LINKS
Useful websites...
Read, Write, Think
There’s lot of great resources on this site. Under the professional development tab, take a look at the different strategy guides including writing, teaching reading in the content areas and developing academic vocabulary.
Reading Rockets
Although targeting younger readers, the ‘Reading Topics A-Z’ page hs useful information on a range of reading topics including Tier 2 vocabulary, direct instruction for vocabulary development and some great articles on professional development for teachers.
Literacy Online
Literacy Online, New Zealand Ministry of Education, supports primary and secondary teachers in supporting the literacy needs of their students. There are some great resources for secondary teachers
High Impact Teaching Strategies (HITS)
This Victorian Education website outlines 10 key instructional strategies that have a maximum impact on student learning.
National Center on Improving Literacy
In the research repository section, there are links to excellent websites for different ages and issues.
Education Endowment Foundation
The ‘Teaching and Learning Toolkit‘ is an excellent resource for schools looking to research the impact and implementation cost of evidence-based practices.
Teacher Magazine
A range of articles on teaching and learning in schools. Use the search tool to look for articles on reading, writing and school wide literacy initiatives.
Understanding by Design
Useful website links and downloadable resources that support the Understanding by Design Model of programming created by Jay McTighe and Grant Wiggins. Teachers new to this model will find the resources on framing essential questions across different subjects very useful.
Useful books...
Davis, A. (2016) Teaching Reading Comprehension. Eleanor Curtin.
Derewianka, B., Christie, F.,(2008) School Discourse: Learning to write across the years of schooling. Continuum
Gibbons, P. (2015). Scaffolding language, scaffolding learning: Teaching second language learners in the mainstream classroom (2nd ed.) Heinemann.
Gibbons, P. (2009) English learners, academic literacy and thinking; learning in the challenge zone. Heinemann.
Hammond, J (ed) (2001) Scaffolding: Teaching and Learning in Language and Literacy Education, Primary English Teaching Association
Hochmann, J., Wexler, N., (2017), The Writing Revolution: A Guide to Advancing Thinking Through Writing in All Subjects and Grades. Wiley