• +64 21 232 6753
  • alisonshouldbewriting@gmail.com
  • Dunedin, New Zealand
August 31, 2022

Books: Te Ao Māori Themes

Books I’ve found that aid in developing the cultural competencies highlighted in Tātaiako (Ako, Manaakitanga, Tangata Whenuatanga, Wānanga, Whanaungatanga)
-Remember that November
-Te Rauparaha: Legend of Aotearoa
-Ngāi Tahu Battles
-The Forgotten Taniwha
-Taniwha
-Te Rau Aroha – The Kai Truck
-Blimmin’ Koro
-Tangaroa’s Fingernails
-Child of Aotearoa
-Koro’s Medicine
-Pukunui The Astronaut
-Kapa Haka
-Rāhui
-The Legend of the Seven Whales of Ngai Tahu Matawhiti
-The Astronomical knowledge of the Māori

Books in the classroom 11 min read
August 27, 2022

Culturally responsive pedagogies

From Tātaiako: Cultural Competencies for Teachers of Māori Learners The competencies are: Ako: taking responsibility for their own learning and that of Māori learners. Manaakitanga: showing integrity, sincerity and respect towards Māori beliefs, language and culture. Tangata Whenuatanga: affirming Māori learners as Māori. Providing contexts for learning where the language, identity and culture of Māori learners and their whānau is…

Notes and Readings 3 min read
August 25, 2022

Book: Spelling Rules, Riddles and Remedies – Advice and activities to enhance spelling achievement for all

Sally Raymond ISBN 9780415710008 Routeledge Pg 8 Why do some learners find spelling difficult? Auditory (sound-based) and visual processing skills – If the brain cannot easily identify units of sounds within words and/or match them to the correct lettered displays, then spelling memories and coding ability is going to be weak. … Furthermore, an over-reliance on either the audio or…

Notes and Readings 3 min read
August 17, 2022

Book: Mathematical Discourse that Breaks Barriers and Creates Space for Marginalized Learners

Hunter, Roberta; Civil, Marta; Herbel-Eisenmann, Beth; Planas, Núria; Wagner, David (Eds) (2018). Mathematical Discourse that Breaks Barriers and Creates Space for Marginalized Learners. Sense Publishers. ISBN 9789463512107 Chapter 1: Opening the space for all students to engage in mathematical practices within collaborative inquiry and argumentation pg 2 …the need for teachers to understand possible barriers their diverse and marginalised students…

Notes and Readings 54 sec read
August 17, 2022

Book: Classroom Starters & Plenaries: Creative ideas for use across the curriculum

Brown, Kate (2009). Classroom Starters & Plenaries: Creative ideas for use across the curriculum. Continuum International Publishing Group. ISBN 9781847065452 What makes a good starter or plenary? Good starters and good plenaries have a lot in common with each other, and also a lot in common with any kind of good teaching activity. They incorporate several, if not all, of…

Notes and Readings 22 min read
August 13, 2022

Book: Teaching Primary School Mathematics and Statistics: Evidence-based Practice

Harvey, R., & Averill, R. (2010). Teaching primary school mathematics and statistics : evidence-based practice. NZCER Press. [C&Pa topic Learning to count] Chapter 1: Learning to Count Pg 17 Activity: Count in another languageIf appropriate, ask a child who is a confident speaker of another language to teach you, and possible some other children, how to count in their language. This is…

Notes and Readings 24 min read
August 12, 2022

Book: Language learning strategies: What every teacher should know

Rebecca L. Oxford Oxford, R.Language Learning Strategies: What every teacher should know. Heinle Cengage Learning, Boston, USA (1990). ISBN 9780838428627 Chapter One: Looking at Language Learning Strategies Pg 24 Exercises to use with your students Exercise 1.1. Embedded Strategies Game Purpose This game helps participants to become acquainted with language learning strategies and can be used with either teachers or…

Notes and Readings 58 min read
August 9, 2022

Book: Differentiated Reading Instruction: Strategies for the Primary Grades

Sharon Walpole & Michael C. McKenna Walpole, S & McKenna, M. Differentiated Reading Instruction: strategies for the Primary Grades. The Guildford Press, New York (2007) ISBN09781593854126 Chapter 2: Using Assessment to Differentiate Instruction pg 15 Progress Monitoring Measures Once differentiated instruction begins, teachers must periodically check to see whether their efforts are paying off. Imagine a dentist who identifies a…

Notes and Readings 5 min read
August 8, 2022

Article: Choral Counting

By placing children’s ideas at the center, our hope is that Choral Counting can provide one way to support students to see themselves as knowers and doers of mathematics and to experience school mathematics as a place where their ideas matter.

Notes and Readings 3 min read

Recent Posts