Oz Lit Teacher Blog
One Thursday back in 2012, I received an email from the judging panel for the Lindsay Thompson Fellowship (a Victorian Education Excellence Award...
Writer's notebooks can be powerful tools in the writing classroom but I've heard a few myths floating around about these and I think it's time to...
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...
Claire Saxby is a Victorian writer who has written almost 40 children’s books. She writes beautiful fiction and non-fiction texts as well...
Earlier this year I launched the Writer’s Notebook Series. This series of posts is focused on learning how published authors use their...
Remote teaching certainly has its challenges, but it also provides us with an array of wonderful benefits as well. One of those benefits is a...
One question I get asked a lot is “how should we use writer’s notebooks with students?” I'm all about authenticity so I thought...
This week’s blog post answers a question asked by one of the Oz Lit Teachers in our community. It focuses on all things Reading Workshop.
I was recently lucky enough to interview Australian children’s author Stef Gemmill. Stef’s recently published book, “A Home for...
In last week’s post I looked at the research behind classroom libraries, the number and types of books you should have in your...
