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Teacher holding Piano Fingers by Caroline Magerl, with Sonam and the Silence on a classroom table beside planning sheets labelled imagery, symbol and connotation

Use the texts students are already reading to teach writing, with a simple routine that moves from reading like a writer to independent writing.

Quick Writes

Quick Writes: Getting Students Writing Every Day

Quick Writes are short, focused bursts of writing that build stamina, confidence and skill, without needing a whole text every day.

Fluency passage with highlighted vocabulary, a student's fluency tracker with handwritten weekly goals, and an Expression & Volume partner feedback card

Reading Fluency

A 10-Minute Daily Reading Fluency Routine

A simple, repeatable fluency routine with differentiated passages, so every reader in your class builds accuracy, phrasing and expression in 10 minutes a day.

Teacher holding up the picture book Give Me Some Space! by Philip Bunting in a classroom, with the learning intention and success criteria on the whiteboard behind

Literacy Block

How to Plan a Connected Literacy Block in Years 2–6

Simplify your literacy planning with five consistent routines that connect fluency, vocabulary, comprehension and writing in Years 2–6.

A connected literacy block

Fluency, vocabulary, comprehension and writing that build on each other all week.

NSW syllabus and AC v9.0 aligned

Every resource is aligned to the NSW English K–10 Syllabus and the Australian Curriculum v9.0, with the curriculum links included in the download.

Routines that stick

Easy to set up and easy to repeat, so students know exactly what to do each day.

Made by a NSW teacher

Written by a NSW primary teacher with more than 15 years in the classroom and in school leadership.

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