Oz Lit Teacher Blog
The countdown to the start of the school year is tickingā¦
I donāt know about you, but my work brain is ON (and it does not understand the concept of ...
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 yo...
Iāve noticed a worrying phenomenon in classrooms lately: Whiteboards are becoming noticeboards.
You see, the white on these boards is disappearing in...
I once participated in an online course for business owners that taught me more about the principles of effective teaching than anything about busines...
In my recent blog post on effective writing conferences, I discussed the idea of stripping these now complex meetings back to their original roots...
Iām often asked for tips on how to engage in effective writing conferences with students.
Conferring with writers can feel a bit overwhelmin...
Often when schools want to work on improving their studentsā growth in writing they start by changing their teaching. (āSomething isnāt working- l...
When my year 3 teacher, Mrs Margaret Browne, told us she had to pull on a pair of gloves before she could start reading our new class novel, I donāt...
Being a literacy consultant, I get the opportunity to visit lots of schools and observe in lots of classrooms.
I see all types of wonderful ...
In last weekās postĀ I looked at the research behind classroom libraries, the number and types of books you should have in your classroom library a
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