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Writers Notebook: A powerful tool which documents if ‘what has been taught’...
This year we introduced Writers Notebook across my school. My students and I absolutely love our notebooks. We have a tool/skill workbook where student’s record / practice grammar, word-work and genre...
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Our Writer in Residence Program: First Writer in Residence and Co-organiser...
Exciting! Here is a copy of a post I’ve put on my school’s blog… This week our Writers Workshop lunchtime program held its first Writer in Residence lunchtime program. This was open for Years 3-6...
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Aunty Arty and the Disquieting Muses Written by Rowena Wiseman, illustrated...
Rowena Wiseman has a student in my class. How lucky am I? Rowena is a published writer and is a shared organizer of our Writer in Residence program, even though this maybe new news for her. I have...
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Remembrance Day 2015: Weary Dunlop and the IB Learner Profile and attitudes.
Firstly, 2015 was a busy year so my posting was not as frequent as I would have liked. This didn’t stop me writing and recording my learning and my students’ learning. Many of my posts will be uploaded...
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The IB-PYP: Futures Planning & Learning
World Economic Forum The World Economic Forum 2014 -Skills needed in the 21st Century The World Economic Forum 2014 Skills needed in the 21st Century Video 1: What will learning look like in 2028?...
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Western New York Education Associates: My Fellowship Project: Improved...
I’m probably undertaking the longest fellowship research project known to Angela Stockman. Deciding what to research when I have so many ideas has been the hardest thing. Nailing down something that I...
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Steve Peha: Be a Better Writer – When are you coming to Australia Steve?
I’ve been incorporating Steve Peha’s writing strategies into my writing teaching for many years. I don’t have a huge amount of Facebook friends but I’m pleased Steve is one of them! You’ll find some...
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READING: Two presentations complete and I’m still learning!
This week I presented the new PM Benchmark Reading Assessment RAR for Cengage Learning and other resources which support comprehension. I’ve always loved PM for many reasons. The PM Assessment RAR...
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Nelson Literacy Directions Comprehension Years 3-6 Sample: Planning Reading...
This post has been written to answer specific questions I’ve been receiving, so I thought I’d share some ideas I’ve collected here…. Each day I’m learning something different about this resource. It’s...
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The teaching text we/I need! Just imagine…
To the many teachers who contact me about the work of Angela Stockman and Steve Peha. Just imagine having at your fingertips a writing text or texts which take you from curriculum design to...
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