What is phonemic awareness? Phonemic awareness is a component of phonological awareness. "Phonemic awareness refers to the ability to...

I receive a number of emails from educators that are about reading motivation. Many educators, particularly in secondary schools, report...

This week I presented the Learning Difficulties Australia Weekly Wednesday Webinar. Below you will find access to the recording as well...

I was re-reading some of Lemov's (2015) chapters on effective teaching techniques the other day. This time some things he wrote in a...

The Victorian Government Schools Agreement details the workload for teachers. When working full-time, there is a maximum of 22.5 hours...

I have had a lot of questions lately about the assessments we are using at our new primary school (Docklands Primary School) and more...

I have written previously, but rather generally, about how to approach vocabulary instruction. I presented quite a few times last year on...

Everyone teaches handwriting, but like with other aspects of literacy, there is enormous variability in how educators go about it and how...

[This is the sixth story in a series about the journeys educators have been on to change literacy practices in schools. This educator was...

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We already know quite a lot about what works best in reading (and writing) instruction. We have had access to this body of knowledge for...

Last night Professor Pamela Snow and I ran a Bendigo Early Language and Literacy Community of Practice conversation via Zoom. We...

This year I have read and re-read Dr Jess Berentson-Shaw’s book, ‘A Matter of Fact: Talking Truth in a Post-Truth World’. She is an...

Every teacher teaches spelling, but like with word-level reading instruction, what is taught and how it is taught are highly variable...

When considering writing instruction, William Van Cleave says we should always ask, “Does this make them a better writer, or reader of...

Two significant papers were published in the last fortnight. They were: Buckingham, J. (2020). Systematic phonics instruction belongs in...