4 practices to avoid in guided reading
Lately I’ve been talking to one of my good friends Mardi Gorman, about all things literacy in schools. Mardi’s a literacy consultant in Victoria and has worked in schools in …
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Writer’s Notebook: 5 myths to debunk
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 clear some of them …
Remote teaching’s golden opportunity for improving teacher practice.
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 gift to teachers- a golden …
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Parent Insights Into The Remote Schooling Experience (Part 2)
Earlier in the week I posted the first half of my report from a parent survey I created that was focused on gaining insights into their remote schooling experiences. This …
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6 tips for approaching the first week of remote learning
Teachers in Victoria are preparing for their first week of remote learning this week. Here are 6 last minute tips for launching into remote learning: Tip#1: Be OK with working …
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Remote Learning advice from teachers who are 8 weeks in
Australian schools and teachers are currently grappling with completely re-imagining how teaching and learning looks and, what’s more, we’re being asked to do it seemingly overnight. The thing is, we’re …
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5 Teacher tips for overcoming “I Don’t know what to write about”
After spending all weekend working out the best way to teach a genre, locating the required resources and then executing the perfect minilesson, the last thing a teacher wants to …
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How to make and use Whisper Phones
I wonder what goes through the mind of Bunnings staff members when they see adult after adult scouring the plumbing aisles only to emerge with a piece of narrow PVC …