Resources from the International Reading Association (IRA), the leading international professional association for literacy teachers, are now available exclusively in Australasia through Curriculum Corporation.
Literacy leaders in Australasia can explore the growing range of IRA titles and order at our website or contact Curriculum Corporation’s sales team on (03) 9207 9600, sales@curriculum.edu.au.
Active Readers: Tools and strategies for comprehension celebrates individual students and the unique way that they connect with text, share their understandings and explore unfamiliar territory to become competent, confident and critical readers.
This three-book series employs the following six key comprehension strategies to aid teachers and students in this process:
- prediction/prior knowledge
- think aloud
- text structure
- visualising
- questioning
- summarising.
As readers improve their comprehension, the strategies they use – before, during and after reading – become more sophisticated. The diverse topics in this series enable the students to connect texts with prior experiences, vocabulary and knowledge – ensuring their success in developing the skills, knowledge and understanding required to actively apply what has been read.
Active Readers (lower primary)
Active Readers (middle primary)
Active Readers (upper primary)
Primary teachers in Brisbane are invited to participate in an active hands-on workshop with author and educator Andrea Hillbrick.
The Comprehension Matters! workshop will provide ideas to help create the supportive learning environment students need to experience success in comprehending a variety of types of texts across the curriculum. Tools, tasks and strategies for immediate implementation in the classroom will be a feature throughout the day.
WHEN: Friday 29 August 2008
WHERE: Conference House,
412 Education House
12th floor, 30 Mary Street Brisbane.
Check out the Beijing Olympic Games & Book Week 2008 rap and blog at www.schools.nsw.edu.au/raps/ beijingolympics/index.htm from Scan online.
Scan is a refereed quarterly journal published by the School Libraries and Information Literacy Unit of the Curriculum K–12 Directorate, NSW Department of Education and Training. Every Scan contains articles, over 80 website reviews and approximately 200 other resource reviews.
To view current and previous abstracts from Scan online, and subscription information, go to School Libraries and Information Literacy at
www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/schoollibraries.
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