Products and Services
Handout from IRA Atlanta Workshop:Writing Assessment K-12
May 6, 2008
How to be a Hot Speller
Tips and Tricks for Spelling Success
A 12-step, practical 'training' program for 9-10 year olds upwards. This is not a teaching program but a resource for students who want to have fun and improve their spelling. There is a huge number of fun tips about spelling all aimed at having fun with words while improving spelling skills.
Available from Scholastic at: www.scholastic.com.au
Guided Audio CDs and books: What Are the Others Doing?
A well-planned, teacher-led Guided Reading lesson takes approximately 15- 20 minutes. The lesson may take up to 30 minutes with older students. The independent or group activities for the remainder of the class should be planned to last a similar time to support classroom organisation.
Students not working with the teacher must be actively engaged in activities that support their learning. This can be organised in many different ways. It might involve the students in group work organised through task boards, independent activities, paired work or contracts.
Contact us for more information on exploring this important area of classroom organisation through workshops on this topic.
In conjunction with this topic Wendy Bean has developed the Guided Audio series: a set of CD's with accompanying books, that provide an 'additional guided reading session' for students to take part in independently while the teacher conducts the primary Guided Reading session with a group. The voice on the CD guides the chidren through a book, reading, stopping at words and exploring aspects of the text. A great resource for the group on the listening posts.
Available through MTA: Download order form
Also available from MTA new Tutor Systems Download order form
Teaching Writing: Understanding
the Role of Process, Purpose, Audience
This book by Turbill and Bean is published by Richard
Owens Publishers NY.
Study Guide available Download the Study Guide
Book available from: http://www.rcowen.com/index.htm
or MTA in Australia: Download order form
English for a Purpose (2010) Books 1-6 Oxford Australia
Available from: Oxford University Press
The
content portion of all pages is printer friendly
Bookmark this page Netscape users hit CTRL+D, MAC hit Command+D