Author Archives: Admin Sol

This is a shared writing lesson that I undertake with a group of six Year 5-6 students while other students are writing independently around the classroom.  Note that two of the six students are English language learners.  All students had been given permission by their parents/caregivers to participate in the filming. The lesson has been filmed to illustrate the explicit … Read More

This is a launch that I undertook with a class of Year 5-6 students.  It has been filmed to illustrate the main steps of a writing launch that I deem to be important in getting students engaged and motivated in a writing topic and task and moving them clearly into the task.  The class I am working with is made … Read More

This is a launch that I undertook with a class of Year 5-6 students.  It has been filmed to illustrate the main steps of a writing launch that I deem to be important in getting students engaged and motivated in a writing topic and task and moving them clearly into the task.  The class I am working with is made … Read More

This is a sharing session based on Our Granny by Margaret Wild. I undertook this workshop with a group of Year 5-6 students.  The aim of the session was for each student to:  You will note that the responses mainly focus on the content of the texts. Prior to the session, I had introduced and read the book Our Granny by … Read More

This is a writing workshop based on Our Granny by Margaret Wild. I undertook this workshop with a group of Year 5-6 students.  I had previously led a sharing session with these same students on their Our Granny writing.  The aim of the workshop was for the teacher to provide instruction to the group around a nominated writing skill (in this … Read More