New reading support materials for first and second levels and new Literacy across learning materials to support the third and fourth levels are now available on Glow.

First and second level materials

‘Reading to Learn; Learning to Read’ are new reading support materials to support first and second levels. They are now available in Glow: (Glow log-in required).

These materials include practical ideas to develop and support reading at first and second level, active learning strategies for teaching reading and a wide variety of approaches to support reading.

Specific areas covered include:

• reciprocal reading.
• hot-seating.
• before, during and after reading activities.
• the Thinking Reader.

Third and fourth level materials

New Literacy across learning materials to support the third and fourth levels are now available in Glow. (Glow log-in required).

These materials include information on:

• practical strategies and ideas to develop literacy across learning
• listening and talking strategies
• writing across the curriculum
• recording literacy across the curriculum
• analysing moving image texts
• reciprocal reading strategies
• information literacy
• Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy
• links to additional resources.