order form, go to the SPELD SA Website under Shop/Dandelion Readers
The downloadable order form is at the top of the page
Mailing address PO Box 83 Glenside SA 5065 : Web www.speld-sa.org.au: Email [email protected]
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Meet the SPELD SA Team at the SERU
Special Education Expo
11th – 14th July; Education Development Centre,
Hindmarsh
Come and see us at our stand and browse through
resources or ask to have computer programs
demonstrated to you.
Team members will present the following
workshops:
Blending and Segmenting – the keys to
reading and spelling; Angela Weeks
SOS - Spelling for Older Students; Jan
Polkinghorne
An Introduction to Jolly Phonics; Frances
Scobie
Easiteach Next Generation; Jan
Polkinghorne
Easy Grammar; Jan Polkinghorne
Using Voice Technologies for Learning;
Sandy Russo
My StudyBar to prepare for high school;
Sandy Russo
Making independent writers of students with working memory problems; Sandy
Russo
eBooks and Readers - which one suits my
student? Sandy Russo
For more details, go to the SERU website
http://web.seru.sa.edu.au/pdfs/Expo%202011%2
0Registrations%20form_final.pdf
SPELD SA is looking for more tutors
If you are a registered teacher with a minimum of
two years’ experience in the classroom, and are
perhaps thinking of retirement but don’t want
your brain to decay, please consider joining the
SPELD SA Tutor Register. Applications for tutors
come from parents all over the state and you can
choose the number of hours you want to work.
We have tutors who support just a couple of
students a week, and some with 20 students or
more.
To find out more about the SPELD SA Tutor
Register and what becoming a tutor involves, visit
the SPELD SA website under Services/ Become a
Tutor or attend a free session:
When: Term 3 Monday August 1st Term 4 Tuesday October 18th
Where:
SPELD SA 298 Portrush Road, Kensington 5068
Time:
7.00 – 8.00 pm
Mailing address PO Box 83 Glenside SA 5065 : Web www.speld-sa.org.au: Email [email protected]
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Does SPELD SA support Levelled Readers?
Watch out for the SPELD SA Spring newsletter for the article “Developing a child’s reading doesn't start with books, it progresses to books.”
Those of you who have received Jolly Phonics
training will know that Sue Lloyd, the author of
Jolly Phonics, recommends that students are not
given readers until they know the 42 basic letter-
sounds of English. At SPELD SA, we fully support
this position. Students need to create connections
in the left hemisphere of the brain, by learning
letter-sounds and how to blend them to make
words, to become fluent readers. Emphasis on
learning words by sight or through context or
guesswork, before a student can decode words
independently using letter-sounds, can negatively
affect the development of their reading skills.
Early levelled readers need to be based on phonic
skills not other criteria.
Regional Training in Jolly Phonics
Jan and Frances, SPELD SA’s Jolly Phonics trainers,
will be presenting workshops at the following
areas; the Mid North, Mt Gambier, the Eastern
Fleurieu, Whyalla and Melbourne in terms 2
and 3.
Why not organise a workshop in your region and
invite people from neighbouring schools and
towns.
The SPELD SA Jolly Phonics Trainers can be
contacted at [email protected]
SPELD SA also provides Regional Training in
dyslexia related topics with Sandy Russo or
Angela Weeks. For available talks visit the SPELD
SA website Workshops/Offsite Presentations.
For bookings phone 8431 1655
Have you visited the SPELD SA Blog yet?
For students of all age groups, parents, tutors and
teachers the SPELD SA blog has a growing range of
links to free assistive technologies, a flash card
generator, useful educational Apps and other tips
and tricks. Visit the blog at
http://speldsa.wordpress.com/ or under services
on the SPELD SA website.
The next SPELD SA newsletter will be the August hard copy
edition which will include the workshop calendar for the
following 18 months (ie through to the end of 2012).
Members Special
20% off ReadingSounds™1
Pro CD Rom version
$306 $245
For all current SPELD SA members.
Contact 8431 1655 to arrange your copy