The School Magazine Teaching Units
From 2009, the School Magazine Teaching Units are published with every issue of Countdown, Blast Off, Orbit and Touchdown, starting with Issue #1, February 2009.
The School Magazine Teaching Units aim to provide guidance to teachers using The School Magazine to teach reading and enhance literacy skills. The Teaching Units support the teaching of the NSW K-6 English syllabus, and outcomes in other Stage 2 and 3 syllabuses.
Each Teaching Unit contains four class sessions with accompanying worksheets for students.
- Read a sample Countdown story and accompanying teaching session here
- Read a sample Countdown poem and accompanying teaching session here
- Read a sample Orbit story and accompanying teaching session here
- Read a sample Touchdown nonfiction text and accompanying teaching session here
Making the Most of The School Magazine - A Guide for Teachers: the 2009 edition is now available from this link.
Click on this link to subscribe to the Teaching Units.
Interested in writing for The School Magazine Teaching Units?
If you're an experienced 3-6 teacher or educational writer, with interesting and practical ideas about how to use The School Magazine in the classroom, we invite you to submit an expression of interest (EOI) for placement on our eligibility list of Teaching Unit writers. Ideally, you will be able to demonstrate:
- Teaching experience in the primary classroom
- Familiarity with the English K-6 syllabus
- Excellent writing skills, including a strong grasp of English grammar and punctuation.
Please email a short EOI (two pages maximum), including a brief CV and the name of a referee, to school.magazine@det.nsw.edu.au. For more details, contact Suzanne Eggins, Editor, The School Magazine: school.magazine@det.nsw.edu.au, or phone (02) 9886 7673.
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