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Reading strategies and how to teach them: Asking questions

Includes free asking questions lesson plan and anchor chart to introduce this reading strategy to your students! https://t.co/MUjn8R32kh

#edchat #readingcomprehension

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Drawing inferences from the text is like reading between the lines – it’s looking for the meaning that isn’t written down word-by-word.

Read more: Reading strategies and how to teach them: Drawing inferences https://t.co/IiqJlbJoA0

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Reading strategies and how to teach them: Making connections (includes free downloadable lesson and anchor chart!) https://t.co/nOAghk4whM

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4 things teachers can do to become an #edtech master: https://t.co/3fhjjEESS1

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Are levelled reading groups the best way to teach reading?
https://t.co/LjowRKX0DM

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Well played, teachers. Well played.

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Hey teachers – How do you keep up-to-date with literacy research and news etc?

Have any favourite blogs?
#edchat #literacy #teachingreading

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Not all maths puns are terrible – just sum 😏

[Fantagraphics @fantagraphics]

A really thoughtful piece on Sally, kid sister to Charlie Brown, ran on @Kotaku this week. Teaching techniques, childhood rebellion, and Schulz's views on school prayer are just a few of the topics touched on. Worth a read for Peanuts fans!
https://t.co/ZKOGYDWfCV
@Snoopy

[Think Pair Share Teachers @CSI_Literacy]

“If a child can’t learn the way we teach, maybe we should teach the way they learn.”
– Ignacio ‘Nacho’ Estrada

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Happy National Poetry Day!

Want a free poetry lesson that'll help build reading comprehension? Get it here: https://t.co/nwzNv6j8ip

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Did you know poetry is a brilliant way for students to develop comprehension, and to find new ways of expression?

Includes a free poetry lesson!

Read: Hunt for the haiku: Why schools need poetry https://t.co/nwzNv6j8ip
#edchat #readingcomprehension

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When students struggle with reading and writing, it "impacts them in every academic area and, if not addressed, can eventually affect their motivation to learn and to come to school."

What strategies have you seen work? #edchat

https://t.co/H5tGmlBXdd

[David Geurin @DavidGeurin]

Effective principals...
1. Work alongside teachers, not above them.
2. Influence teachers, but are also influenced by them.
3. Cast a bold vision for the future, but also understand the current realities.
#edchat #FutureDriven

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The Terracotta Warriors are visiting NZ!

They’ll be on display at Te Papa later this year. This is a fascinating bit of world history to explore with your students.

Start by checking out #CSIPrivateEye’s ‘Mystery of the Buried Army’. Demo version here: https://t.co/S5v7hFNCuN

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This is important, and it applies equally to literacy as well: there is real benefit for students in mixed-ability grouping.

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"Teachers realised that their previous practice of grouping by ability within or across classes seriously disadvantaged children in the lower groups who were denied access to the whole curriculum and had negative perceptions about their ability reinforced.” – Stephanie Greaney

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This comes from an ERO report about ability group in maths. The author of the report, Stephanie Greaney, discusses it here: https://t.co/tvT51xshnM

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In absolutely ludicrous news, “federal judge says there's no fundamental right to learn to read and write."

https://t.co/jAp3TkImjA

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@StuffNZ There is hope, though, and together we can help those students.

Want to know a bit more about what we do? https://t.co/orSgaotpX2

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From @StuffNZ today:
"Withdrawing with booze and weed easier than surviving low literacy”

It's a sad truth that if kids haven't become proficient readers by the age of 9, they'll struggle for the rest of their life – as evidenced here: https://t.co/649GbwJBVO