Blog of the Week
Teaching Oral Reading Fluency to Older Students – Timothy Shanahan
This blog contains some really useful activities that teachers can use to help build reading fluency.
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‘Means of Participation’ by Fahim Rahman
Fahim reflects on how he has been developing his practice, by being more explicit about his instructions.
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‘Teaching Reading Fluency at secondary School’ by Fran Haynes
Fluency instruction isn’t just beneficial for younger students. It can go a long way in supporting reading at KS3 and KS4 too.
Other Useful Links
- Heather Fearn has written a really useful blog explaining what an OFSTED deep dive is.
- Harry Fletcher-Wood discusses can assessment be used to motivate students?
- Doug Lemov shares an excerpt from TLAC 3.0 with a focus on questioning – phrasing fundamentals.
- Thamina Begum explains 6 conditions to set students up for learning – and how it often goes wrong.
- Mark Enser explores the perfect conditions for learning.
- Bruce Robertson on how we can make feedback more useful.
- Joe Kirby has curated this great collection of blogs on curriculum.
Webinar
Date: 18th January
Time: 3.30pm
Title: Formative Assessment
Led by: James Crane
Registration here:
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You can view the recordings from last year here:
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