Oz Lit Teacher Blog
I get asked this question quite a lot and it excites me.
Why?
Because it’s generally asked after a teacher has had their eyes opened...
Notebook writing is the perfect start-of-year activity for your literacy classroom- it builds community and teaches students timely strategies...
I love a good inspirational quote.
My childhood gymnastics coach, Mr Palmer, introduced them to me. You couldn’t even go to the bathroom...
Last week I was fortunate enough to listen to mindset coach Kylie Broadfoot (from KMB Coaching) speak on a very relevant topic for this time of...
My husband and I have always loved the outdoors. The bush is our defibrillator; it recharges us and brings us back into our natural rhythm. It...
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...
Have you reached that point in the year where you need to pause and focus on teaching your students how to get along with one another again?
I’m in the middle of running the Writing Traits Masterclass at the moment (and LOVING it!) and I’ve had lots of questions about...
As far as books go, 2020 has turned into Margaret Wild’s ‘The Sloth Who Came to Stay.’
You know the picture story book about...
A silent classroom was once the sign of an effective teacher.
Of course, we now know that talk is highly beneficial to learning, so this is no...
