@dothinkeducate Absolutely agree!! Often the young adult books are too adult and are dealing with concepts that 11 - 13 year old don't connect with yet.
A5 I absolutely love reading, though during term time I usually have to ban myself from any 'adult' books and only read books for my class as otherwise I wouldn't be sleeping! When I start a book I tend to get lost in the world and can't tear myself out until the end #aussieED
A6 we need more books written for our under represented students. Too often I'm talking with students who feel the characters are not representative of them. Bring on strong females, feminine boys, girl adventure stories and boys talking about their emotions #aussieED
A2 talk to students about reading. Share your loves, get to know them and their likes them steer them towards a carefully curated selection they can choose through. Read aloud to them with expression. If you love reading and share that love with them the will go with you.
A2 talk to students about reading. Share your loves, get to know them and their likes them steer them towards a carefully curated selection they can choose through. Read aloud to them with expression. If you love reading and share that love with them the will go with you.
A2 - My go to is “give it 10 pages, if you don’t like it throw it away” and of course the time honoured “this book changed my life” comment :) #AussieED
@dothinkeducate@jackie_french_ Hi, Melanie here. I'm a primary school teacher and tech lover from Sydney. So many favourite books from my childhood and each one took me on fabulous adventures around the world and introduced me to some of my favourite people. Gave book Red Sky in the Morning, and Enid Blyton ♥️
Today we read The Mediterranean by Armin Greder with Stage 3. Wow! What an amazing book. The conversations it ignited and the thinking it promoted was amazing. The book has almost no words, the students worked hard making inferences and connections to build meaning. #aussied
The curriculum tells us what to teach, but the how is up to us. That's where the artistry of teaching comes in, that's where the magic happens! Great insight from Lindsay's keynote. #edtechteam#iteachtoo#aussieED#sydneysummit
So many great ideas from Sydney summit at edtech today! Gaining new skills in Google sheets, bringing more technology to literacy sessions, fusing doctopus and goobric through Google classroom and do much more!!! Looking forward to what tomorrow holds #edtechteam#edtech