Tag Archives: magic e

How to practice reading ‘tap’ and ‘tape’

Posted on 2nd July 2019 in Dyslexia, Games, Learning to Read, Reading Difficulties, Reading Resources, Synthetic Phonics

Many students struggle with split vowel spellings a-e, e-e, i-e, o-e, u-e. These are also known as ‘split digraphs’, ‘magic e’ and ‘vowel + e’. These students need extra explicit instruction and practice reading words with these split spellings. It […]

If you are really, really into split digraphs – this is for you!

Posted on 16th October 2015 in Approaches to Teaching Reading, Synthetic Phonics

When is a split digraph truly a split digraph? John Walker of Sounds-Write explains. http://literacyblog.blogspot.co.uk/2015/10/why-split-spelling-cracks-me-up.html

Synthetic Phonics – a ‘back to basics’ approach to reading?

Posted on 2nd March 2011 in Synthetic Phonics

We often hear people calling for a ‘back to basics’ approach in education. But is Synthetic Phonics really backward looking or has it some new elements which differ from how reading was taught in the past?