Useful links for teachers and adults

Resources:

• • Look at the Learning Support options on the home page of Te Kete Ipurangi
  • Universal Design for Learning from TKI shows you how to plan efficiently to be sure to cover everyone’s learning needs.
  • Everyone’s in is an inclusive planning tool from TKI
  • Responding to Individual Needs gives a detailed description to identify and meet your student’s special literacy needs.
  • The Myth of the Average explains why it is necessary to plan for a variety of learners.
• Special Assessment Conditions from NZQA covers everything you need to know about using special assessment conditions.

• The Science of Reading: how the brain learns to read. 

• Great starts for regular teachers: ( both were sent free to schools early 2020) firstly The New Zealand Dyslexia Handbook Tom Nicholson and Susan Dymock. NZCER Press 2015    Also About Dyslexia: Supporting literacy in the classroom. MOE Wellington 2020.

• Dyscalculia – a good explanation of how the brain counts.

• The Sounds of New Zealand English. Watch the video that demonstrates NZ sounds!

• Breakfast show television interview with John Campbell: ‘How can our literacy learning improve?’ interview with Lifting Literacy chairperson Alice Wilson and Kaiapoi Primary School principal Jason Miles. 3 August 2021

• Tips for reading if you are an adult with dyslexia.

• An article from the International Dyslexia Association: Structured Literacy: Effective Instruction for Students with Dyslexia and Related Reading Difficulties.