This free read-to lesson features Dr Murray Gadd PhD, reading “Murray” by Barb Berwin This free read-to session for Year 3-4 students is a funny and charming story at Murray the cat. It may also be suitable for other years. This video is a free “read to” book. Scroll down for the video or click here. There are no … Read More
In this episode of ‘Building Excitement, Motivation and Achievement in Writing with Dr Murray Gadd’, we watch Murray reading and writing motivated by the story ‘Lucy and the Dark’. This video is primarily aimed at Year 3-6 students. ‘Lucy and the Dark’ – Purpose: The purpose of this lesson is to explain why night-time/the dark … Read More
In this episode of ‘Building Excitement, Motivation and Achievement in Writing with Dr Murray Gadd’, we watch Murray reading and writing from “Starting School” by Jane Godwin. This video is primarily aimed at NE – Year 1 students. “Starting School” – Purpose: The purpose for this lesson is for students to write something about starting … Read More
In this episode of ‘Building Excitement, Motivation and Achievement in Writing with Dr Murray Gadd’, we watch Murray reading and writing from “Stomp” by Ruth Paul. This video is primarily aimed at NE-Year 1 students. “Stomp” – Purpose: The purpose for this lesson is to write about how a dinosaur might move and where it … Read More
In this episode of ‘Building Excitement, Motivation and Achievement in Writing with Dr Murray Gadd’, we watch Murray reading and writing from “Snake Brought Cake” by Sam Snith with illustrations by Daron Parton. This video is primarily aimed at Year 2 – 4 students. “Snake Brought Cake” – Purpose: The purpose for this lesson is … Read More
In this episode of ‘Building Excitement, Motivation and Achievement in Writing with Dr Murray Gadd’, we watch Murray reading and writing from “Midmost Marvin” by Callan Goodall with illustrations by Shaun Yeo. This video is primarily aimed at Year 5 – 8 students. “Midmost Marvin” – Purpose: The purpose for this lesson is to explore … Read More
In this episode of ‘Building Excitement, Motivation and Achievement in Writing with Dr Murray Gadd’, we watch Murray reading and writing from “Pearl In a Whirl” by Catherine Robertson. This video is primarily aimed at Year 4 – 8 students. Scroll down for the video or click here “Pearl In a Whirl” – Purpose: The … Read More
In this episode of ‘Building Excitement, Motivation and Achievement in Writing with Dr Murray Gadd’, we watch Murray planning and beginning the writing of a narrative using a resource called Plot-a-Chart that he has devised. The activity can be done with Year 1 students (with the whole class and obviously modelled at their level) right … Read More
In this episode of ‘Building Excitement, Motivation and Achievement in Writing with Dr Murray Gadd’, we watch Murray reading and writing from “Could a Shark Do Gymnastics” by Aleksei Bitskoff & Camilla de la Bedoyere. This video is primarily aimed at Year 2 – 6 students. Scroll down for the video or click here “Could … Read More
In this episode of ‘Building Excitement, Motivation and Achievement in Writing with Dr Murray Gadd’, we watch Murray reading and writing from “SuperMum” by Leah Russack. This video is primarily aimed at NE-Year 1 students. Scroll down for the video or click here “SuperMum” – Purpose: The purpose for this lesson is to write about … Read More