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Letter of the Week: Resources for Older Students

Aug 26, 20128 Comments

This year, I'm working with quite a few teachers who have older students in their class who need to improve their recognition of the letters of the alphabet. They need to be able to instantly and quickly identify letters so that they can move further along their journey of becoming readers and writers. This means

Introduction to the Four Blocks: Presentation at The Woden School

Jun 25, 2012

For those who attended my presentation at The Woden School last Friday, here is my presentation on the Four Blocks as promised. Display content from SlideShare Click here to display content from SlideShare. Learn more in SlideShare’s privacy policy. Always display content from SlideShare Open content directly Introduction to the Four Blocks from Jane Farrall

iPad Apps for Guided Reading

Jun 21, 201212 Comments

As iPads become more and more common in schools, I am asked more frequently for suggestions of apps in so many areas. Many of us have had the experience of downloading an app that looks like it will meet our needs - but once we download it from the iTunes store it isn't quite what

Tar Heel Reader: Making Favorite Bookshelves

Jun 14, 20125 Comments

I know I've blogged a little bit about Tar Heel Reader in the past - but I think it's time for a new blog post about one of the most useful features of this wonderful resource. Tar Heel Reader is one of my very favourite literacy resources - currently it contains over 24,000 easy to

Literacy for All: Building Blocks for Literacy Success

May 25, 201211 Comments

Last year, I had the amazing pleasure of working regularly with the fabulous people at Willans Hill School in Wagga Wagga. We worked together to put Four Blocks in place in every classroom, for a minimum of two hours a day. This morning I was honoured to share our journey in a keynote presentation at

Making Up a Guided Reading Pack

May 13, 2012

Please note: The guided reading packs are no longer available. Additionally, I no longer recommend this process as so many students now have access to robust AAC. Guided reading is now called comprehension instruction - see https://www.comprehensiveliteracy.com/comprehension.html On my website I have a number of Guided Reading Packs for download. These are resources I've made

Clicker 6: My Favourite Bits - Part 3

May 2, 20124 Comments

This is the third of three blogs aimed at covering my favourite bits of Clicker 6. There are a number of changes in Clicker 6 which support students to become more independent readers and writers - or which provide support for teachers to make or access resources more quickly. I love using Clicker for reading

Clicker 6: My Favourite Bits - Part 2

Apr 25, 2012

This is the second of three blogs aimed at covering my favourite bits of Clicker 6. VERY high on my list of favourites are the new tools for building word banks and picture banks. I particularly like the new word bank tool - it is very easy and quick and will let me build a

Clicker 6: My Favourite Bits - Part 1

Apr 19, 20126 Comments

Clicker has long been one of my favourite literacy teaching tools. I love the way it lets me make a range of literacy teaching (and support) materials and then tailor them for different student's needs. When I heard that a new version of Clicker was coming I was both excited and worried. Excited to see

Willans Hill One Year On - still providing literacy for ALL students

Apr 5, 20124 Comments

Last year I wrote about the exciting literacy project I was involved with at Willans Hill School in Wagga Wagga on the Spectronics blog. The inspiration for my original blog (apart from overwhelming excitement about the changes we were seeing) was an interview with Prime Television. Last week, the school was visited by the television