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Reading strategies and how to teach them: Asking questions
Includes free asking questions lesson plan and anchor chart to introduce this reading strategy to your students! bit.ly/2Re4h25
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Drawing inferences from the text is like reading between the lines – it’s looking for the meaning that isn’t written down word-by-word.
Read more: Reading strategies and how to teach them: Drawing inferences bit.ly/2PBV33e
Reading strategies and how to teach them: Making connections (includes free downloadable lesson and anchor chart!) csi-literacy.nz/blogs/blog/r…
Are levelled reading groups the best way to teach reading?
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Hey teachers – How do you keep up-to-date with literacy research and news etc?
Have any favourite blogs?
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Think Pair Share Teachers retweeted
A really thoughtful piece on Sally, kid sister to Charlie Brown, ran on @Kotaku this week. Teaching techniques, childhood rebellion, and Schulz's views on school prayer are just a few of the topics touched on. Worth a read for Peanuts fans!
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“If a child can’t learn the way we teach, maybe we should teach the way they learn.”
– Ignacio ‘Nacho’ Estrada
Happy National Poetry Day!
Want a free poetry lesson that'll help build reading comprehension? Get it here: bit.ly/2My9mn9
Did you know poetry is a brilliant way for students to develop comprehension, and to find new ways of expression?
Includes a free poetry lesson!
Read: Hunt for the haiku: Why schools need poetry bit.ly/2My9mn9
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When students struggle with reading and writing, it "impacts them in every academic area and, if not addressed, can eventually affect their motivation to learn and to come to school."
What strategies have you seen work? #edchat
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Think Pair Share Teachers retweeted
Effective principals...
1. Work alongside teachers, not above them.
2. Influence teachers, but are also influenced by them.
3. Cast a bold vision for the future, but also understand the current realities.
#edchat #FutureDriven
The Terracotta Warriors are visiting NZ!
They’ll be on display at Te Papa later this year. This is a fascinating bit of world history to explore with your students.
Start by checking out #CSIPrivateEye’s ‘Mystery of the Buried Army’. Demo version here: bit.ly/2zYnKfH
"Teachers realised that their previous practice of grouping by ability within or across classes seriously disadvantaged children in the lower groups who were denied access to the whole curriculum and had negative perceptions about their ability reinforced.” – Stephanie Greaney
This comes from an ERO report about ability group in maths. The author of the report, Stephanie Greaney, discusses it here: bit.ly/2uNuudU
In absolutely ludicrous news, “federal judge says there's no fundamental right to learn to read and write."
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From @StuffNZ today:
"Withdrawing with booze and weed easier than surviving low literacy”
It's a sad truth that if kids haven't become proficient readers by the age of 9, they'll struggle for the rest of their life – as evidenced here: bit.ly/2IBsEBH
There is hope, though, and together we can help those students.
Want to know a bit more about what we do? bit.ly/2KlEUfK