CommonLit

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  CommonLit is a great resource for teachers and parents. It is an online library of free texts from a range of genres. These texts can be located according to reading difficulty, genre, topics, themes and literary devices (e.g., alliteration, … Continued

Word Webs

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An important component of effective writing is having a wide vocabulary so you can choose words that convey the required meaning and to add interest so the text engages readers and sustains their attention. One fun activity to increase students’ … Continued

Providing Feedback

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FANTASTIC WORK YOU’RE SUCH A GOOD GIRL/BOY YOU’RE NOT TRYING THIS IS EASY  – YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO WORK IT OUT GREAT WORK WELL DONE THIS IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH These are the types of statements we often say … Continued

3 Quick Editing Tips

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Writing should be a three part process – planning, writing and editing.  The editing stage is often the most difficult.  To be effective, editing often requires more time than the original writing process and needs to occur several times, each … Continued

Reading Achievement & Motivation

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Toste et al. (2020) have just published a meta-analytic review of 132 research articles (involving over 690,000 participants) investigating the relationship between motivation and reading achievement among students from kindergarten through to the 12th grade (it is a USA study). … Continued