Professional organisations exist to provide networking, professional education and sharing opportunities for teachers. Many provide journals and magazines as well as regular conferences which are valuable resources for up to date teaching ideas and research. Take a look at what they can offer you by clicking on the links:
There are a number of excellent professional readings for teachers. As you find these could you please add them to the list for others to gain inspiration.
I would like to begin the list with a book every teacher should read as it will change the way you teach reading forever:
The Book Whisperer by Donalyn Miller - easy to read, challenging yet so logical. She believes the best way to teach children to read and love reading is to let them read quality books. She lets her students choose the books they want to read and encourages real reading of books instead of what she calls kill and drill reading activities. She also refers to snatching reading time -like when the class is interupted because the teacher is sent a message or has to deal with an issue or whilst waiting to line up for school photos - she encourages the students to take out their books and read read read!!! And they do!!!! Click on the link to read more.
Reading To Live and Writing to Live by Lorraine Wilson - Excellent ideas for teaching literacy in today's classroom. Read more or purchase the books by clicking on the underlined link.
If You're Trying to Teach Kids How To Write Then You've Gotta have this Book by Marjorie Frank - packed full of ideas for teaching writing in authentic ways. She deals particularly well with inspiring children to write and the process of writing as well as brilliant questions and techniques for helping children to revise and review their own writing to improve it. Well worth a read. Available from Amazon.com.
ALEA -Australian Literacy Educators Association
elit.edu.au/
Canberra Mathematical Association
There are a number of excellent professional readings for teachers. As you find these could you please add them to the list for others to gain inspiration.
I would like to begin the list with a book every teacher should read as it will change the way you teach reading forever:
The Book Whisperer by Donalyn Miller - easy to read, challenging yet so logical. She believes the best way to teach children to read and love reading is to let them read quality books. She lets her students choose the books they want to read and encourages real reading of books instead of what she calls kill and drill reading activities. She also refers to snatching reading time -like when the class is interupted because the teacher is sent a message or has to deal with an issue or whilst waiting to line up for school photos - she encourages the students to take out their books and read read read!!! And they do!!!! Click on the link to read more.
Reading To Live and Writing to Live by Lorraine Wilson - Excellent ideas for teaching literacy in today's classroom. Read more or purchase the books by clicking on the underlined link.
If You're Trying to Teach Kids How To Write Then You've Gotta have this Book by Marjorie Frank - packed full of ideas for teaching writing in authentic ways. She deals particularly well with inspiring children to write and the process of writing as well as brilliant questions and techniques for helping children to revise and review their own writing to improve it. Well worth a read. Available from Amazon.com.