The Effective Literacy Practice in Years 1 to 4
This resource explores the teaching practices that make up a comprehensive literacy programme for years 1-4. It explains approaches, and provides examples for teaching reading and writing effectively in years 1-4.
About this resource
Effective Literacy Practise in Years 1 to 4 identifies and describes the features of literacy teaching practice that are clearly linked by research to improved outcomes for students. This focus is of particular significance given the increasing diversity of students in New Zealand's classrooms.
The Effective Literacy Practice in Years 1 to 4
It is what teachers actually do, moment by moment, in their classrooms, that makes a difference to student achievement.
Effective Literacy Practise in Years 1 to 4 identifies and describes the features of literacy teaching practice that are clearly linked by research to improved outcomes for students. This focus is of particular significance given the increasing diversity of students in New Zealand's classrooms.
This resource will help teachers to:
- build their body of professional knowledge;
- become more aware of what makes literacy teaching effective for students;
- become more strategic in their instructional practice;
- examine their beliefs about themselves as teachers and about all children as literacy learners;
- see themselves as members of a professional learning community and reflect critically on their own practice.