The Teacher's Tool Kit For Literacy

Independent reading is crucial to literacy learning but schools and teachers can still struggle to bring it to its full potential. Mark Macleod joins the show to share his insights.

Mark has been invo…

Many teachers are constantly searching for great information books to fit their mini lessons in English and other learning areas.

Finding the right books is one thing, teachers also want to know how t…

Sharon Callen continues her conversation about inferring, to help in the teaching of reading comprehension.

Remember, inferring is a strategy. It permits readers to merge their background knowledge wi…

Teachers are looking for ways to teach reading comprehension strategies more effectively. 

If we notice that our students are falling down in reading comprehension, particularly on formal assessments,…

Joining Sharon Callen on the podcast is Amelia McInerney, a humorous picture book author based in Canberra, Australia.

Amelia is the author of Who Fed Zed?, a zany picture book about a gluten-intolera…

Many teachers want to improve student writing but feel like they're drawing on the same routines to teach - what’s the text type, what’s the structure, where’s the planning template, what’s the topic…

Good teachers are always looking for ways to teach effectively so all students feel included and nurtured. Lucy, a Year 1 teacher in Australia, says the arts can do just that.

Lucy joins literacy expe…

As teachers we spend a lot of time teaching new skills, but students often don't have enough time to rehearse these skills in real contexts. Practice should make up the majority of a lesson. So, what…

Many teachers are yet to unlock the full potential of the arts as a powerful way to unlock literacy learning in students.

So how do we fully utilise the arts in the teaching of reading and writing? On…

Teachers often struggle with students who don't have the motivation, skills and strategies to activate their extended writing and start taking risks. This is where it is important for teachers to sup…

True success in spelling comes when schools have a strategy that integrates and evolves with every year level.

In this episode, one of Australia's top educators and Teacher's Tool Kit regular Diane Sn…

Award winning Indigenous Australian author and performer Boori Monty Prior joins the Teacher's Tool Kit podcast for an incredible interview about storytelling, writing, communicating, performing and …

When working with teachers and leaders, we are always working towards the best outcomes for all of our literacy learners and looking to enable highly effective outcomes. 

This drives us to these consi…

How can teachers effectively understand where students are at in their literacy development?

There's testing and running records, which have benefits and limitations, and the Reading Conference, which…

Picture books aren't just for young students, they also have the power to impact upper primary aged children. 

Teacher Giselle returns to the show to share her insights on activating older students wi…

For many teachers, it's a challenge to help students go beyond the ordinary, featureless writing and vast amounts of copying that can come with informational texts. 

In reality, informational texts ar…

Many teachers are looking for more ways to engage secondary students and young adults in their reading. And a lot of that comes down to choosing the right books and texts.

But how can teachers find 'j…

Many teachers will say "my students aren't motivated to read!" But how much do we really know about this?

We test students, effectively and sometimes not effectively, in a number of ways to find out w…

In our ongoing discussion about the importance of poetry for literacy, this episode draws on the important insights and practical tips from highly experienced education expert Alan Wright.

Alan is an …

Poetry plays a key role in literacy learning, but the subject is still easily misunderstood. Teachers must understand the purpose of poetry, why and how we teach it.

Poetry requires intentional focus,…