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What is a Connective?
Connectives is the most complex of all the VCOP elements, but it doesn’t need to be. Let’s learn more about connectives.
Big Write | Oral Language | VCOP | Vocabulary
Meet Winston WOW: Bring your WOW Words to life!
Enhance your Vocabulary investigations with Winston WOW and bring new life to your wow words.
Empowering Writers: Student-Teacher Writing Analysis Toolkit
Elevate writing analysis in your classroom with our Student-Teacher Toolkit! Connect student self-assessment with teacher evaluation using the Student-Friendly and Australian Criterion Scales and the free cross-reference table.
Unlocking Literacy Success through Talking and Sharing: A Pathway to Brighter Futures
The art of conversation should never be lost. Read about some ways we bring it back into the home and develop strong, confident learners!
Big Talk | Openers | Oral Language | Quickfire VCOP | Student Analysis | VCOP | Vocabulary
6T – Bringing all the research into one lesson model!
Learn about how the 6T model lesson bundles all the research together, for effective student learning!
Frightfully Posh Friday – The importance of conversation.
The art of conversation should never be lost. Read about some crazy ways we bring it back into the home and classroom.
Big Write | Openers | Oral Language | pre-writers | Quickfire VCOP | Student Analysis | VCOP | Vocabulary
Are you teaching Prompt Planning?
A new course has just been added… but just what is Prompt Planning? Read on to find out more.
Big Talk | Breaking News | Oral Language | pre-writers | VCOP | Vocabulary
What is Breaking News?
A new resource has just been added… but just what is breaking news? Read on to find out more.
Breakdown Buddies Tips
A question from our VCOP community – Can you give me a few more tips for starting breakdown buddies for analysis?
Topic Sentences, and more.
Another long car trip means a chance to test new activities I’ve been working on for KidsNews.
Jaz blew me away, (excuse the car handwriting).
What’s in a Big Write Support Tub?
A Big Write Support Tub, or writing caddy, is made up of a variety of resources designed to support the students during their Big Write sessions. So what do you put in your support tub?