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June 2022

  • How to Teach Writing Effectively by Identifying With Students

    Posted by Sharon Callen

    LATEST BLOG: Education consultant Alan Wright says effective teaching begins with teachers understanding and better relating to students’ joys and struggles in writing. It can often be tough for teachers to construct meaningful writing lessons. But for Alan, the key is for teachers to immerse themselves in the writing activities...

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  • Planning Effectively With The English Curriculum

    Posted by Sharon Callen

    LATEST PODCAST, Ep 67: Literacy expert Sharon Callen talks about how to connect the English curriculum with teaching. As motivated teachers, we need easy ways to access the English curriculum and connect it to our teaching. This includes knowing how to plan with the curriculum effectively, and finding ways for...

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  • English Curriculum Planners, Yrs F=6

    Posted by Sharon Callen

    Are you looking for an easy way to ensure you are covering the Australian Curriculum (version 9) in your English planning? In this package English Curriculum Planner, Yrs F-6 (best enlarged to A3), all content descriptions for Language, Literature and Literacy are presented on a single page. You receive: Content...

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  • How to Teach High Frequency Words Through Student Exploration

    Posted by Sharon Callen

    Top educator Diane Snowball says exploration allows young students to meaningfully learn high frequency words. The key to teaching high frequency words, and in fact anything in literacy, purposefully and meaningfully, is to allow for student exploration. This is the advice of highly-regarded literacy leader Diane Snowball on Episode 61...

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