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This is a list of picture books (including sophisticated picture books) that I use to motivate and engage Year 1-10 students in reading and writing.
A second list is also available here
For reading, I use them as ‘read to’ books and sometimes as models of what good writers can do.
For writing, I use them to establish writing ideas and content for and with students.
You may wish to review the Murray Talks videos for teacher guidance and the Video Lessons for some ‘follow along’ content.
Free download – To access this resource, please register or sign in to download.
The download will expire after one year.
This brand new eBook (written by Dr Murray Gadd) was released on 31st January 2020.
SEE INSIDE ~ READ EXTRACT BELOW – You can also download the sample PDF (8 pages)
This is an 82-page peer-reviewed eBook resource entitled Under-achievement Is Not Inevitable: Working Effectively With Struggling And Reluctant Writers.
It’s written as a reflection and discussion document for school / literacy leaders & teachers and considers different ways of working effectively with students (particularly Years 4-10) who are not always engaged in writing and/or who struggle as developing writers.
This resource was developed for two main audiences:
The key actions are contextualised in real classroom situations and cover issues related to strategic use of:
Have a look at some sample pages and think about how you could use it, especially if under-achievement in writing is an issue at your school.
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Price Per School / Institution
All prices are quoted in NZD
– Individual Teacher / Purchaser: $19.99 |
– School usage small (2 ~ 10 teachers): $90 |
– School usage medium (11 – 20 teachers): $160 |
– School usage large (21 – 30 teachers): $240 |
– School usage large+ (31 or more teachers): $299 |
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This online Professional Learning Development (PLD) resource provides access to the following:
1. Access to all Murray ‘Reads and Writes From’ video lessons (currently 53 +)
2. Access to all ‘Murray Talks’ videos around the teaching of writing’ (currently 21)
3. Access to all ‘Murray – Working With Students‘ (currently 9)
4. Access to all Downloadable Teachers’ Notes / PDFs for the above videos
5. Access to a “Members Area” section
6. Free Access to technical support for your membership plan & Group users usage questions, billing support access issues etc..
Additional information is available in the Description below.
This document has been designed to give schools some guidance on:
A predominant message is that spelling needs to be deliberately and strategically taught within the writing programme as a basic courtesy for the reader.
This is a list of the writing skills and strategies that I believe most students at each year level should be able to demonstrate, given good teaching.
It is closely aligned to The New Zealand Curriculum, the Literacy Learning Progressions, the English Language Learning Progressions, e-asTTle Writing and the New Zealand Curriculum Exemplars: Writing.
It has been developed around the following headings:
It is surely every teacher’s desire and goal to seek to enable and create success for their students in the classroom.
The beginning of the new school year can be daunting for students, as well as teachers, with so many new faces, curriculum changes, excitement and a plethora of other distractions.
With regard to literacy goals, it is important to establish a clear understanding from the outset with your students.
You should aim, within the first fortnight of the new school year, to communicate clearly with your students that:
In this respect, this document’s aim is to assist teachers by providing typical questions they can ask themselves when preparing for the school literacy year.
Teachers need to understand what constitutes quality writing if they are to move their students towards it. In this document I:
This is a list of the reading skills and strategies that I believe most students at each year level should be able to demonstrate, given good teaching.
It is closely aligned to The New Zealand Curriculum, the Literacy Learning Progressions, the English Language Learning Progressions and e-asTTle Reading.
This document is a list of writing strategies and skills that students need to be able to demonstrate proficiently if they are to move from:
It has been developed in relation to the Levels 1-3 achievement objectives and indicators for English in The New Zealand Curriculum.
At the end of the document there are some instructional pointers for teachers to think about as they assist their students to progress through curriculum levels and sub-levels.
This is the second list of picture books (including sophisticated picture books) that I use to motivate and engage Year 1-10 students in reading and writing.
The first list is available here, also as a free download.
For reading, I use them as ‘read to’ books and sometimes as models of what good writers can do.
For writing, I use them to establish writing ideas and content for and with students.
You may wish to review the Murray Talks videos for teacher guidance and the Video Lessons for some ‘follow along’ content.