“I’ve been working on raising boys’ achievement since 1993… you’d have thought I’d have got it sorted by now” is regularly the opening line to one of my INSET days or keynote speeches. It usually provokes mild amusement. “But sadly I’m afraid there aren’t that many people working on it.” And nobody laughs. Because it’s […]
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Jumping into the unknown We are all probably familiar with the fear of the blank page when writing: we know that many children experience it; we may even feel it ourselves sometimes. It’s possible that something similar happens when insecure, struggling, or simply young readers look at a previously-unseen text: a daunting fear of the […]
Read moreNovember is National Non-fiction month and is the ideal time for us to consider how to provide rich reading experiences with non-fiction texts. To begin, it’s important that good non-fiction writing does more than convey information. We can distinguish between factual literature and information text. While information text is solely for conveying information, factual literature […]
Read more‘For the Love of Reading: Passing on the Passion’ was a Primary English Conference from Oxford University Press, that explored how we can pass on our own passion for reading and stories onto the next generation – and why it is so vital that we do so. In a spell-binding conference session, international storyteller Mike […]
Read more‘For the Love of Reading: Passing on the Passion’ was a Primary English Conference from Oxford University Press, that explored how we can pass on our own passion for reading and stories onto the next generation – and why it is so vital that we do so. In his witty and thought-provoking session, English Advisor […]
Read more‘For the Love of Reading: Passing on the Passion’ was a Primary English Conference from Oxford University Press, that explored how we can pass on our own passion for reading and stories onto the next generation – and why it is so vital that we do so. Kimberley Reynolds, Professor of Children’s Literature at Newcastle […]
Read moreLindsay 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 […]
Read moreLast month, I was lucky enough to speak at OUP’s For the Love of Reading: Passing on the Passion conference. It was a wonderful occasion that brought teachers, authors and researchers together to talk about reading. I left with my brain fizzing with ideas, inspired to try the raft of new things I’d learnt from […]
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Lindsay Pickton sets the scene for the debate around the purpose and the value of Guided Reading. He will lead a discussion to address the most common concerns and tease out answers to these questions in an interactive seminar at the Oxford University Press English Conference in London on 16th June . Be honest: Do you look forward to Guided Reading, or does even the thought of it seem wearisome? […]
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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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