Handwriting
Recent research describes the importance and impact of teaching handwriting, particularly in the first four years of school.
The beginnings of literacy
What we do in the classroom builds on and around this for each child. We have to treat all literary practices as an integral component of our students’ lives, so that they can take themselves seriously as active participants.
It’s time to think about why we write
The joy of writing; writing is more than just work for achieving an outcome.
Looking at the literacy landscape
If you are doing any sort of a road trip with your family this year, the question ‘Are we there yet?’ is one which might become very familiar. The landscape can slip by while we concentrate on our driving, on the need to stop for food or fuel or toilet breaks, and the car talk,…
Dialogic teaching and talking about writing
Dialogic teaching, a term created by Dr Robin Alexander in the early 2000s, harnesses the power of talk to stimulate and extend students’ thinking and advance their learning and understanding.
Writing and music
Written text can be like music – creative and exciting, thrilling and moving.
Thinking about Context Part 1: Writing the Future
Total immersion indeed. PETAA’s ‘Professional Learning Intensive’ was described as presenting writing ‘to teachers in context’. It did that and more in this two days of professional learning for educators from all over the country.