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Learning the building blocks of words – sounds, their spellings, and word parts

The i and e aren’t a split digraph in these words, they represent two different sounds

anime

cinema

coliseum

epidemic

fidelity

hideous

idea

kinetic

liberal

limerick

lineage

linear

linguine

mimetic

pimento

pineal

recipe

simile

video

vinegar

We need GOOD practice, not common practice
I wrote an opinion piece in The Age newspaper this week called “Premier’s Reading Challenge no fun for kids who can’t read“, arguing we need to close the gap between research and practice in early literacy education, so more kids can enjoy, not dread, the Premier’s Reading Challenge. I hope it’s helped put another nail […]

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