PETAA Literacy Resources Portal for Early Career Teachers

This portal is a new initiative from the Primary English Teaching Association Australia and was created as part of our 50th Anniversary Celebrations in 2022. This portal provides practical, accessible and tangible support information, articles, instructional video examples and classroom teaching and learning materials for primary teachers, particularly those who are new or early career, in the fields of literacy and English.

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Claire Saxby and Jess Racklyeft on Tree, creative processes, and engaging young readers

Posted on 9/07/2024
Award-winning author/illustrator duo Claire Saxby and Jess Racklyeft chat about Tree, their creative processes, and how they engage young readers with nature. Includes advice and text orientation descriptions you can share with students! Read more

Planning and programming for explicit teaching using quality literature

Posted on 19/06/2024
This chapter, taken from Bronwyn Parkin and Helen Harper's 'Teaching with Intent 2', provides an example of a weekly plan for explicit literature-focused teaching and a sample of a weekly plan for a literacy block. Read more

Video: Is my teaching of reading differentiated and responsive?

Posted on 18/06/2024
Explore what it means to have a differentiated and responsive approach to the teaching of reading. Read more

Super Snake

Posted on 18/06/2024
A unit of work for Year 2 on the charming picturebook Super Snake by Gregg Dreise, including cross curriculum links to Geography and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Culture. Read more