Best practice
Key practices for the effective teaching of reading to young learners include the integration of language skills with rich, authentic texts. Students build their knowledge and skills through engaging with familiar texts in print, visual, digital and multimodal formats. Using a range of explicit teaching practices allows for targeted levels of support for students at points of need.
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Search all resourcesEvidence for Learning: Improving literacy in lower primary
A guide offering schools recommendations to improve literacy outcomes for lower ...
Show moreEvidence for Learning: Improving literacy in lower primary – summary of recommendations
Recommendations to improve outcomes in literacy for lower primary students.
Show moreEducation Endowment Foundation literacy discussion questions
Questions to guide discussion about recommendations compared to current literacy...
Show moreEvidence for Learning: Improving literacy self-assessment guide
This guide describes ‘ineffective’, improving’ and ‘exemplary’ practice.
Show moreLiteracy teaching strategies
This illustration of practice shows a teacher explaining explicit literacy strat...
Show moreACER Discover: Teaching reading in the early years
Short article around the pedagogy for reading comprehension.
Show moreFive 'keys' to reading
This webpage provides information about each 'key', including research findings ...
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