What boys need in reading, writing and online activities.
Matching text to students is central to improving reading for understanding. How we go about recommending books to reluctant boy readers has been put under the microscope by Andy Sherrod in his post...
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It’s Monday, what are you reading?
Narissa and I are reading our way through The Children’s Book Council of Australia’s shortlist of nominated books. Our purpose other than enjoying a variety of children’s literature, is to read them...
View ArticleKnowing and supporting yourself as a teacher of writing.
We work hard to support our students as writers with evidenced based best practice for teaching writing. There are many convincing reasons why teachers should write so I am wondering how you go about...
View ArticleThe Quest To Know Books
There is no question about it – teachers need to know books. How can we inspire students to read if we can’t sell the message, recommend a good read or discuss a book a student has selected for...
View ArticleBooks to engage tweens and teens
My oldest child had Harry Potter as a peer. His enthusiasm for Harry’s story never waned as the release of the next book seemed to be waiting for Connor to reach Harry’s age. Magic? As a tween he...
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Engaging learners with picture books
Title: Yellow Dress Day Author: Michelle Worthington Illustrator: Sophie Norsa New Frontier Publishing Pty Ltd, Australia, 2012, Michelle Worthington’s picture book Yellow Dress Day has an engaging...
View ArticleBooktalking Gold
Katherine Patterson said “It is not enough to simply teach children to read; we have to give them something worth reading. Something that will stretch their imaginations-something that will help them...
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A Ghost Story – Hooking the Reader
We all know how hard it is to match readers to books. That’s what I love about a series, once a reader is hooked then their next read is ready and waiting. If they enjoy one book by an author then they...
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The value of words
The setting of Phileas’s Fortune is a world where words are produced in a factory and people must buy them to eat in order to speak them. Those who can’t afford expensive words must resort to using...
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A challenge for 2014
While scrolling through tweets tonight I noticed @rissL has finished book #2 for 2014. The gauntlet has been laid down by Narissa and I accept the challenge. In the past I have come across numerous...
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