10 QUICK QUESTIONS A DAY
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Strategies for Reading Confidence
STRATEGIES TO HELP CHILDREN GAIN READING CONFIDENCE
Teaching with a Disability
I was born with a disability called Spina Bifida and have used a wheelchair all my life. Disability has challenged my resolve; equally, it provides tremendous gifts and unique perspective on life.
Report Cards and Looking Ahead to Term 3
{TEACHERS & PARENTS} Report cards are out soon! If there are gaps in learning TERM 3 is the time to jump on these areas so no child is left behind. We have the perfect program to help any child who needs a little boost in their learning – 10 Quick Questions a Day.
Bookstore Distributor List
Term 1 & 2 has been crazy for me! I can’t believe only a few short years ago I would have been writing report cards at this time of year. Instead I’m writing purchase orders and emails to distributors!
Spotlight on Homeschool
Home-schooling your kids is not an endeavour to be taken lightly. It is a time and resource intensive process that can get overwhelming at times. Educating children outside of the structure and support of a school environment allows for more flexibility but also requires strict organisation.
Paper Chain Countdown
Teachers and students together make a paper chain for the last 2 weeks of school (or whatever time frame you wish to count down). Each student could decorate and create the activity then loop it together and make the chain.
Preparing for a New Term
Whether it’s your first term teaching or you’ve been doing it for years, preparing for the new term can seem daunting. It is easy to get overwhelmed when there are so many things to organise before term starts.
Tally the Shapes
In the age of technology the idea that we sometimes need to make counting easier or faster seems a bit old fashioned. Tallies are extremely usefully for recoding ongoing…
Compound Words
Building up your vocabulary is an important part of any kind of education. The deeper your understanding of words and how they work the easier it is for you to learn…
Humble beginnings to reach
BLOG Humble Beginnings To Reaching A Big Goal! Lizard Learning started from humble beginnings to officially (as of last week) EDSCO becoming a distributor of our resources!! If you don't know EDSCO, it is THE leading educational supply bookstore in Australia, a...
Word Endings
Word Endings! It looks simple right? Let me show you how I make a lower grade activity into one for the 10 and 11-year-olds.
How to Improve Spelling for Kids
Worried about basic English language skills of Punctuation and Spelling?
Concerned that these important skills need a worthwhile kick start?
Understanding is the Key to Naplan
Naplan is a test designed to gauge students’ understanding of school curriculum content. The key word here is understanding. Naplan is not a test that requires students to…
Provide Exposure to Practice Tests
3 Top Tips as to why encouraging and using Naplan practice tests are necessary…
Ensure the consistent and constant delivery of classroom content
We hear the stories all the time that Naplan is stressful and an anxious time. It certainly was for me as a Year 3 teacher until I changed my mindset and started to become creative in how I prepared my kids.
Top Tips for Naplan – Keep it calm and chilled!
It’s very important that you as the classroom teacher always demonstrate a chilled and relaxed approach to testing and during the three days of Naplan testing. It is our attitude that our students are ALWAYS watching.
NSW Curriculum Change
BLOG • NSW Curriculum Change This week’s announced changes to the NSW state education curriculum are a welcome change. Schooling has always been about preparing children for their future, and giving Years 11 and 12 a renewed focus on fundamental skills such as...
Define Homework!
My personal opinion on all this as a teacher, a student who struggled at school, a parent to Ava who is about to embark on the world of homework from ‘the other side of the fence’ and as an author and business owner helping kids across the globe increase their confidence and self-esteem in learning, is this from several perspectives:
Queensland Education Resources Expo RNA Showgrounds
Lizard Learning set up at the Queensland Education Resources Expo in July 2013 at the RNA Showgrounds to educate and allow the public access to all of our great resources.
Great Teachers Reevaluate
Have you ever sat up all night planning this amazing lesson where you thought the kids are going to love this?!?! Instead, you find the lesson, content, or activity you placed your heart, soul and weekend into, was…
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