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The School Magazine teaching units

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.

From 2008, the Teaching Units accompany each odd-numbered issue of Countdown, Blast Off, Orbit and Touchdown, starting with Issue #1, February 2008.

Each Teaching Unit contains five class sessions with accompanying worksheets for students.

A Teacher's Guide, with general advice about planning your reading program, also accompanies the Teaching Units for issue #1.

Click on this link to subscribe to the Teaching Units.

The Teaching Units are complemented by Notes on Texts and Illustrations, which are available with each even-numbered issue of the magazine in 2008. The Notes are available as a free PDF download from the Notes link.

Also available from the this link is a short booklet Making the Most of the School Magazine, with some suggestions about how to get the most from the magazine in your classroom.

Interested in writing for The School Magazine Teaching Units?

If you're an experienced K-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.
• An understanding of the resources which support teachers to address multiliteracies in the classroom.

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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