Literacy
Making connections: through sharing ideas
When we thought about the past year, both on this blog and in our daily lives, one thing stood out as being especially important - the connections we forge and keep.
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Reading strategies: Working with genres to unlock texts
What are the most practical reading strategies you can share with your students?
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Reading strategies: Building background knowledge
What are the most practical reading strategies you can share with your students?
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Reading strategies: Ask questions from your text
What are the most practical reading strategies you can share with your students?
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Reading strategies: Grab a pencil and get interactive
What are the most practical reading strategies you can share with your students?
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Making connections: Stories and intertextuality
When we thought about the past year, both on this blog and in our daily lives, one thing stood out as being especially important - the connections we forge and keep.
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A love of libraries: 10 things to consider when building a classroom library
The wonder of libraries never ceases to amaze us. The earlier we start visiting these wonderful places with students, the more confident and enthusiastic they will become about spending time in them.
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Reading the museum
Museums are places of adventure, engagement and discovery. They take us into a world of investigation and imagination.
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Looking together: visual storytelling in The Thinking Train stories
How do the visual elements in our picture book series, The Thinking Train influence reading experience and meaning-making?
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Using the illustrations in graded readers – visualization
We learn and teach how to speak, write, read and listen in English, but we often forget that visual literacy and visualization is also an essential part of language education.
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Storytelling Activities for Adult Learners
Do you teach young adult and adult classes?
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6 Strategies for Reading with Young Learners
Young learners love stories, and reading with young learners typically involves including a wide range of activities along with the reading itself.
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