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Banter Booster #47: Useful things for busy speech pathologists - DSF Conference Free Resource Edition!

Banter Booster #47: Useful things for busy speech pathologists - DSF Conference Free Resource Edition!

Dyslexia-SPELD Foundation Conference Free Resource Edition!

David Kinnane
March 25, 2024

Special FREE literacy resource edition!

👋🏻 I’m David. I’ve just returned from three days of literacy learning at the terrific Dyslexia-SPELD Foundation (DSF) Literacy, Language and Learning Conference in Perth. The speakers shared SO many great free resources, and I want to help spread the word! Here are some of my favourites ⚡️:

A lot to take in!

1. 🆓 Decoding & Word Recognition Resources

Click for their huge FREE Resource Toolbox!

Thousands and thousands of no-prep resources!

2. 🆓 Handwriting, spelling, & morphology

Incredible work, led by SLP Shane Pearson. (Free sign up required.)

The Syntax Project, thanks to literacy expert Stephanie Le Lievre (sign up!)

3. 🆓 Background knowledge resources

Curriculum - Language and Reading Research Consortium

The purpose of Let’s Know! is to develop skills that are foundational to reading comprehension in young children. Let’s Know! uses core content such as science texts and story books as a base for developing these foundational skills. Let’s Know! provides a systematic scope and sequence of instruction.

Language for learning! (Free sign up required.)

The mothership of knowledge-building resources! (Free sign up required.)

Amazing free content from Nathaniel Swain & colleagues. (Sign up needed.)

Sample Knowledge Units made by teachers - incredibly generous!

4. 🆓 Maths language resources

Language matters for maths, too!

Maths Practices You Can Count On -

Maths Practices You Can Count On: Five Research-Validated Practices in Mathematics. Understanding of maths gained during school is essential.

www.cis.org.au/publication/maths-practices-you-can-count-on-five-research-validated-practices-in-mathematics

5. 🔥 Useful tech🔧s

Free Touch Typing Software

Learn touch typing online using TypingClub's free typing courses. It includes 650 typing games, typing tests and videos.

www.typingclub.com

Rewordify.com | Understand what you read

Rewordify.com helps you read more, understand better, learn new words, and teach more effectively.

rewordify.com

Hemingway Editor

Hemingway Editor makes your writing bold and clear.

hemingwayapp.com

6. 🆓 Text generation (writing) units!

Talk for Writing English Booklets - Talk for Writing

Home-school units for each Primary year group. Free to download.

www.talk4writing.com/english-booklets