Literacy
Making connections: through sharing ideas
When we thought about the past year, both on this blog and in our daily lives, one thing stood out as being especially important - the connections we forge and keep.
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Reading strategies: Working with genres to unlock texts
What are the most practical reading strategies you can share with your students?
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Reading strategies: Building background knowledge
What are the most practical reading strategies you can share with your students?
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Reading strategies: Ask questions from your text
What are the most practical reading strategies you can share with your students?
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Reading strategies: Grab a pencil and get interactive
What are the most practical reading strategies you can share with your students?
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Making connections: Stories and intertextuality
When we thought about the past year, both on this blog and in our daily lives, one thing stood out as being especially important - the connections we forge and keep.
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Reading the museum
Museums are places of adventure, engagement and discovery. They take us into a world of investigation and imagination.
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Looking together: visual storytelling in The Thinking Train stories
How do the visual elements in our picture book series, The Thinking Train influence reading experience and meaning-making?
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A love of libraries: 10 things to consider when building a classroom library
The wonder of libraries never ceases to amaze us. The earlier we start visiting these wonderful places with students, the more confident and enthusiastic they will become about spending time in them.
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Quick Guide to Children's Books 4: Comic books and graphic novels
The world of children's literature is an enchanting place that often looks like a colourful maze with imaginary creatures in fantastic worlds.
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Graphic stories in language education
Graphic stories, comic books, cartoons and manga have long been incorporated in language teaching programmes, and we do not need to spend too much time on convincing teachers of the benefits of these
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Visual Storytelling with Helbling Young Readers
Recently I had an interesting discussion about choosing teaching materials for young learners.
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