As I have said before I am on a mission this year to both successfully implement structured literacy and to keep the create opportunities al...

2 words 2 minutes is a great way to engage all my learners in writing regardless of ability level. This is my version of an idea I have twe...

This term I have had the amazing opportunity to be a part of a poetry focus group run by Sheena Cameron and Louise Dempsey . Each week Sheen...

Last week one of our writing tasks was to create Kahoot quizzes with a buddy that would challenge others to recall the deeper and surface f...

Throughout this year I have focused on growing the self efficacy of group of reluctant writers. As I could only capture 6/8 responses in th...

Last week we revisited explanation writing. This is something most of my group find a challenge as they do not believe they are 'good ...

I have realised that the more enthusiastic I am about our learning the more enthusiastic my learners are, so with that in mind I introduced ...

This is a celebration post and one I am extremely proud of! The clips below show the end result of our pechaflickr style challenge. You wi...

Our writing session today was the most focused and on task my group have been all year! A big statement to make but also one that is very tr...

This lesson gave me the chance to build on from our pechaflickr introduction from last week. We began with a revisit of how to participate i...

This year I have been focusing on building student self efficacy in writing. Why? Because I have a large group of reluctant writers. I know...

One of the sessions I attended at ISTE explored different ways of encouraging creativity in writing. The link to my previous post is here . ...

The Expo Hall at ISTE is huge! There was a wide variety of stands where delegates could explore the new technologies available. Alongside t...

Presenters: Julie Jaeger http://sites.google.com/site/jjaegerconsults/home/elevate-thinking-and-creativity-technology-resources This w...

Yesterday I was in Karen Ferguson’s class at Tech and was immediately drawn to the display she had on her back wall. Karen has created a 5f...

Following on from the use of a mentor text I knew that collaboration was the safety net needed to preserve the student self efficacy that wa...