🎉I’ll be hosting a workshop at a great conference next month.
if you’re a UKLA/NEU member, do and come along. Only £15 for the whole day!
📔Teaching Reading in Primary Classrooms
⏲️20th May @ Hamilton House
Ticket link: bit.ly/417WIy9#NEUPrimaryReading
Myself and @multimodaltext sorted through 400 books on Monday to choose our favourites so I’ve got lots of wonderful texts to share! First up is this wonderfully simple and important book on pronouns by Chris Ayala Kronos and @mel_tirado#book#reading#pronouns#LGBTQIA
Our patriots didn’t fight for a country of foodbanks.
On the eve of his 100th birthday, WW2 veteran Wally Nixon explains why he’s saying #EnoughlsEnoughwesayenough.co.uk
#BlackHistoryMonth#UKLAMember@multimodaltext ‘Black In Time: The most awesome black Britons from yesterday to today’ Alison Hammond & E.L.Norry‘ Excellent short biographies of historical and contemporary Black Britons who have made significant contributions.’ @PuffinBooks
I recently had the pleasure of judging for the @The_UKLA children’s book awards. One of the shortlisted books that I LOVED was The Invisible by @TomPercivalsays. A strong message about the social inequality in the UK, this felt timely, important and moving #books#childrenbooks
Shout out to @multimodaltext for introducing me to this beautiful new book by Beegu author Alexis Deacon. On the first read I could already tell how much rich learning and enjoyment could come out of this quirky book! #ChildrensBooks#readingforpleasure#beegu#edutwitter
This is an excellent contribution to research on the important place of phonics in the broader context of reading development. Research informed practice is essential for effective teaching of reading.
A helpful guide for busy teachers. #UKLAPublications! Talk for teaching and learning: the dialogic classroom by David Reedy @multimodaltext and Eve Bearne.‘This resource is essential for any teacher who wants to reflect on the provision for talk in the classroom’ @kashleyenglish
Save the date! Our next #UKLAChat is on Thursday, 18 November from 7.30-8.30pm and it's all about grammar. @jotregenza and @navangovender1 will be leading us through a series of questions to spark conversation and debate. To join in, search the hashtag #UKLAChat. See you there!
Fantastic @edu_greenwich BA students mapping the text potential of a range of diverse texts prompted by the work of @nikkigamble@multimodaltext Wayne Tennent and Angela Hobsbaum