Archive for August, 2008

The practice of homogeneous group reading is not new. This model of reading has been a common practice in schools for many decades. So what is the difference between small group, round robin reading and guided reading?

Guided reading occurs when teachers select texts based around the instructional reading level of students and also consider how texts support and challenge particular groups of students. At the …

As new literacies evolve and students embrace new technologies, often developing expertise before their teachers, it is interesting that the old debate around (print based) reading and writing, and whose responsibility it is to teach these, continues.

At a recent workshop, the following question arose.
“I am a teacher of mathematics. Should I be expected to teach literacy?”

If we ask education bodies, there is a resounding, “Yes! …

I recently conducted a reading workshop with a group of middle years’ teachers. When discussing comprehension strategies, one teacher noted that her students found it difficult to consider texts from perspectives other than their own. As we fleshed out the importance of connecting to and from texts, I shared a recent lesson I had conducted with a group of Year 5 students in …

After debating whether to devote time and energy into adding a blog to this site, I have finally decided to do it. Hooray! for David, my web obsessed husband. He has finally managed to drag me into the twenty-first century.

Since it’s always easier to do things when you have a sense of purpose, I have spent much time thinking about what this blog should be …