Vocabulary

As students’ writing moves from representing basic concepts and simple ideas to conveying abstract concepts and complex ideas, learning about words, consciously choosing and using words for different purposes is part of preparation for writing and composing texts (ACARA, 2021).

  

Handwriting Resource Links: State by State

Posted on 13/10/2021
Struggling to find a comprehensive resource to support your teaching of handwriting? Check out this fantastic state by state list of resources, compiled by handwriting expert Noella Mackenzie.
  

Looking at Print and Forming Letters as Part of an Integrated Literacy Program

Posted on 1/10/2021
Understand how looking at print and forming letters should fit into an integrated approach to teaching early literacy.
  

Article: Assessing Children's Ability to Identify and Write the Alphabet

Posted on 9/09/2021
Investigate how to assess children's ability to write letters of the alphabet.
  

Article: Teaching Children How to Write by Hand: What do They Need to Learn?

Posted on 8/09/2021
What do children need to learn when being taught to write by hand?
  

Article: How does Handwriting Help Children Learn about Letters?

Posted on 24/08/2021
Understand how explicit handwriting instruction can help children to learn letters.