Helen

English teacher, Secondary Literacy Specialist

[Helen @jevlury]

@Norwayrach I’m so sorry for your loss. I had 13 days between losing my parents so I just wanted to reach out and say that, impossible as it seems right now, you will feel joy again. One day at a time is a cliché because it’s so true.

[Helen @jevlury]

@AlexJQuigley @vicgoddard Your Teachology course last year was amazing so I know this will be too.

[Helen @jevlury]

@urbanponds101 I’m so sorry. I remember that feeling so vividly. But also, I never really understood before a diagnosis like this how absolutely incredible the human capacity to adapt is - both for yourself and her. One day at a time - yes I know it’s a cliché but only because it’s so true.

[Helen @jevlury]

@MrARobbins @adamboxer1 @smorrisey The morphemic knowledge will become the future prior knowledge which will help students to unlock the meaning of multiple words they will encounter as the texts they encounter increase in complexity.

[Christopher Such @Suchmo83]

Inference in reading - as in spoken language - is the ability to reason using available evidence and prior knowledge to understand something implicit.

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[Helen @jevlury]

@Suchmo83 “Each inference is its own animal.” In awe of how you can encapsulate such a complex subject in 6 words - perfection!

[Helen @jevlury]

@teacherhead @DavidDidau Love that it was made with AI 😂

[Helen @jevlury]

@icod You can certainly feel like one.

[Helen @jevlury]

@GCSE_Macbeth A spelling error analysis would be much more useful to determine if there are any patterns. Drilling an error helps with that one error alone.

[Helen @jevlury]

@dave_mcpartlin Horizon 22 is free and amazing.

[Helen @jevlury]

@amy_smith117 Personal Helicon by Seamus Heaney

[Helen @jevlury]

@RyonWLeyshon @literacytutor5 You were both fabulous!

[Helen @jevlury]

@AlexJQuigley Probably the fact that it affirmed how much progress we’ve made with getting reading intervention right but “it takes a village” also highlighted the next challenge and how to crack it: embedding practice across the curriculum so we’re not filling a leaky pail.

[Helen @jevlury]

@literacytutor5 I have booked this so I’m delighted to see this!

[Helen @jevlury]

@Suchmo83 @DavidDidau @greeborunner @vicgoddard Very true.

[Helen @jevlury]

@Suchmo83 @DavidDidau @greeborunner @vicgoddard Absolutely! Also, the idea of ‘fidelity’ in some programmes is problematic .You can’t see it as something to be blindly ‘worked through’ without adapting and supplementing it to support the infinitely unique needs of each struggling reader. Micro adaptations are crucial.

[Helen @jevlury]

@BradleyKBusch I’ve just finished the Phonics and Prior Knowledge course - really excellent and as a Secondary Literacy Specialist, I found much of it very useful in the secondary context too.

[Helen @jevlury]

@JamesAFurey @karenvaites We invested in @LexonicST and haven’t looked back. All 5 pillars presented in an engaging age-appropriate format.

[Helen @jevlury]

@literacytutor5 Wishing you every success in your new role Geraldine. Very excited to see what the year ahead will bring!