Oz Lit Teacher Blog

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...

In my last blog, I highlighted my top 6(ish) favourite adult reads for 2023. (Click here to read that post). Today I’m highlighting 6 of...

 I often joke that I don’t read many books written for adults because I’m not mature enough to understand them, but here I am...

My husband and I recently commenced Operation Work-Off-The-Croissants.

Historically, these types of operations were running-based, but due to...

Mentor texts are pieces of writing you can hold up as good in-practice examples for students.

They enable you to ‘show’ your...

In my last blog, I shared some of the latest information available to teachers about dyslexia. (Click here to read the previous blog).

Dyslexia is...