Waaaay back in 2019 I posted about the upcoming 2020 literacy intensives. It was going to be the first year that we were running two – one in Tamworth and one in Melbourne. Since then, we have had to postpone these events more than once – for reasons we’re all very aware of. However, we’re
Like many of us, I have been enjoying the number of online conference presentations that are now available, as one of the few positive outcomes from the global COVID-19 pandemic. I have enjoyed so many of these presentations – but I just wanted to share three of my favourites – and explain why they are
A few weeks ago I shared a week of emergent literacy planning on the topic of greetings, using a book I wrote called “Hello”. As I’ve mentioned before, I had a request from the fabulous Violeta for a PowerPoint version that she could translate into Dutch. Not only has she translated it but she has
Portable word walls are an important part of our toolkit when working with transitional and conventional literacy learners. I’ve written a number of posts about how to setup a word wall and how we use them – in both the working with words block and in writing. After my recent post about Using the Word
For conventional (and transitional) students, we need to make sure they can write words which aren’t phonetically predictable – and that they can read and write high frequency words more or less instantly. The word wall activities we do in the working with words block are aimed at converting high frequency words and word family
Developmental Writing Instruction: Writing assessment, development, teaching and learning. New Online Course!
I am delighted to announce a new online course focusing just on writing. This 8 hour, self-paced learning course is designed to provide in-depth information, knowledge, resources and support for helping every student to become a better writer, from the earliest emergent writers to conventional writers learning to write more. The course covers: Overview of
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