Welcome to the Reading Eggs blog
The Reading Eggs team love sharing our latest news, updates and stories from our schools. Our blog is a great way to keep your finger on the Reading Eggs pulse! Got a story to share from your school? Let us know…
3P Podcast – Welcome to the show! | Learning Approaches and the 6M Framework
Welcome to the very first 3P Learning Podcast! Our 3P Education Specialists are always talking pedagogy, learning frameworks and what's happening in the world of education, so we decided to stick a microphone in
How Teachers Can Plan for the Un-plannable | Back to School
“If you want to make God laugh, tell him about your plans.” - Woody Allen Lacking divine prescience, our long walk back to school is one shrouded in mystery. Armed with lesson plans, resources, opening
Mathletics Webinars – Term 3 2019
How to analyse Mathletics reports to inform your teaching and planning Interpreting and analysing the reports section of the teacher console in Mathletics Click here to register
How To Keep Your Kids’ Math Sharp During Summer Break
When school is on holiday over the summer or even during winter break, it's surprising how quickly academic skills get left behind. In fact, a Harvard study found that students lose an average of 2.6
Can you teach students to memorise the spelling of 48,000 words?
The average person can spell around 48,000 words. Roughly speaking, that’s one-tenth of the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, half the amount of total words in The Hobbit, and about as long as that email you shouldn’t
The Positive Side of Negative Reinforcement
You want your students to stop throwing a ball around the class. Is it better to let them keep the ball and give them detention, or take the ball away? Negative reinforcement is a classroom
What You Need To Know About Summer Learning Loss
Understanding Summer learning loss Summer learning loss – or the summer slide – is an educational phenomenon where students lose some of the knowledge, skills and ability they acquired over the school year. Besides
Parents are the secret weapon against Summer Learning Loss
The impact of Summer learning loss Want to understand Summer learning loss in a glance? Check out our Summer learning loss summary of the studies, stats and facts here. Summer learning loss plagues educators
Connecting Science Class to the Real-World
Contextualised teaching and learning is the practice that answers the three most common student questions: ‘Why are we doing this?’ ‘When will I use this?’ ‘Is it in the exam?’ In other words –
Great Grammar and Writing Books for the Teachers’ Lounge
Grammar and writing are tricky because you most likely use correct grammar and writing everyday but without quite knowing why. It would be jarring to read ‘I saw a duck jump into a pond and
Getting Books for Your Class on a Budget
Out of the 93% of teachers spending their own money to purchase school supplies, a whopping one quarter are spending upwards of $1000 per year.* Some of this is spent on pens and pencils, some
The value of the Reading Eggs Teacher Toolkit
The 2018 State of Our Schools survey found that 9 out of 10 public school teachers use their own money to purchase supplies for their school or students (AEU). Moreover, half of these teachers spend
5E Model for Science | Understanding and classroom implementation
The 5E Instructional Model is a science learning method involving 5 key phases: Engagement Exploration Explanation Elaboration Evaluation For three decades, the 5E Instructional Model has brought the love, mesmerisation and lightbulb moments of learning
5 Ways To Bring Literacy Into ANY Classroom
Literacy across curriculum ‘Literacy is every teacher’s responsibility.’ No matter your discipline, interests or teaching strengths, it’s essential for teachers to ensure their students are engaged in literacy. First, because students are struggling with
5 Writing Errors Students Have Been Making For 30 years
It is human to err; and the only final and deadly error, among all our errors, is denying that we have ever erred. G.K Chesterton, the Prince of Paradox In 1993, two researchers (Robert J.