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This post is a version of my article for the TES, from this Friday, and their ‘OFSTED Watch’ column. Just after publication OFSTED made an important update that clarified for schools …

Alex Quigley @HuntingEnglish·

*WEEKEND POST*

“Put simply, the better your handwriting – and the more automatic – the more you can focus your mental energy on picking the right words, playing with sentence structures, and much more.”

https://www.theconfidentteacher.com/2021/01/should-we-worry-about-handwriting/

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Alex Quigley @HuntingEnglish·

Excellent article from the brilliant @margaretmckeow2, Isabel Beck & Linda Kucan:

"Taking Delight in Words'

https://www.aft.org/periodical/american-educator/spring-2003/taking-delight-words via @aftunion

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Oliver Lovell @ollie_lovell·

Newest ERRR Podcast now out. This episode is with @margaretmckeow2 on her approach to teaching reading comprehension, 'Questioning the Author'. I LOVED learning about this approach. Hope that you do too! https://www.ollielovell.com/errr/errr-047-margaret-mckeown-on-questioning-the-author-reading-comprehension/

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