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Using a plan to support Prep (5&6 Year Olds) children writing a descriptive...
My students have been learning how to write a description using the PM Writing Big Book genre format. Focusing on making a plan with key words and ideas supported my Preps to maintain a content...
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Poetry & Success Criteria for 6,7&8 year old students…
Poems, rhymes, raps, finger plays and chants are important in all classrooms, but crucial to young children learning to read. Rhymes allow students to make predictions. I find that the children, who...
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Persuasive Texts: 6,7 and 8 year olds… a snippet! What are paragraphs?
Post 1: I intend to post detailed samples as my students explore this genre further. My students are learning to write a Persuasive Text (Exposition / Discussion). I’m starting simple and incorporating...
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Writers Notebook: A powerful tool which documents if ‘what has been taught’...
This year we introduced Writers Notebook across my school. My students and I absolutely love our notebooks. We have a tool/skill workbook where student’s record / practice grammar, word-work and genre...
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Aunty Arty and the Disquieting Muses Written by Rowena Wiseman, illustrated...
Rowena Wiseman has a student in my class. How lucky am I? Rowena is a published writer and is a shared organizer of our Writer in Residence program, even though this maybe new news for her. I have...
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JD – ANZAC Day 2015 – 6, 7 and 8 Year Old Australian Students Respond …
My Grandpa Marches on Anzac Day: Recognizing Anzac Day is an important part of my program each year and needs to be planned and delivered to young children with sensitivity. Using picture story books...
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Remembrance Day 2015: Weary Dunlop and the IB Learner Profile and attitudes.
Firstly, 2015 was a busy year so my posting was not as frequent as I would have liked. This didn’t stop me writing and recording my learning and my students’ learning. Many of my posts will be uploaded...
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Steve Peha: Be a Better Writer – When are you coming to Australia Steve?
I’ve been incorporating Steve Peha’s writing strategies into my writing teaching for many years. I don’t have a huge amount of Facebook friends but I’m pleased Steve is one of them! You’ll find some...
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Practical PD for teachers leads to instructional change: Sue, her writing,...
Professional development comes in many forms. Some of the best PD is practical and that’s what I’ve been doing this week. I’ve been teaching my friend Sue, just like I was taught by Jenny Luca the...
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Working with Mark (Year 10) to ‘be a better writer’ using Be a Better Writer...
Mark is in Year 10 in Victoria, Australia. I’m working with him to ‘be a better writer’. I’ve asked Mark if he’s happy for me to share his journey here and he is! We’re using Steve Peha’s book to guide...
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