Tag: Reading for pleasure

Reading Success in the Early Primary Years: A Teacher’s Guide to Implementing Systematic Instruction by Jocelyn Seamer

Reading Success in the Early Primary Years: A Teacher's Guide to Implementing Systematic Instruction by Jocelyn SeamerMy rating: 5 of 5 starsAn absolute gem of a book for teachers and teacher librarians outlining the strategies/pedagogy developing reading success for early primary students. Topics discussed include setting up for success, theoretical underpinning of the big six,... Continue Reading →

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Miss, can I borrow this book?

Student to class teacher: Miss, can I borrow this book please? Teacher: No, you can't - this isn't at your reading level. Choose something else. Teacher librarian: Students should be encouraged to borrow uncontrolled texts from the school library, such as chapter books and informational texts, to look at the pictures or read them with... Continue Reading →

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Literature

At the heart of the school library is the goal for teacher librarians and educators to develop the reading ability and literacy of students to set them on a path to lifelong success (Saikaly, 2019). There are extensive benefits stemming from students reading for pleasure including developing superior general knowledge, increasing scores on reading tests... Continue Reading →

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What is an effective teacher librarian?

What is an effective teacher librarian?

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Reading is Magic!

Children's Book Week will be held on 17-23 August 2024. Jess Racklyeft is the illustrator behind the 2024 CBCA theme, Reading is Magic! Featuring a child soaring through the sky with their head in a book, a rabbit popping out of a hat, a mermaid and a unicorn flying in the starry sky, children will... Continue Reading →

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The Speedy Sloth

National Simultaneous Storytime (NSS) is a free online event held annually by Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA). Promoting reading and literacy, an Aussie children’s book is chosen and read simultaneously across Australia within libraries, schools, preschools, childcare centres, homes and bookshops. Age appropriate themes Addresses key learning areas of National Curriculum Foundation to Year... Continue Reading →

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I write southern historical fiction, local history, and I've written a devotional book. The two novels I'm writing are set in Virginia and the Carolinas in the 1760s. My weekly blog started out to follow my journey as a writer and a reader, but in 2025 it has been greatly expanded to include current events and politics in the United States as I see our democracy under attack from within. The political science major in me cannot sit idly by and remain silent.

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