Yusef/Cat Stevens singing to the picture book - Peace Train

 

Reciprocal reading

Here is a good site to find out about Reciprocal Reading and teaching techniques and implementation in the classroom.

The Sapling

This is a cool site for discussions around childrens' books.
http://www.thesapling.co.nz/

Another extract from The Literacy Shed

Just making a link to our discussion about developing vocabulary and connecting with our session 7 quote from Roald Dahl.

Writing and Reading Progressions in kidspeak and teacherspeak

Another resource for you to use when analysing writing scripts and assessing reading needs.

https://sites.google.com/a/matata.school.nz/literacy-progressions/home

Remember if you are going to use the google docs, make a copy first before using it!

Ministry of Education Ready to Read Series - now in Apps

Click here to see what is available in the App Store.

Matariki resources

One of the people I follow on Pinterest is Paula Jamieson who has been an e-learning innovator and facilitator for many years. This link is to her Pinterest board on Matariki - full of resources.

Teaching ideas for picture books

This is a great UK site with links to hundreds of picture books and possible uses in class other than just reading the book!

Teaching Ideas Library

The Power of the Picture in Picture Books

Another post about the power of the picture when reading picture books.

We Are Teachers

An ANZAC Interactive

Here's a link to an online Interactive about the ANZACs. Would be a good starter for discussion and writing or maybe include in a reading rotation.

eBooks

eBooks (Ready to Read) now available on iTunes.
Click here for link.

Radio New Zealand - Storytime Treasure Chest

Here is a link to some stories read aloud on Radio New Zealand. The links come with a brief synopsis of the story and and appropriate reading/listening age.

Check out this blog post by Kent Somerville (a teacher at Point England School in Auckland). He is undertaking a year long inquiry into hooking kids into reading. It might be interesting to follow his progress. Leave him some comments if you feel inclined. You might also like to check out some of his professional readings and put a link to his blog on your e-portfolio under Inquiry.

A Year 8 view on writing

This young writer has written a response activity to her reading of Hatchet. Check out what she say about writing on the side of her blog.