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Your familiar reading benchmarking assessment might feel comfortable, but is it the best way to assess reading? The answer is no. This post explores effective alternatives to the well-known (yet highly flawed) popular reading benchmarking assessments that are used in just about every Australian school.
In my last post I examined the effectiveness of the website Pinterest as a source of teaching materials for phonics and reading. You can read this post here… This time around I am casting my eye over Teachers Pay Teachers (TpT). It seems that every teacher and her dog is selling something on TpT. These… Continue reading A Review of Online Teaching Resources – Teachers Pay Teachers
Photo by Oleg Magni on Pexels.comImagine going to the hardware store knowing you need to fix the mould in your bathroom. You look for ‘mould products’ and discover a wonderful looking bottle of mould killer that promises to eradicate all of your bathroom problems. You take it home, spray your bathroom liberally and regularly and… Continue reading The Value of a Quality Program
One size does not fit all An interesting question came my way on Twitter today regarding instructional approaches and reading strategies for early readers. As I started to formulate my response I realized that it required more than a tweet to fully flesh out. Firstly, the simple answer to the above question is a resounding… Continue reading Using Decodable Texts to Meet Student Needs
This article was originally published in a shortened form in the Territory Educator Magazine, Term 2, 2018 when I was Teaching Principal of a very small remote school. Teachers are amongst the most passionate professionals on the planet. Most of us teach because we love to see the light in the eyes of children and… Continue reading A Journey in Evidence Based Practice
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