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Teaching and learning

Leading CPD practitioners including Mary Myatt, Kathrine Mortimore, Sue Cowley and David Didau offer their advice on the key topics and evidence-based research in teaching and learning to help you to grow and develop as a teacher.

  • Disciplinary literacy: Seven tips for explicit vocabulary teaching

    Disciplinary literacy: Seven tips for explicit vocabulary teaching

    Published: 02/02/2022

    Kathrine Mortimore, author of Disciplinary Literacy and Explicit Vocabulary Teaching and lead practitioner in English, shares her expert advice on how to embed explicit vocabulary teaching into a primary or secondary curriculum. 

    By: Kathrine Mortimore
  • Developing oracy skills in the classroom

    Developing oracy skills in the classroom

    Published: 02/02/2022

    Sarah Davies is an Assistant Headteacher, English teacher and author of Talking about Oracy. She shares her advice on developing oracy skills in the classroom. 

    By: Sarah Davies
  • 12 ideas for effective reading intervention

    12 ideas for effective reading intervention

    Published: 02/02/2022

    James Murphy and Dianne Murphy are internationally renowned experts in reading intervention. They share their suggestions for 12 effective approaches to reading intervention for primary and secondary schools as part of the recovery curriculum. 

    By: James Murphy and Dianne Murphy
  • Supporting the transition from primary to secondary school

    Supporting the transition from primary to secondary school

    Published: 03/02/2022

    Ease the transition from primary to secondary, and welcome new students with a selection of icebreakers, getting to know you and relationship-building activities to help year 7s settle quickly and confidently at secondary school.   

    By: Teachit's editorial team
  • Improving reading comprehension

    Improving reading comprehension

    Published: 03/02/2022

    Reading comprehension – understanding the meaning of a text – is key to developing the reading skills of all students, and particularly struggling readers at secondary school. Here's a selection of our favourite lesson ideas, comprehension worksheets and classroom resources. 

    By: Lucy Hewitt
  • Spelling, punctuation and grammar – resources for the classroom

    Spelling, punctuation and grammar – resources for the classroom

    Published: 08/02/2022

    Comma splices? Misplaced apostrophes? Excessive exclamation marks? Get KS3-5 English students back on track with this selection of spelling, punctuation and grammar resources.

    By: Lucy Hewitt