Teacher MaterialsPhonics

Lists of PICTURE-STORY BOOKS suitable for teaching
graphophonic connections.

  • Consonants  – click the consonants link to see sample pages for /b/ and /k/

  • Vowels  – click the vowels link to see a sample page for /ă/

List of picture-story books that are useful for highlighting the 24 consonant sounds and the 20 vowel sounds of 'standard' Australian English - Aust $50 inc. GST. (If you have a "special offer" you need to write a note in the space provided after you click the "checkout" button.)

Free
If you order these materials, you will also receive
• explanatory notes
• an 8-page checklist for recording the graphophonic connections as you teach them
• a list of the sounds of standard Australian English and their common spellings.
                                     In all, approximately 80 pages.
For information about paying, please click "payment options" in the left-hand column.     

   Orders will be processed as quickly as possible.
   However, when I'm working interstate or    overseas, it may take 2-4 weeks.
    ABN: 58 498 696 166
   Schools only need to purchase one set of the    materials (they can be copied for use by any    teachers in that school).

Please email me with details about YOUR favourite texts for teaching phonics.
I will add them to the lists so that these resources are growing and up-to-date.

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AUSTRALIAN CURRICULUM: ENGLISH
Link 1 - My initial response
Link 2 - Grammar P-9
Link 3 - Phonics

UTAS & DEPT OF EDUCATION, TASMANIA
Additional materials for teachers who took the unit, Effective Literacy Pedagogy: click here

SCHOLASTIC SEMINARS
For teachers who attended the Scholastic Seminar on comprehension: click here (Access now closed.)
For teachers who attended the Scholastic Seminar on guided reading in Sydney, click here
Also, see Links A and B below.

SCHOLASTIC e:lit Executive Masterclass
Addressing the Leadership Challenge and Managing Change with the New Australian English Curriculum. Click the links for additional handouts:  Link 1   Link 2   Link 3   Link 4

DEAKIN UNI STUDENTS
Spelling: Click here (accessible from 9-15 June)
Click Links 3 & 4 above for Professor Margaret Wu's articles.

For teachers who attended the READING ASSESSMENT seminar (Sat 31 July 2010)
Link A - Running Record Analysis, % accuracy, Self-Correction Rate
Link B - Kemp, Running Record Observations
Link C - Caldwell, Boycott NAPLAN
Link D1 - Prof Wu, Senate Submission about NAPLAN
Link D2 - Prof Wu, NAPAN results not valid or reliable
Link D3 - Prof Wu, article in 'The Age'
Link E - 'Save Our Schools' article on Published Schools Results and League Tables
Link F - 'Save Our Schools' article calling for My School to be scrapped
Link G - 'Save Our Schools' article comparing rich and poor schools

See other articles of interest on the Save Our Schools website.

For students from LA TROBE UNIVERSITY
Click here
Please feel free to click on any of the links A-G above.