Oz Lit Teacher Blog
I get asked this question quite a lot and it excites me.
Why?
Because itās generally asked after a teacher has had their eyes opened to ...
Notebook writing is the perfect start-of-year activity for your literacy classroom- it builds community and teaches students timely strategies for
...I love a good inspirational quote.
My childhood gymnastics coach, Mr Palmer, introduced them to me. You couldnāt even go to the bathroom in his ...
Last week I was fortunate enough to listen to mindset coach Kylie Broadfoot (from KMB Coaching) speak on a very relevant topic for this time of ye
...My husband and I have always loved the outdoors. The bush is our defibrillator; it recharges us and brings us back into our natural rhythm. It cle
...When my year 3 teacher, Mrs Margaret Browne, told us she had to pull on a pair of gloves before she could start reading our new class novel, I donāt...
Have you reached that point in the year where you need to pause and focus on teaching your students how to get along with one another again?
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Iām in the middle of running the Writing Traits Masterclass at the moment (and LOVING it!) and Iāve had lots of questions about planning for genre
...As far as books go, 2020 has turned into Margaret Wildās āThe Sloth Who Came to Stay.ā
You know the picture story book about the busy family...
A silent classroom was once the sign of an effective teacher.
Of course, we now know that talk is highly beneficial to learning, so this is ...