Oz Lit Teacher Blog

Earlier this week the Victorian Education Minister announced a new phonics mandate for Victorian schools.  Although the details are still filtering th...

I always say that if there's one thing us primary school teachers are good at, it’s taking something and implementing it in ways that were never inten...

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...