Category: Literacy
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The new Oxford Reading for Comprehension series tackles emerging comprehension challenges
Oxford University Press (OUP) has introduced a brand new guided reading program, Oxford Reading for Comprehension, to help teachers address the comprehension challenge in Australian primary schools. The research-based series, created in Australia, combines a consistent, strategic approach to comprehension with creative and exciting content to ensure students remain engaged while they develop their comprehension…
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Engagement with Project X: Comprehension Express has armed struggling readers with the language and skills to address comprehension challenges.
Case study by Sophie Rasic using feedback from Literacy Coordinator Amy Sneddon and teachers Casey Seymour & Emma de Klerk, Lalor Gardens Primary School, Melbourne Age group Foundation–Year 6 Students on roll 403 School context Lalor is a lower socioeconomic area in the Northern suburbs of Melbourne. The school has a high primary school-leavers rate, with an average…
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Universities have a crucial role to play in equipping teachers for the literacy classroom
By Janet Fellowes, Senior Lecturer in the School of Education, Edith Cowan University and author of Language, Literacy and Early Childhood Education (Oxford University Press) This article first appeared in Education Review It is very difficult to dispute the need for teachers to possess sounds literacy skills. Communication and literacy are central to teaching success…
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Behind the scenes in the creation of a new Aussie literacy icon
Oxford Australia’s new icon for its Reading for Comprehension series has flown out into the world, with the aim of teaching and inspiring children to read. But as cute as the sugar glider looks, its creation was not as straightforward as its designer might have hoped. Senior Concept Designer Miranda Costa said she was kept…
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Testing matters, but creativity rules in the primary classroom
The arrival end of Year 12 exams has once again ignited debate among educators and parents about the regimented and rigorous nature of assignments and end-of-school testing. An editorial in The Age last week claimed that ‘Students, educators, parents and others have long questioned the VCE’s focus on drills and memorisation over creativity and problem…
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Evidence-based practice in literacy instruction changes lives
This article was written by Jocelyn Seamer and first published in The Professional Educator. If you drive five hours north of Alice Springs you will find yourself in the town of Tennant Creek. A brief walk around our local primary school will reveal children from a range of backgrounds and levels of achievement. Some sit…
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The Lighter Side of the Oxford Children’s Word of the Year
Primary school students wrote about some serious topics in the 2018 Oxford Australian Children’s Word of the Year writing competition, from bullying to depression, fear and loneliness. However, there was also a lighter side to many of the stories. In the competition, students from Foundation to Grade 6 were asked to nominate and write about…
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The Oxford Australian Children’s Word of the Year is Creativity
‘Creativity’ has been named the 2018 Australian Children’s Word of the Year. Bravery, pollution, technology and environment were all strong contenders for the 2018 Oxford Australian Children’s Word of the Year but it was creativity that was today named this year’s winner. More than 500 entries were submitted by primary school and home-schooled children across…