Supporting Every Child’s Right to Read
Right to Read Inquiry in a 1hr Block in a Structured Literacy Classroom
Dr. Kathryn Garforth and Dorothy McKay, an Ontario Primary Teacher discussed the Right to Read Inquiry in a 1hr Block in a Structured Literacy Classroom.
An Example of a teacher Meeting the Following Recommendations
In this video Dorothy McKay refers to the following resources:
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Dr. Kathryn Garforth, Ph.D.
Founder of Garforth Education and The Right To Read Initiative.
Garforth Education provides online courses and professional development for educators. Garforth Education provides support to families of neurodiverse individuals. Dr. Garforth helps them understand the diagnosis and needs of their child.
Dr. Kathryn Garforth is passionate about every child's #RightToRead. As a dyslexic and the parent of a dyslexic she has a personal connection to the struggles students face. Her teacher training program did not provide the training to teach children like her how to read. She's determined to spread awareness about best practices for teaching reading.
Twitter: @GarforthEduc
Dorothy McKay, Grade 2 & 3 teacher in Ontario.
Dorothy McKay has taught with the Thames Valley District School Board in southwestern Ontario since 2001. She became interested in finding out how children learn to read when her intermediate students were unable to read or write at grade level.
This led Dorothy on a journey into the science of reading movement where she learned about the benefits of structured literacy and how it would help all students.
She publicly declared in 2019 to anyone who would listen that balanced literacy was dead to her and she can be found using explicit, direct instruction daily with amazing results!
