Oz Lit Teacher Blog
If you’ve been reading my blog for a while now, you’ll know I’ve been researching the use of writer’s notebooks out in the wild (i.e. the world outsid...
There’s a limited amount of time in schools, so it makes sense to make links between curriculum areas where you can.
Here’s 8 picture story books you...
I get loads of questions from teachers about the best way to use writer's notebooks in the classroom. Some of those questions include:
- Should ...
In a previous blog post I shared three shifts I’ve had in my thinking when it comes to the use of decodable texts in the early reading classroom. ...
I've been asked loads of questions about effective phonics instruction lately so today I'm going to address one of the main questions being asked at...
National Sorry Day occurs on May 26 every year in Australia. On this day in 1997, a report called Bringing Them Home was tabled in Parliament. It
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In this post I'll be answering 5 of the most frequently asked questions I received after my previous post titled, ‘What is Phonological Awareness ...
A question I'm always asked when teachers are learning about the 6+1 writing traits is, 'will teaching my students about the traits improve their
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In Michelle Obama’s book, Becoming, she mentions a motto she and Barrack used when dealing with the low acts of the opposition: “When they go low...
A few years ago I started a research project. I wanted to learn more about how published authors REALLY used their writer's notebooks so I could hel...
