In this edition: Avoiding lethal mutations in teaching … Word Rap has arrived … Ratcheting up retrieval effort during review…New look Heart Words for 2026 … Structured Writing now spans R-2 … Getting your Sounds Pure … New Demo Lessons … Take-home Phase 1 Reading Cards … Tier 2 and 3 Training…Who’s Your Captain?
Watch Morgan doing a review lesson with her year 1 class.
Watch Elyce doing a Phonology lesson with her reception class.
In this edition:
Multisensory Teaching and Learning – What is it? … Report Writing – What data do I use to report on reading and spelling? … Upcoming training dates …
End of year data analysis and sessions … Year One Writing is DONE! … Phase 7 has landed … Keeping Reading Card Decks Tight and Tidy.
Please find below the online recording of the Literacy Leaders Session held on the 15th of May 2025
‘Streaming’ is a dirty word in education, but so was ‘phonics’ not all that long ago. We think that general beliefs about streaming (ability grouping) deserves a rethink. What if we consider ability grouping from a standpoint of targeted reading and spelling instruction? Does differentiation offer what it promises, or is it a poor remedy for low-quality teaching and high-variance curriculum? And, given the huge variance of basic literacy skills in most Australian classrooms, can we really teach all students reading and spelling at grade level?
