Like most primary schools, our literacy storeroom is full of “big books”. Teachers choose big books relevant for their class, taking into account the genre, level of difficulty, contents, features etc of the text. Big books are typically used at the beginning of reading lessons, to tune students in and there is usually a particular learning [...]
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Choosing “Good Fit” Books
As I have previously blogged about, I am implementing a modified version of the Daily 5 in my classroom this year. After reading the two books (The Daily 5 and CAFE) by “The Sisters” over the summer holidays, completing lots of online research and having many online discussions via Twitter, I am still learning! One aspect [...]
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My name is Kelly Jordan and 2013 is my tenth year of teaching. I teach at Leopold Primary School, in Victoria, Australia. I team teach with Kathleen Morris in Grade Four. My passions in education are teaching literacy, using technology in my classroom and teaching my students about blogging.
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