Tutoring Primary (Elementary) Students

Tag: literacy

  • Behind The Scene In Schools, Post

    Behind The Scene In Schools, Post

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    You could find that Grade 3 material is being taught as if it is Grade 2. And children are being assessed for Grade 2 on Grade 3 materials.

  • Teaching Grade 3 Literacy, Post

    Teaching Grade 3 Literacy, Post

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    Mary Keating
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    Read the text twice with your child. The first reading is for decoding. The second is for comprehension. A learner-reader cannot be expected to decode and comprehend well on one reading.

  • PIRLS 2016 – Grade 4 Australia, Post

    PIRLS 2016 – Grade 4 Australia, Post

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    Mary Keating
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    A further 13% of 4th graders in Australia scored at the Low Benchmark. So 20% are reading at or below the Low Benchmark. Influencing these results is the rate of tiredness and hunger on arrival at school.

  • PIRLS 2016 Reading Test, Post

    PIRLS 2016 Reading Test, Post

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    Mary Keating
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    Good readers can skim and scan for general ideas but they must learn to read carefully for detail.

  • Creative Writing – Steps, Post

    Creative Writing – Steps, Post

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    Mary Keating
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    Think of a hamburger. The bread on the bottom is the introduction. The bread at the top is your conclusion. The meat, the salad and the cheese are the paragraphs in between.

  • Close Reading – Literacy, Post

    Close Reading – Literacy, Post

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    Mary Keating
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    The child may make a sigh at the end of the reading task with a “Thank goodness that’s over” type of expression. That’s the moment to praise. That’s the moment of achievement.

  • How to Teach Hand-Printing, Post

    How to Teach Hand-Printing, Post

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    Mary Keating
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    How To Teach Hand-Printing How to Teach Hand-Printing starts with “Why is it important?” Here is a good reason: “There is a strong correlation between the learning of letter formation and the building of knowledge about letter-sound representation.” Murray Evely (Psych4Schools Psychologist/Guidance Officer) wrote this in 2022 after attending a conference in the United States.…

  • Help With Creative Writing, Post

    Help With Creative Writing, Post

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    Mary Keating
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    Help With Creative Writing Help With Creative Writing gives step by step guidance.  As parents you can help your child with writing tasks.  It could be a creative writing task, a factual account, instructions on how to make something or a recount of an experience of their own. Creative writing tasks often challenge children, so…

  • Whole Language Theory, Post

    Whole Language Theory, Post

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    Mary Keating
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    Whole Language Theory Whole Language Theory dominated literacy teaching. In the 1960’s the movement towards the whole language approach to teaching literacy in schools gathered strength. There is a legacy of WLT in schools in Australia. Easy to pick! Children are taught to learn words only within the context of a story or other text;…

  • Cursive Script – Debate, Post

    Cursive Script – Debate, Post

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    Mary Keating
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    Cursive Script – Debate Cursive Script – Debate, yes the debate is in earnest. Writing in script is considered a waste of teaching time in some education circles. Associate Professor Dr Misty Adoniou said in early 2015 in The Conversation, available on line “The research doesn’t find any benefits for cursive writing.” https://theconversation.com/profiles/misty-adoniou-107235 She added…