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Think Mentals
Do you know which mental computation programs your colleagues are using? While many schools adopt a whole-school approach for subjects like maths or spelling, they often leave mental computation out of the loop. But why? The benefits of taking a…
Sound Waves Literacy
Yes! One grapheme (letter) can represent more than one sound – here are some examples:
Writing Time
Writing Time Online is the perfect complement to the Student Practice Books. Available in all Australian fonts, there’s a range of tools and resources to support your students’ handwriting adventure. Best of all, access is free!
English Stars
Teachers need to know the workings of the human circulatory system, how to do long division, and which conjunctions are used in compound sentences. In no other profession are people expected to know about so many different topics, and be…
Getting your students to use mental computation strategies effectively can be a challenge. Despite your weekly mental computation lesson, students can resort back to inefficient and time-consuming methods of writing out all the steps instead of working it out in…
There is no difference. English Stars uses the term phrase. Phrase and group are both acceptable terms when referring to a…
Students live in a digital world. When everything from texting friends to writing essays can be done using a touchscreen or keyboard, the relevance of handwriting is in question. There’s no doubt that being able to jot down a legible…
Whether you’re one of the lucky teachers already using English Stars, or you’re checking out the program for the first time, now is the perfect opportunity to find out how to put your own stamp on English Stars.
Find out what this Year 4 class has to say about English Stars.