A Brief blurb from Dr Jan Richardson's website.
Jan Richardson, Ph.D., is a literacy consultant and author who earned her Ph.D. studying struggling readers. She has been a classroom teacher, reading specialist, Reading Recovery® teacher leader, and staff developer. Her book, The Next Step in Guided Reading and DVD and Guide, Next Step Guided Reading in Action, provide teachers with practical suggestions and lesson plans for increasing the power and impact of guided reading. Jan and co-author Maria Walther recently published a new assessment kit, The Next Step in Guided Reading Assessment for Grades K-2 and 3-6. Jan conducts customized in-services on balanced literacy, guided reading, and writing. Participants leave her workshops with a new awareness of what can be done to motivate, engage, and accelerate every student, especially those who struggle. |
Copyright Agency has developed Reading Australia to make significant Australian literary works more readily available for teaching in schools and universities. These works are being supplemented with online teacher resources and essays by popular authors about the enduring relevance of the works.
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ReadWorks.org was founded in 2010 to help teachers meet the nationwide crisis in reading comprehension. We help teachers improve their effectiveness through research-based, classroom-proven practices and curriculum.
a blurb from their website http://www.readworks.org/ |
Engage is a current affairs website dedicated to improving literacy outcomes for Australian children by providing current, relevant and age-appropriate reading material.
It is written by a Year 6 teacher from NSW. He uses the articles (along with other texts) for reading groups in his classroom. |
Teaching Reading and Viewing - Comprehension StrategiesLiteracy Continuum Comprehension
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Teaching Comprehension Strategies
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