reading
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Teacher's Desk
What my students taught me about reading: old books hold new insights for the digital generation
Last year, 2019, saw the first cohort of students who were born in or beyond 2000 – the so-called digital…
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News
Aussie students are a year behind students 10 years ago in science, maths and reading
Australian 15-year-old reading scores are way below those of their peers in ten countries – including Singapore, Estonia, Canada, Finland,…
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Opinion
Reading is more than sounding out words and decoding. That’s why we use the whole language approach to teaching it
Good readers use a full repertoire of skills, each dependent on the other. And a whole language approach to teaching…
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News
Why every child needs explicit phonics instruction to learn to read
40% of children manage to learn to read without explicit and systematic phonics instruction due to a confluence of biological…
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News
10 ways to get the most out of silent reading in schools
We regularly hear from teachers and teacher librarians who are concerned about the state of silent reading in schools.
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For fun
We asked primary school students to review new book releases for Term 3
Here's the verdict, just in time for Australian Reading Hour...
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For fun
New to the bookshelf: Term 1 reading list
Here are some of Australia’s latest and greatest new books for school-age children and teenagers.
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Polls and fun
Who wrote Australia’s first published novel?
And three other influential first figures in Aussie literature for book enthusiasts during Book Week.
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News
5 quirky, easy classroom book corner ideas…
These simple, fantasy-inspired classroom decorating ideas will entice students of all ages to pick up a book and read for…
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