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
Online Course: Introduction to Comprehensive Literacy Instruction for students with CCN
I am absolutely delighted to say that I have just published my first online course! It’s been a labour of love – and I have a huge sense of achievement for completing it!! I’ve had a number of requests recently for more online learning options – and I’ve also had a number of requests for
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