Kamleen Sam

IRA Newsletter Project: Effective Literacy #1

    ABC Reading Eggs (https://readingeggs.com.au/schools/) is a website that created for teachers and students to enhance student’s essential reading and phonics skills. Their aims are for beginning readers, emerging readers and early readers. Educators need to adapt technologies for learning for the benefit of our students to be aware that lots of materials are available out there online for them that can boost students’ knowledge and skills.

    Students can access ABC Reading Eggs at schools, homes using various devices which make learning possible everywhere. It can build their spellings, and readings and comprehension skills. This website has books, movies, games, songs and much more for motivation. Students can have direct access or explore all areas within the program with parents helping them.

    How does it help teachers? It provides an effective learning tools for teachers to use for students. It supports their literacy in teaching and navigating to help students stay motivated. Teachers also have effective curriculum and guided practice to follow with students. They have assessment on this site to differentiate learning levels of students along with training themselves to from feedback from parents.

    In addition, many sites are very useful for having or conducting online classes and this is one of the best sites for starting readers. This site has many tools for beginners and new strategies for literacy. Teachers and students will enjoy because resources are set up already and ready for use. It is well prepared for educators who want to extend their students learning skills online.