As a big reader, I am a massive massive fan of encouraging my children to think about what they're reading and reflecting on it. One of the things that I inherited when I moved into Year 6 almost 2 years ago was reading journals and I have embraced them fully, but also changed their use! … Continue reading Classroom fun: reading journals!
I'm a massive fan of teaching guided reading (in facct, besides Maths, it's actually my favourite thing to teach). Finding that book that just ignites the passion and love in a class is exceptional. I'm also incredibly lucky to work in a school where my opinion matters and they trust that what I'm teaching is … Continue reading Guided reading – it’s not all about questions!
Reading Recharged: an invaluable book filled with incredible ideas for reading! Reading Recharged includes a wide range of creative ideas, top tips and photocopiable activities for KS1 and KS2. The book is designed to spark a love of reading for pleasure alongside covering all seven reading skills from the National Curriculum (vocabulary, inference, summarising, predicting, commentating, … Continue reading Reading teachers? Look out for Reading Recharged
Last week, I got a very excited email from our school business manager that there was a box in my pigeon hole that looked quite exciting. When I got to my pigeon hole, I found this quite exciting looking package. It's roughly the size of a graze box. As I read through the letter, I … Continue reading TeachTreat Subscription Box
Two weekends ago, I spent an amazing Saturday at a school in Blyth with some people I admire most in my teaching bubble, learning all about reading and everything that entails. For those of you who don't know, Reading Rocks is a wonderful community which grew from a community of educators and librarians sharing and … Continue reading Reading Rocks North
A LONG while back, I started following the amazing people of Doodle on twitter (@doodle_ed) and have long admired their products from afar. My lovely friend Kathryn bought me a copy of these 2 Doodle pads for my training year. I found them so useful that I've had to buy another of each pad ready … Continue reading Spread positivity like wildfire
Welcome to the 5th installment in the guest blog posts! This time it comes from a teacher friend of mine from over the big pond, Gen! I’ve taught sixth-graders in America for 14 of my 16 years of teaching. Although I teach six subjects daily in my current position, Reading is my true passion. Over … Continue reading Books Worth Reading With Students
A while back I started a guest blogger Wednesday session and this week it's the turn of my wonderful friend Kathryn who's sharing her route into teaching! I am so proud of her and can't wait for you guys to read her route into teaching - it is so different to my own! -------------------------- Quite … Continue reading Routes into teaching…
To all those amazing teachers, this is a letter for you. I'm writing this in hopes that it can brighten someone's day, or help someone through a tough patch, or just be something my teacher friends read and ponder over. It's certainly not going to change the world! Just my musings, dedicated to teachers and … Continue reading To all those amazing teachers…
Welcome to the first of many fortnightly guest blogs! The first comes from one of my most recent twitter pals Jack. Without further ado... It started in September. Sitting at a forty-five-degree angle in a hospital bed, having recently undergone the most uncomfortable seven minutes of my life to date. I won’t go into too … Continue reading It All Started In September…
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