Reference+materials

Some of the references we find particularly useful are: Resources Shared at Session 2

**Marina Portelli recommends ... **   This book is written by an Australian author. It is written in a way that makes it very user friendly. It is an extremely practical teacher reference book for anyone wanting to know about early readers and writers. Susan covers theory as well as teaching strategies and suggests some activities to support the implementation of strategies. The book covers reading and writing development along with comprehension, spelling and management and planning of a literacy program, ie groups and co-operative learning. Susan also discusses language development and the importance of vocabulary. This is only a new addition to my professional library but from my reading so far I have found it useful and I highly recommend it.
 * Hill, Susan, (2006) //__Developing early literacy: Assessment and teaching.__// Eleanor Curtain Publishing. Prahran, Vic.

**Rosemary Williamson recommends ....** > Marie M Clay 2005 This book is a guide book for training teachers in managing early literacy intervention – Reading Recovery. I find it useful as a text to delve into when I am unsure about an approach to take with students needing intervention. It helps to differentiate specific teaching strategies. One key concept in the book is //“Moving into instruction: shift the responsibility for learning to the child”//. Throughout the book Marie Clay has many gemstones and I find “don’t assume” a very powerful one to keep in mind continually when working with the hardest to teach children. > // (Resources for developing reading and writing according to identified needs) // Susan Hill 2004 Chock full of strategic learning activities, games, jingles and much more. Page 52 has a good chart on ‘The sequence of phonics’ but also states that phonics works best when taught in a meaningful context, not as a hierarchy of skills. Phonemic awareness using Elkonin boxes is explained. The Alphajingles get me tongue tied but are great for rhythm, rhyme and articulation. Also contains graphic organisers and writing frames.
 * __Literacy Lessons Designed for Individuals __(Part One Why? When? And How?)
 * AlphaAssess __The Next Step: Developing Early Literacy__

> Irene c. Fountas and Gay Su Pinell This book deals with word study, wriritng, reading and includes practical tools for the teacher. there is a lot of theory but this is useful knowledge.
 * Kon Bouzikos recommends .... **
 * __Word Matters Teaching Phonics and Spelling in the Reading/Writing Classroom__

Nancie Atwell (American) talks about her journey in creating a reading and writing community within her classroom. She is so enthusiastic about her work and explains everything very clearly with examples. A great reference for thinking about & re-defining the type of literacy community that you would like to have and foster with your students. Strategies that work is a great resource that helps to explicitly teach thinking strategies to help students become engaged thoughtful, independent readers. It explains what comprehension is & how to teach it, lessons & practices for teaching comprehension and provides a plethora of appendixes for further info and reference. * 5 stars Outlines the behaviours and understandings expected on a continuum, level by level guided reading instruction milestones.Broad, everything you need to know about literacy development.
 * Alison Jordon recommends ..... **
 * __In The Middle__, Nancie Atwell
 * __Strategies That Work__, Stephanie Harvey & Anne Goudvis
 * __The Continuim of Literacy Learning__, Gay Su Pinnell & Irene C. Fountas