I realise you can read the title of this thread in two ways... How do you teach literacy... And how do you teach literacy...! I'm kind of asking both!
I've been a primary school teacher for 8 years (less a year off for each of my 2 children), but I still really struggle with the process of teaching literacy, specifically writing. Currently I'm in y3. Usually, I use a text to hang everything on... something short and accessible with a simple structure (linked to topic if appropriate) then do some word/sentence level work around it. Eventually I build up to children rewriting the text with some details changed (setting, characters, problem etc).
Suddenly I feel myself in a sort of panic about what to do and how to teach! It doesn't help that I only work 2 days at the moment so feel a bit 'out of control' and find it hard to build up to sustained writing.
I suppose what I'm asking is, what are people's experiences of teaching literacy? I find schools give very little support in terms of structure or resources, and I feel like asking for advice at this point in my career is a bit of a no no!
Any input/advice/people feeling the same welcome!x
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claire61 · 18/09/2018 13:42
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