Literacy Links

Hayley

Open a world of possible - If children don't learn the way we teach, maybe one should teach the way they learn - By Sylvia

First speaker - Dr Swee Tan, find the cause first, before you find the treatment i.e each child is unique.

Sheena Cameron -

• View somthing, 
• listen to something, 
• do something, 
• share and compare - feed back: 2 stars and a wishes
• Speed writing - starting with a word - use it in your story - go i.e ouch or wow, onomatapia works really well.
• Go to sheena cameron website - resources section.

Task: OUCH! 

Jill Eggleton

• developing growth mind set - i can't do this, well yes.. not yet
• talk in the moment
• advises avoid crossing out EVER and marking work away from the child.
• attention on content rather than full stops and capital letters. do in a mini lesson
• real writing/real purpose
• genre no important for beginning writers
• Imagination more important than knowledge - albert einstein
• Enjoy poems - just enjoy the rhythe, rhyme, repetition and deliciour
• words of the week not letter, rich words that they can find more about, words within words
• 1iii/2 - recrafting - just work on getting ideas on the page, don't worry about captial and full stops.

Sharon Ross

• reluctant writers - know what your kdis do before/during/after school  
• yes/no answers are not enough, 

Australian writer - boys can read, boys can write

• let me choose what i write, give me options
• read to me first
• i like writing about farts, fighting, my weekend, space, dinosaurs
• we want history - how things work
• ask me what i like to do at the weekend - hobbies
• i may not be able to write much, but selebrate what i can write
• buddies
• books that are visual rather than paperbacks
• Google a NZ author and click on the teachers notes for lesson plans

Sharon ross - talk talk talk

• create experiene and reasons to write
• touch, feel, smell, look, move
• help children access kowledge to write
• ask children what gets in the way of their learning. what helps learning.

Alana Mudgewick - maori/pasific student focus

• we sink or swim together - create this class atmosphere
• circles - they are more inclusive
• community of learners - buddy write/buddy read/ share and compare
• stronger links to kindy and highschool - tuakana/teina
• what are moair and pasifica's strengths (not a problem to be solved)
• circle time/open talk  talamoa
• connect - debate/listen
• valuing elders
• the culture of the children cannot enter the classroom until it enters the mind of the counsciourns
• E TU - what do you do to celebrate cultures, whanau relationships. Attend events - your kids events, 
• ethinic diversity - children learn differently
• have a welcome/shared kai/share your roots and background.
• be proud of where you come from!

Digital technology

• children and adult - many options to connect
• goal to move from text to screen fluidity
• children must interpret and decipher on line and offline info
• have your kids got the right tools

Clare

Andy Griffith, Morris Glightzmen

• connections to our learners
• get kids start writing - write a list, e.g 10 disgusting things, 10 even more disgusting things, encourages joining ideas and descriptions
• 10 things about my dad, 10 more things about dad - becomes a character study
• Open a box but it says don't open..., don't like what came out of your box, turn the page
• Quick write
• Write what you know about e.g. people=dad + exaggeration

Dianne Labone

• huge tragedy - american schools teachers don't have time to read to the kids. (see server for her suggested list of reading alouds)

Chuck Mariet  - RtLit

• Spelling programme - 0 to 8
• visual and phonological knowledge for spelling y0-2
• y-3-5 suffixs etc
•  y6-8 where words come from

Ready to Read

• webinare
• need to differentiate guided/share reading
• only narrative to turquoise
• reading through science experiences

Oral Language Lady

• Make story talking important
• can't talk about, can't write about it
• story telling hand - beginnig... middle... end, ... are the bits in between
• emotions - if it doesn't make you feel something, you won't get great writing
• stretch all your student on one book.
• assessment is for learning