James Whiteacre

Teacher. Interested in Literacy, Explicit teaching, Direct Instruction and Evidence informed approaches. Sounds-Write practitioner.

[Tom Sherrington @teacherhead]

Exploring confusion around modelling: "I do, we do, you do" vs "Guided and Independent Practice" - https://t.co/4Op8682KNK via @teacherhead

[James Whiteacre @jswhiteacre]

@channel9....any chance of seeing some more Winter Olympic events or is it all about these ridiculous hosts!

[Nate Joseph @NateJoseph19]

I think there are some common misconceptions about repeated readings.

1. People assume the point is to memorize words. But the point should be to help students practice words in an authentic context and orthographically map them, to build automaticity.

[Carl Hendrick @C_Hendrick]

Discovery learning works well for students who least need it. link in reply ⬇️

[Dylan Wiliam @dylanwiliam]

At last August's Australian Catholic Education Conference in Cairns, Queensland, Australia, I gave a keynote address and two breakout sessions. Here's a video of one of the breakouts: "Developing teacher mastery by getting out of the way" https://t.co/80RHMtDxOR via @YouTube

[Dylan Wiliam @dylanwiliam]

And here's my keynote talk at the Australian Catholic Education Conference in Cairns, Queensland, last August: Everyone counts: Responsive, Engaging Education for All (ACEC 2025) https://t.co/Nw4UQaraZ6 via @YouTube

[Dylan Wiliam @dylanwiliam]

Here's a video of my second breakout at the Australian Catholic Education Conference in Cairns, Queensland last August: "Why improving scores on accountability measures is hard, and how we can do better" https://t.co/dZdpe9ftCT via @YouTube

[EvidentlyReading @EvidentlyR]

If you've been reading all the discourse about reading whole books in the classroom, and youd like to try it out - I wrote a book about how the research-informed routines I use to teach whole books... And it's 20% off until Dec 22nd with a coupon! (Link below) (1/4)

[Jan Hasbrouck, Ph.D. @janhasbrouck]

I had a great conversation with @AngieHanlin about reading fluency for her podcast. I got a chance to share my current thoughts about this complex and misunderstood topic.
https://t.co/gUTFuhLHa9

[Simon Smith @smithsmm]

So here they my favourite 40 picturebooks of 2025 (actually there are 42). Merry Christmas!

#FavePicturebooks25 #PicturebookPage

[James Whiteacre @jswhiteacre]

@VocabularyNinja @chrisdysonHT @MrWithersY6 @eenalol @misshmpurson @JoanneJobling73 @PaulGarvey4 @MRMICT @AnnisbrownJ @MrS_Primary @DeputyGrocott Inference

[Zach Groshell @MrZachG]

Mindless centers that reduce instructional time:

“A goldmine of productive time waiting to be repurposed.”

[Simon Smith @smithsmm]

“The Fate of Podkin One-Ear” is an epic finale to a truly wonderful series.

A perfect ending after 9 books full of hope and love. An outstanding adventure of good versus evil and a sad farewell to our two hero’s.

It’s now been stolen by a Year 6 child. #KieranLarwood

[Anna Stokke @rastokke]

Anita's "Archerisms". You can download a pdf copy from the resource page for my episode with Anita Archer here: https://t.co/D0hj3m971B

[Mr Leyshon @RyonWLeyshon]

Regular cumulative review of previously taught content is *absolutely essential* if spelling instruction is to stick in the long run, so I start all sessions with a quick fire quiz/review and usually stick to the tried and tested format:

Review
Teach
Practice
Apply

[Ben Rice @BenRiceTeach]

1/ I was incredibly lucky to visit @totteridgeacad recently.
I now fully understand why @adamboxer1 calls it “the best school in the country.”
A day of high expectations, great teaching, and a culture that runs through everything.
Here’s what I learnt 👇👇

[researchED Australia @researchED_Aus]

ANNOUNCING Save THE date

[Vocabulary Ninja @VocabularyNinja]

🥷🥷🚨8 winners will be chosen! 🚨🥷🥷WOWZER!

📚4 copies of LKS2 and 4 copies of UKS2 will be given away Sunday 28th at 6pm!

📷To enter: just comment 'LKS2' or 'UKS2" and retweet / tag some teacher friends. #book #teacher #primary #giveaway #reading #school #inference #win

[James Whiteacre @jswhiteacre]

@VocabularyNinja @PaulWat5 @mrRteaching @MrS_Primary @Misterbodd @eenalol @DeputyGrocott @chrisdysonHT @TeacherDevTrust @MissRowland13 @MissRBWilliams1 UKS2

[Craig Barton @mrbartonmaths]

Between 2022 and 2025, I have the privilege of visiting 2 to 3 schools each week, observing over 100 lessons a month.

I have written up everything I learned in 16 books.