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Christopher Such

@suchmo83.bsky.social
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Experienced primary teacher, school leader and author. Feel free to DM if you are looking for professional development relating to reading or just free advice.

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Christopher Such @suchmo83.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
It would be remiss of me not to add that The Art and Science of Teaching Primary Reading has since been superseded by a much more useful book, Primary Reading Simplified. While this might be the last significant amount, I will ensure that all royalties continue to be donated.
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Christopher Such @suchmo83.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
Below is the receipt for this year's donation. Thank you again to everyone who bought a copy. >>
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Christopher Such @suchmo83.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
It's the summer holidays, which means I have a copy of Primary Reading Simplified to give away. Simply **repost** this post for your chance to win. I will pick a winner on Sunday 17th August. Good luck!
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Christopher Such @suchmo83.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
If you've read Primary Reading Simplified and found it useful, it would mean a lot to me if you would consider taking 60 seconds to add a rating or review at the place where you bought it. It's a little thing that makes a huge difference. Reposts are also much appreciated.
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Christopher Such @suchmo83.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
That's really kind of you to recommend my first book. However, while I am still proud of it, I think that my second book, Primary Reading Simplified, is a significant upgrade on the original for the purpose described in the first tweet in this thread.
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Christopher Such @suchmo83.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
The Easter holidays are here, so I have a copy of Primary Reading Simplified to give away. Just **repost** this post to have a chance to win. The winner will be selected 19th April.
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Christopher Such @suchmo83.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
Here's the pitch: Almost every primary school I've encountered is worried about the effectiveness of their approach to teaching reading after phonics and whether it provides pupils with engaging reading experiences. My book offers a tried-and-tested alternative.
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Christopher Such @suchmo83.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
If I've ever taken the time to reply to a request from you for advice on here (or the other place) - and you have read Primary Reading Simplified - please consider *reposting* this post and giving the book a quick rating (or even a review) from where you bought it.
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Christopher Such @suchmo83.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
It's half term, which means I have a copy of Primary Reading Simplified to give away. Simply *repost* this post for your chance to win. I will choose a winner at random this Saturday (22nd February).
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Christopher Such @suchmo83.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
For example, here is a paper that literally looks at the learning of science content. It compares RwL to just listening and finds *benefits* to RwL:
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Christopher Such @suchmo83.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
For example, Moreno and Mayer (2002) find evidence of the *opposite* of this effect in reading and listening simultaneously (i.e. comprehension was *improved* when people followed along with a text read aloud): >>
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Christopher Such @suchmo83.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Thank you to everyone who has bought a copy of Primary Reading Simplified!
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Christopher Such @suchmo83.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
A Kindle reader wrote the first review of the book:
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Christopher Such @suchmo83.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
Here are the chapter titles: >>
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Christopher Such @suchmo83.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
My new book, Primary Reading Simplified, is released this Monday. Briefly, I'd like to explain why it exists, who I think will find it useful and where you can find it. >>
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Christopher Such @suchmo83.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
To be clear, the Delphi statements do not state that phonological issues *must* be present. The relevant Delphi statement states that phonological processing is the most *commonly observed* cognitive issue, not that phonological processing is a cognitive issue always found:
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Christopher Such @suchmo83.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Below is the definition used by the International Dyslexia Association. While there is no universally accepted definition of dyslexia, this definition is as close as exists to such a thing:
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Christopher Such @suchmo83.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
However, there are issues with asking teachers to regularly use their professional development time to read children's books. Most primary teachers are given surprisingly little time in school to develop their pedagogy and subject knowledge, as suggested by this (admittedly unscientific) poll:
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Christopher Such @suchmo83.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
The freely available discussion paper shown below might be of interest.
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Christopher Such @suchmo83.bsky.social · 19/10/2024
Below is the receipt. Thank you to everyone who has bought a copy.
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Christopher Such @suchmo83.bsky.social · 14/09/2024
Released January 2025 and already available for pre-order.
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