Literacy Forum

Volume 37, No 3, 2022

This Literacy Forum contains the following items:

  • From the President

  • From the Editors

  • Effective practices in teaching writing By Judy Parr

  • Aligned with the sciences: How does Reading Recovery teach phonics? By Rebecca Jesson and Judy Aitken

  • Talking with Ben Brown, NZ’ s first Te Awhi Rito Reading Ambassador By Kay Hancock and Wendy Carss

  • Dialogic Talk in New Zealand Primary Schools:Face-to-face and online By Belinda Whyte, Aaron Wilson and Dr Maree Davies

  • Decodable texts: What does this mean for emergent readers? By Christine Topfer

  • Celebrating Literacy: An interview with author Mandy Hager By Stephanie Dix

  • NZ Children’s Book Award: An enduring work of art - Atua: Māori Gods and Heroes by Gavin Bishop Review by Sarah Johnson

  • Book reviews: #NZReadaloud Project Reviews by Belinda Whyte, Crystal Hewett,

  • Kerri Thompson and Sandra Howard

  • Council Reports