R3.....an Amazing Experience! (Sue's post after initial training day)

Today I have reconnected with colleagues, re shaped my teaching framework and revisited good reading practices.

Really excited by the R3 program.

Thanks Kathy, Trudie and Jenny for a great day of learning!

Amanda's Post after initial training day

Thanks for an amazing day of learning. I am very excited to be a part of this pilot. Thanks for the resources too!

Literacy Network Magazines

This is the sort of text we will be using to engage our Stage 3 readers in this project. A collection of 16 magazines, each with about 20 articles across a range of genres, the Literacy Network magazines are designed to appeal to both boys and girls. It is hoped that each article will be read in one or two guided sessions.

Teachers can choose which texts they will use for guided and shared reading based on what they learn about students' interests and their reading needs. As the magazines are loosely levelled with an approximate reading age, teachers might select a more sophisticated magazine for Shared Reading and a more simplified text for Guided Reading or Reciprocal Teaching. It would be great if we could find a way to share what we are doing with some of the articles, to support each other in this project.

We are also keen to gather some feedback on these resources re. their suitability and appeal for the selected students.

A blog for us to share how things are going with R3.

As promised I've set this blog up so that we as teachers can all support each other with R3 - sharing any articles (from the Literacy Network magazines) or other resources that seem to be working well for us. I will invite all of us to be authors/administrators and then we can take it from there.

The other blog will still be there for the students to use, but this will be ours. You will be able to post directly from your computers or if you would like we can help you set the iPads up so that by using your photo from the Easy Blogger Jnr app, any posts you make will automatically go directly to this blog.

Hope you are enjoying your holiday break.