This week I learned from Susan Godsland www.dyslexics.org.uk that the new term for ‘tricky words’ in the new National Curriculum is ‘common exception’ words. This term that is rather confusing. Firstly, why exception? Exception from what? Secondly, as Susan pointed out – it […]
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What is a ‘tricky word’?
Fluent readers may find it difficult to understand why beginner readers find some words difficult to decode. Take the word ‘was’: It is a ‘tricky word’. What is so tricky about it?
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