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I’ve made this for the last 5 years & it’s always really popular!
A song for every day of the school year by a legendary artist each week. Expand your classes experience! #music #edutwitter #primaryrocks #ukedchat #education
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I’ve made this for the last 5 years & it’s always really popular!
A song for every day of the school year by a legendary artist each week. Expand your classes experience! #music #edutwitter #primaryrocks #ukedchat #education
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The most popular reading material in class this term has been this collection of song lyrics. With volitional reading in decline, we need to start paying attention to what children are telling us about their reading preferences and valuing the texts they're already drawn to.
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This is a golden age of children's literature. There are books being published today that will shape the minds of generations; life-changing books whose readers will change the world. There really is a book for EVERYONE now - if we can just help every reader find those books!
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Hello - I wrote a new blog about the teaching of whole class reading, which I haven't in a while. It's over 9000 words so quite a read, but I hope the comprehensive nature of it comes across as helpful, rather than patronising. Anyway - hope it's useful!
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Let’s try reconnecting
Edutwitter can still work & there are so many great edu folk on here. It’s just finding them! #FFBWednesday can help!
All you need to do is:
⭐️Like & repost this post to spread the word
⭐️Comment with your edu bio
⭐️ Follow, follow back all the awesome educators who take part!
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@theLucyStrange always writes great gothic stories so I love that she’s abridged Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. It’s a murderous, exciting, grief-stricken exploration of science, love and loss which readers will love. Out now for 8+. Thanks @WalkerBooksUK
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The #ReconstructingReading online festival takes place during the week of 17th November. @Literacy_Trust have put together a line-up of outstanding speakers. Tickets available for individual sessions or the entire week. More info here: literacytrust.org.uk/trainin… #edutwitter
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If you're looking for a perfect Halloween class book for Y5/6 that can be read in a week, you won't do better than The Last Day of October by @Hickesy. Creepy and atmospheric, with a fantastic cliffhanger at the end of each chapter.
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Having already finished Holes with Y6, we are now reading Front Desk by Kelly Yang. My first time reading it with a class, so planning WCR as I go, but my reading lessons for this, plus loads of lessons over last 3 years are in here, for free of course.
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Absolutely love the Dungeon Runners series & Ocean Chase is another gripping instalment! My 6yr old loves this series as do the children at my school after reading it through the @sparkbookaward 🌊 Which teams will succeed & flounder? Thanks @NosyCrow
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Teaching speech sandwiches today as part of our work on King Kong. Absolutely love doing this - such a simple way to break down the speech model and easily adaptable for children at different stages of writing.
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It’s ready and available to download now!
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I know people have been asking me for it!
190+ songs… 1 for every day of school!
Please RT
#primaryrocks #ukedchat #music #teaching #education
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🥰Wow! Just Wow! Sometimes you can only hope a book you have written has impact and helps the people it's aimed add. This has made my year. @JohnnyGirl1982
@BloomsburyEd @BloomsburyBooks
Sentence Ninja - amzn.eu/d/4QfS2Ah Every school needs a copy of for their staff.
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I’ve made this for the last few years & it’s always really popular!
A song for every day of the school year by a legendary artist each week. Expand your classes experience! #music #edutwitter #primaryrocks #ukedchat #education
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We’ve used this for the past few years now and it’s such a useful and important part of our music curriculum.
We are really grateful for your time pulling this together each year.
I’ve made this for the last few years & it’s always really popular!
A song for every day of the school year by a legendary artist each week. Expand your classes experience! #music #edutwitter #primaryrocks #ukedchat #education
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I’ve made this for the last few years & it’s always really popular!
A song for every day of the school year by a legendary artist each week. Expand your classes experience! #music #edutwitter #primaryrocks #ukedchat #education
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I’ve made this for the last few years & it’s always really popular!
A song for every day of the school year by a legendary artist each week. Expand your classes experience! #music #edutwitter #primaryrocks #ukedchat #education
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