Katy Parkinson

Founder Director @LexonikST I love my family, Sweep our rescue cat and Floss our adopted dog. Passionate about teaching literacy and enjoys creating good food.

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@tes @jon_severs Teach “Reading for knowledge” Teach our learners how to decode words and how to decode words for their meaning #automaticity #fluency #affixes #vocabulary

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Why schools should stop pushing reading for pleasure https://t.co/lttoHSjZmq
Instead, let’s promote “reading for meaning” Teach our learners how to decode words and how to decode words for their meaning. #phonics @automaticity #fluency #vocabulary #affixes

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Absolutely love this! Thank you @brian_poncy @learnwithmrlee Timing students is so powerful. It motivates and excites them. We @LexonicST set the timer for all our #literacy activities because it works. It builds automaticity and accuracy!

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A snippet from a recent conversations with @learnwithmrlee about timed math fact practice and how it looks when done in line with the empirical literature. @rscodding @rastokke

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A snippet from a recent conversations with @learnwithmrlee about timed math fact practice and how it looks when done in line with the empirical literature. @rscodding @rastokke

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An interesting article thank you @tes @utafrith - “teachers often intuitively know what a child needs even without a diagnosis … and act on them straight away rather than waiting for an assessment” This is also so true for #dyslexia. We all need to teach the need of the child.

[Tes magazine @tes]

‘I’ve been swept up by the autism spectrum idea, and it’s only in the past 10 years that I have felt things have gone too far. Very slowly, I have come to say, “No, this is not right”’: Autism expert professor Uta Frith talks to @Helen_Amass
https://t.co/CoYVQ9Ozvo

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Is this a #literacy or #maths problem 🤔

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Enjoying this brilliant @StanDehaene book. Page 328 says it all “Finally, although decoding is essential for beginning readers, vocabulary enrichment is equally important. A child must learn the morphology of English particularly children from underprivileged or ESL backgrounds”

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@centre_right_ Are you sure Andy? There are many theories.
One is that it comes from Old French brought to Scotland by Mary Queen of Scots along with the tradition of giving gifts at New Year. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Skies in #Guisborough this morning #BBCBreakfast

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What are other peoples opinion experience of @Evri_DeliveryUK ?
I have had numerous on-line chats yet no further forward, now over one month chasing — Package at depot, out for deliver, on its way, Ross the courier has my package — still not delivered and no phone call either 😡

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@sciencegirl @SusanCalman Curly wurly x

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@FunkyPedagogy I can’t believe you have not got THE BEST biscuit in the world in your collection . I may be guilty of a wee bit Scottish bias here x

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@ThorpLRC @ThorpAcademy Brilliant . Well done everyone!

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@C_Hendrick Couldn’t agree more @C_Hendrick “Vocabulary unlocks comprehension, comprehension fuels background knowledge, and background knowledge accelerates the acquisition of more vocabulary. The cycle feeds itself.”

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My brother over 6 yrs has had spells in The Freeman, Edinburgh Royal and Queen Eliz. The food served to patients has been absolutely appallingly. He also spent time at Dumfries where the food was excellent.
Please @wesstreeting look at the waste of funding to catering in # NHS

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Just been up to #Scotland and look what I bought to bring back to Yorkshire. It makes the best toast ever !!

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@greg_ashman Phonics doesn’t work for dyslexic learners