Letter Explorations that Transfer to Reading and Writing
Involving children in letter explorations helps them learn about the alphabetic system. Such explorations should occur alongside the regular reading and writing activities of the classroom. Letter explorations assist children in: understanding the... Read more
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7 Powerful Ways to Use Personal Word Walls Years 3-7
There's an amazing tool that enables your Yrs 3-7 students learn how to spell the words they most frequently use in their writing and understand how words work. It's cheap, it's simple, and... Read more
Irresistible Reading Quotes
"To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark." — Victor Hugo, Les Miserables "Oh, magic hour, when a child first knows she can... Read more
What are Quick Writes?
Quick Writes are my most favourite writing tool, writing strategy and writing buzz! And I haven’t yet had a student across Years 3-6, across the world, who hasn’t agreed with me. For me ... Read more
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How to Teach Students to Fix Their Reading When Meaning is Lost
What strategies can we teach our readers to enable them to fix up their reading when meaning is lost? When meaning is lost and children need to know what to do to continue... Read more
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How to Fill Your Classroom with Texts that Support Young Readers to be Successful
A most significant role for teachers in fostering childen's reading development is the provision of a broad range of supportive texts which allow children to read independently and build up a solid history... Read more
8 Great Ways to Use a Classroom Library
Are you looking for better ways to use your Classroom Library? Learn about eight great ways to achieve this Each book you Read Aloud to the class (or big books used in Shared... Read more
How to Develop Knowledge of Letters and Letter Names
Involving young childen in instruction that helps them learn about letters, helps them learn about the alphabetic principle. Instruction should assist children in: Understanding the concept of letters. Learning letter names and knowking... Read more
How to Develop Vocabulary to Support Comprehension
When students are taught vocabulary in a thorough fashion, their comprehension of what they read improves. Your students develop knowledge of vocabulary through extensive reading of text that is rich in new words.... Read more
How to Support Fluency Development for Strong Comprehension
Luke and Freebody (1997) refer to readers as 'code breakers, meaning makers, text users and text critics', and all of these need to be considered when thinking of comprehension instruction. Improving comprehension is... Read more
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A New Toolkit for Conferring With Your Young Readers
Yay! They’re here! Our Reading Conference Toolkits have arrived. We’ve put together a toolkit of everything you need to run successful Reading Conferences with your students. One for each year level. The ready... Read more
A Nifty Planner for Your Literacy Block
Yay! It's here! Our Gradual Release Planner has arrived. We’ve put together a planner with everything you need to run a successful Literacy Block with your students. See Candace (below) explain how it... Read more
How to Create a Classroom Library
Yay! At last it's here and completely FREE! The definitive checklist for developing a stunning classroom library. Are you looking to improve your students' reading achievement? Do you wonder whether you are being... Read more
New Mini-Lesson Flip Charts for Teaching Reading Routines
Establish your Reading Workshop (Years K-7) with strong routines and expectations to build foundations for reader engagement and growth. Each mini lesson flip chart pack contains: 14 Reading Workshop routines and expectations mini... Read more
How to Teach High-Frequency Words for Reading and Writing
We learn to how to write high-frequency words by writing and we learn to read high-frequency words by reading. In this blog post, Diane Snowball, co-author of Spelling K-8: Planning and Teaching, helps... Read more
How to Teach Comprehension
What is Comprehension? Comprehension is 'intentional thinking during which meaning is constructed through interactions between text and reader.' (Harris & Hodges,1995) It is personal. It is active thinking. What comprehension strategies do good... Read more
How to Support Powerful Reading Responses
What are Reading Response Journals? Reading Response Journals are books in which students write, draw, detail, describe, explore, organize, ponder, problem solve, record and share their thinking in response to texts heard, read... Read more
How to Help Readers Talk About Texts to Develop Comprehension
'Time for students to talk about their reading and writing is perhaps one of the most underused, yet easy-to-implement, elements of instruction.' Allington & Gabriel Our students must be involved in analytical interactions... Read more