
Tabula Rasa
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Katie Ashford is the author of this blog.She is a Deputy Headteacher at Michaela Community School in Wembley, London. This blog is about education.
Tabula Rasa
5y ago
As teachers, we know that words matter. Words are the key to opening our pupils’ minds, to expanding their horizons and to helping them to express themselves as precisely as possible. We know about the ’17 million word gap’; we can see the difference between our strong readers and those who need a little extra support. We know that if we don’t do something to bridge the vocabulary gap that they might never catch up with their peers.
We know that they need to access texts rich in the tier two vocabulary they rarely hear in speech. We know that they need well-planned, structured lessons that ..read more