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“Put down your pens…”

September 6, 2016September 5, 2016Oxford Geography Team
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I am very lucky to work in a girls’ school where the students are extremely focused and conscientious. Many are not satisfied unless they have a page full of detailed, multi-coloured notes at the end of every lesson. Therefore, when I invited my Year 11 class into the classroom and asked them to put away […]

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Guided Reading – What’s it for? Part 2

July 11, 2016June 7, 2018Oxford Primary

Lindsay spoke on the purpose and the value of Guided Reading at Oxford University Press’ English Conference, Passing on the Passion, in London on 16th June. Here he addresses the most common concerns and teases out answers to these questions in follow up to his seminar. You’ll  find a selection of resources and videos from the day on our website . I love guided reading. But we have […]

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Focusing your guided reading to get the best out of your weak comprehension, strong word reading groups

February 26, 2016October 9, 2018Oxford Primary

This is the final post in my series on how to group your class for effective guided reading. You’ll find my original post which takes you through using The Simple View of Reading to organise your class into guided reading groups here . In a nutshell children are organized into groups based on their strengths and weaknesses in […]

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