
What we got wrong (and right) with balanced literacy - a conversation with Dr. Nathaniel Swain
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The Power of Knowledge Rich Curriculum
The Corn Knowledge Foundation is a great resource for building knowledge rich curriculum. The foundation makes their work free to adapt and use for non-commercial purposes so that's why I think it's an attempt to bring those resources alive in a way that we've tried to do at our school. We're really passionate about making that available to as many people as possible. Some schools that haven't done anything on science of reading have started with some of these knowledge rich units and taught comprehension in this way. And they've suddenly got an energised group of teachers who are saying why was I not teaching in this way? Anna: "My kids are suddenly loving reading and they're learning about these fascinating topics
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