Oz Lit Teacher Blog

In a previous blog post I talked about the benefits of using cold writes to diagnose student needs (in the same way pre-tests are used in the maths...

A couple of weeks ago, I shared a blog post introducing the concept of 1%ers in the classroom.

1%ers are the name I give to a list of tiny actions...

I’ve noticed a worrying phenomenon in classrooms lately: Whiteboards are becoming noticeboards.

You see, the white on these boards is...

Earlier this week the Victorian Education Minister announced a new phonics mandate for Victorian schools.  Although the details are still...

I always say that if there's one thing us primary school teachers are good at, it’s taking something and implementing it in ways that were...

A few weeks ago I shared a blog post outlining 6 reasons every teacher should be using Turn and Talk in their literacy classrooms everyday. (Click...

We have a special guest writer on the blog this week: my very own daughter, Ashleigh Leung!

Ash teaches a year 5 class at a large primary school...

We’re only a couple of weeks away from International Women’s Day, so I thought now would be a good time to share some...

Many things have changed in the world of literacy instruction over the years, research has developed, new teaching approaches have emerged and some...

Every writer has a 'writing history'.

This history is made up of all the positive and negative writing-related experiences we’ve had in our...