AUSSIE EDUCATOR

 AUSTRALIAN SITES

 ASSOCIATIONS

• AATE Resources
  Multiple sections include a Bookshop; Resource Reviews; AATE YouTube Channel; Reading Australia; Online Teaching Resources; 50 Word Fiction; Digital Resources; Links to External Sites; more.
• ACTATE - Resources
  Listing of briefly annotated links to a range of resources, events, a student competition and more.
• Australian Literacy Educators’ Association
  Use the Public Resources link to access resources. These include Little People’s Literacy Learning [multiple modules], Phonics Resources, ALEA Hot Topics and more. There are also some fee-based resources available.
• English Teachers Association NSW
  You can Search Resources here. There are also links to Professional Development, Events and Shop.
• English Teachers’ Association of the Northern Territory [ETANT]
  Members can access a Journal, Professional learning, News and Events.
• ETAQ Resources
  This page lists resources [free and fee-based] and provides links to each section while you can use their Links page to find resources from other associations and sources.
• English Teachers Association Western Australia [ETAWA]
  ‘You need to login or become a member to view this content [Resources]’. Other material is available to all
• PETAA Teaching Resources
  ‘Quality online learning resources to support your learning environment’. Most of the resources require membership in PETAA. You can access resources from linked bodies on their Website resources page.
• South Australian English Teachers Association [SAETA]
  Members are able to access all material while non-members can access most areas with the exception of Members Resources.
• SPELD NSW - Literacy Resources
  ‘Australian resources designed by AUSPELD to provide a greater awareness and understanding of the impact that the specific learning disabilities can have on students and outline the most effective support, remediation and accommodation strategies available to these students in the classroom’. Fee-based.
• SPELD SA Resources
  ‘SPELD SA have created free resources, sourced useful websites and provided links to other free resources for you to use when teaching literacy [and numeracy] for those working or living with specific learning difficulties. We hope you find them useful’.
• Tasmanian Association for the Teaching of English
  Members are able to access all areas, non-members are able to access Events and most Resources.
• Victorian Association for the Teaching of English [VATE]
  Multiple resources can be accessed via the Resources link on the top menu.

 EDUCATION BODIES

 AUSTRALIAN CURRICULUM

• Australian Curriculum - English Teacher Resources
  ‘R.I.C Publications. With English being a core part of students’ education, it is important that high-quality, reliable English educational resources are available. We have a number of series written directly for the Australian Curriculum strands of English Language, Literature and Literacy. There are also a wide variety of teacher resources, blackline masters and student workbooks that cover specific aspects of the English language’. Fee-based.
• Australian Curriculum English Resources Years 7–10
  ‘WordFlyers is the result of three years of research and development. The online literacy program is specifically built to address the Language and Literacy strands of the Australian Curriculum for Years 7–10’.
• Australian Curriculum Lessons - English Lessons
  Headed Digital Downloads. Nine pages of links [image, descriptor, year level]. Use the Latest button for ways of viewing the resources.
• Australian Curriculum SA Teachers & Leaders Resource - English
  Resources directed to teachers. Many have video presentations, some discussions, some audio. They all look at the process of working with the curriculum to achieve the best possible results. Check similar usage with other subjects and further Resources using the menu link.
• Australian English Curriculum Resources - Scootle
  ‘Scootle resources are currently aligned with the Australian Curriculum: English. Use the filters below to refine the curriculum results shown by year level, strand, general capability or cross curriculum priority’.
• Cool Australia - English Resources
  ‘Teachers, educators and parents of any learning level can access our full library of free resources by simply signing up via our registration page. No payments, no strings attached. Our resources are created by teachers for teachers. They are curriculum aligned, easily adapted and create positive change through action-based education’. 664 options in the English section at the time of the latest update.
• Curriculum Resources [Australians Together]
  ‘Comprehensive lesson and unit plans to help you teach the Australian Curriculum and meet the cross-curriculum priorities’. Select resources from the level listings at the bottom of the page. Covers other subjects as well.
• English Australian Curriculum Worksheets and Teaching Resources [TpT]
  Increased to 5 280 options at time of latest update. Multiple filters on the left to narrow your search. This includes a cost filter.
• English Educational Resources [Teacher Superstore]
  ‘Australian Curriculum English teacher resources and student workbooks to help you meet curriculum requirements’. Use the filters on the left or the top to refine your choice from the 3 204 resources [at time of latest update].
• English for the Australian Curriculum
  ‘This resource was a national initiative to support the teaching and learning of English and literacy from Foundation to Year 10, produced in partnership with Education Services Australia and others’. Also check the Supporting resources page for further help. Note that updated Secondary units have moved to AATE Digital.
• English - Sample Units
  Select English [K-10] from the subject listing. You can also access Sample Scope and Sequence resources, Sample Work options and a Program Builder from the menu on the left.
• English Work Samples Portfolios [The Australian Curriculum]
  Listed by year level showing Above satisfactory, Satisfactory and Below Satisfactory levels.
• F-2 English Resources for the Australian Curriculum [Twinkl]
  This opens to the F-2 resource collection. You can also access other levels. Check the menu on the left for specific aspects, e.g. Interactive Games, Language, Literacy, Literature, … .
• FUSE - English
  ‘Start exploring resources aligned to the Victorian Curriculum. Find Content Codes in the the More Details section of each resource. This area is being progressively updated’. 248 resources at time of last update. Dept. of Education and Training, Victoria.
• National Literacy [and Numeracy] Learning Progressions
  ‘Successful teaching and learning to address student needs in relation to literacy [and numeracy] requires the teacher to have an understanding of where the student is now and where the student needs to go next in their literacy [and numeracy] development’. Now includes a separate section with Updated Literacy and Numeracy Progressions.
• Reading Australia
  ‘Our curriculum-mapped units of work are written for teachers, by teachers, to help you introduce local titles into your classroom. We have 108 primary and 152 secondary resources at the time of update for a vast range of books, from Australian classics to modern award-winners’. One major criteria is to meet the needs of the Australian Curriculum.
• Skwirk - Online Education
  ‘We know you need more than boring text to learn - so we’ve created animations, videos, games, activities and more to help you develop your understanding, complete assignments and revise for assessments, across English’ and several other subjects. Free trial then a subscription to continue using the system.

 OTHER SITES

• Free Resources [HEA Australia]
  A small, free collection compiled by the Home Education Association which covers a number of subject and topic areas including the English language.
• Fun and Educational Websites for Kids
  Listed by a Queensland school. Annotated links to sites for Literacy, also other subject areas. Levels and specific aspects of language are provided.
• Literacy and English
  DET, Victoria. ‘Practical advice and high impact teaching practices that improve outcomes in reading, writing, speaking and listening’. The home page also groups them in school levels, as well as a Guide to the Literacy Learning Toolkit split into three school levels. Note that navigation of these resources is currently being further developed and may change from the current procedure.
• Literacy and English Teaching Resources
  ‘Teaching materials, support and professional development to help you improve literacy outcomes in the classroom. Literacy Teaching Toolkit; Leading Literacy and Numeracy improvement; Designing Foundation to Year 2 literacy lessons; Teaching Resources; Assessment; For Koorie students; Get parents involved with literacy; Professional Development; Literacy and Numeracy strategy; Literacy Portal; English as an additional language [EAL]; Learning difficulties; and Middle Years Literacy and Numeracy support initiative’.
• Literacy Teaching Toolkit
  ‘Practical advice and high impact teaching practices that improve outcomes in reading, writing plus speaking and listening’. Note that navigation of these resources is currently being further developed and may change from the current procedure.
• P-10 English Australian Curriculum and Resources
  QCAA. ‘Select a year level to proceed to curriculum, assessment and reporting resources’.

 GOVERNMENT LINKED BODIES

• Learning Potential Resources
  Australian Government. ‘You want to help your child develop their literacy and numeracy skills, but working out how can be tricky. How do you find activities that reinforce and build on the concepts and skills your child will encounter in the classroom ? The answer : this website’. Covers the following : Babies, Toddlers, Preschool, Primary School, Secondary School, more. Language areas include Communication and Literacy with some items in other areas.
• Literacy Teaching Strategies
  AITSL. ‘A teacher leads a meeting of Year 2 teachers in planning explicit literacy teaching strategies to meet the needs of students from diverse language backgrounds. She models a lesson for teachers with a Year 2 class demonstrating ‘Making Connections’ to develop students’ comprehension skills prior to reading and writing a text, by making connections to their world knowledge’. Video presentation [4:01]. Check other videos in this area on the right edge of the screen.
• NSW Centre for Effective Reading
  ‘The resources below cover assessment processes and teaching strategies that support all students, especially those with reading difficulties’.

 OTHER RESOURCES

 ABC - ENGLISH

• ABC Education Learn English
  ‘ABC Learn English is a free service by Australia’s public broadcaster, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation [ABC]. it is designed to help people learning English as an additional language. On our site you will find articles, video and audio content that will make learning English fun and engaging. We have a large and active learning community on Facebook and you can also watch our videos on YouTube’ plus much more.
• ABC Kids - Early Education - Language
  ‘Language and literacy development begins right from the start ! Storytelling, listening, talking, viewing, reading, writing, along with a range of other modes of communication including drama and the arts. This collection will spark a love of language and communication in its many forms’. A range of videos is available.
• ABC Reading Eggs
  ‘ABC Reading Eggs makes learning to read interesting and engaging for kids, with great online reading games and activities. Children love the games, songs, golden eggs and other rewards which, along with feeling proud of their reading, really motivates children to keep exploring and learning’. You should also check their large range of apps, Android and iPad, as detailed on their Educational Apps for Kids page [not all are for the language sector]. Free trial available to parents and teachers.
• ABC TV Education - English
  This opens to the Primary school section, while you can access a range of resources for Secondary schools here. Video presentations are included in both sections..
• Primary English : ABC iview
  You can also access similar material for Secondary Students here.

• Australian Teacher – English
  This is the English resources page with several downloads. You can also access possible resources from several of the other pages.
• ClickView - English Teaching Resources for Primary Schools
  ‘Use video to create ‘aha’ moments in your primary English lessons. Video content is useful for teaching many components of English, including grammar and sentence structure. Our collection of primary English videos is constantly evolving in response to your feedback’. Free trial, then you need to subscribe.
• ClickView - Secondary School English Teaching Resources
  ‘Bring the study of English to life for your students. ClickView offers a huge range of educational videos for use in the secondary English classroom. We regularly produce high-quality, curriculum-aligned videos and add these to the collection. The best free-to-air content is also available ad-free to complement learning and teaching in your classroom’. Free trial, then you need to subscribe.
• English - Australian Curriculum Teaching Resources [Teach Starter]
  ‘2 390 teaching resources [at time of latest update] that will make your classroom buzz’. Yearly subscriptions can provide two different levels of access to the resources. There is also a second page titled English Teaching Resources [Teach Starter] which may prove useful.
• Hardie Grant - Children’s Publishing
  ‘We excel at making books that capture imaginations and encourage reluctant readers. We are the largest Australian owned children’s publisher and pride ourselves on publishing first and foremost for kids’. This is the Australian site.
• Keep Kids Reading
  ‘Very useful for worksheets. They have a particularly good CVC section. Aussie spellings, too !’ Much of the material is free.
• Kidz Book Hub
  ‘Publishes well known author educators and aims to provide high quality literacy learning materials for teachers, parents and students at the early childhood level and at the beginning reading level in primary schools’. Be sure to check the Teachers’ Guide for further resources. Free trial, then you need to subscribe to continue.
• Kookaburra Educational Resources - English
  Primary school level resources are on this page. 256 resources [at time of latest update] To access secondary resources in this subject are you need to go to their Secondary English page, where there are 183 [at time of latest update] resources. Fee-based.
• Updated !  Language and Literacy in Young People
  These resources mostly come from research work at Curtin University. They provide both interesting and unusual resources to help specific groups of children with special needs. Free to download.

• Lesson Zone AU - English
  Choose Learning Areas — English — then select the specific topic from the options in the Reading, Writing and Listening/Speaking sectors, or use the menu on the left. Requires a subscription to access either individually or from a school.
• Literacy Ideas
  ‘The purpose of literacyideas.com is to provide teachers and students with a collection of guides, resources and tools to improve literacy levels for all ages and ability levels. Writing guides for all text types, Writing Skills, Reading Skills and Language Skills’. Some sections have additional links to resources in that area.
• LiteracyPlanet
  ‘LiteracyPlanet gives educators the tools to create personalised learning pathways that scaffold the literacy skills of every student, no matter their age or ability. With access to your personal reporting dashboard, you have the ability to easily track student progress, use real-time data to differentiate instruction and ensure continuous progress in reading and writing development’. Free trial then fee-based.
• Literacy Shed +
  The “Literacy Shed” component is completely free [see Resources menu item]. You can also access the different by scrolling down the page and clicking on the boxes. If you wish to access the comprehensive unit plans then there is a subscription charge.
• Literacy Solutions
  ‘Resources to Support the Teaching of Reading and Writing. We offer cost-effective strategies and products that deliver measurable results’. Check the Resource Index links on the right hand side of the page.
• Modern Teaching Blog - All Time Favourite Literacy Resources
  ‘Developing literacy skills in young students is extremely important in the early years and a large proportion of the school day is spent teaching these skills. In this blog, I have compiled a list of my ALL TIME favourite literacy resources that I use regularly in my classroom and explain the different ways they can be used’.
• Pearson Primary Products
  529 products [in the two nominated areas at time of latest update], each clearly described. Fee-based. You can use the filters on the left to narrow your search to areas covering English and Languages & Literacy Click “Show more +”.
• Pearson Secondary Products
  529 products [in the two nominated areas at time of latest update], each clearly described. Fee-based. You can use the filters on the left to narrow your search to areas covering English and Languages & Literacy Click “Show more +”.
• Plain English Foundation
  Free writing tools. ‘We've created these tools to help you write clear, compelling and concise communications. Keep your writing skills sharp with our tips, and quizzes’.
• Primary English Resources [Tes]
  ‘Tes resources has a huge range of teaching ideas and activities for use in primary English lessons. Breathe new life into your English lesson plans for Years 1 to 6 with our unrivalled range of resources, materials and ideas, including Reading and writing worksheets, Phonics flashcards, Guided reading activities and Handwriting worksheets’. Free and fee-based, the last being quite affordable.
• Primary School Literacy Resources - PLD [Promoting Literacy Development]
  ‘PLD provides an Australian, evidence-based approach to structured synthetic phonics [SSP] for primary school educators. Aligned with the Science of Reading, PLD’s SSP approach extends from the junior primary through to upper primary years and thereby facilitates a whole school approach’. The About PLD Literacy page gives further detail. Fee-based.
• Quickworksheets.net
  ‘The CleverOnline Printable Worksheet Generator. Create literacy, language, ESL, vocabulary and grammar printables in seconds’. There are also video tutorials for those who want to view them. Multiple options. Free and Fee-based subscriptions.
• Resources for Teaching English
  Resources for Teaching Australia. ‘Browse through our wonderful range of English resources for primary school teachers below. We have a wide variety of worksheets and activities for teaching English in an engaging and effective way ! 87 items at time of latest update. Fee-based but quite reasonable’. Use menu on the left to access these resources.
• Search Tes Resources
  Stated to have 3 173 items at time of latest update. Use the filters on the left to narrow your search - Years, Subjects, School System, Curriculum, Awarding body, Featured, Resource Types, File Types and English components. Fee-based but very reasonable.
• Secondary English Teaching Resources [Tes]
  ‘English Activities for Years 7 to 12. From Year 7 to Year 12 you’ll find English lesson plans, teaching ideas, PowerPoint presentations and classroom resources covering the entire English curriculum’. Popular topics can be accessed using the buttons below the search box. Fee-based but quite reasonable.

 SOFTWARE and APPS

• Apps – Decodable Readers Australia
  ‘Our apps have multiple functions, allowing your child to read independently, to be read to and the ability to tap words to hear each sound. Each of our phonics apps contain the entire level collection, meaning when you purchase the app, you will have access to all 20 books from that level on your device. Your child will then be able to read their favourite books at home or on the go’. Fee-based.
• Educational apps to help with literacy development [Source Kids]
  ‘We’ve done some research and have listed some of the apps that consistently get recommended as being great for helping children with special needs develop essential skills in print awareness, spelling, vocabulary, phonics and writing’. Prices range from free up and availability for different systems is indicated. You can also check related information on Fun apps for speech and language development.
• Hairy Maclary from Donaldson’s Dairy on the App Store
  Apple. Not Free. ‘The immensely popular Hairy Maclary from Donaldson’s Dairy is now available as an interactive QBook with wonderful narration by David Tennant [Doctor Who]. It also has video narration in 3 sign languages’ including Auslan.
• Oz Phonics
  ‘Oz Phonics is an iPad-based reading system that caters for beginning readers and students from non-English speaking backgrounds. In addition to iPad apps, we provide free printable worksheets and firmly believe that interest and help from a teacher or parent, are what makes a good educational app great’. Fee-based.
• Phonics Alive !
  ‘The Phonics Alive ! family is a unique concept in structured Phonics education designed for use in the classroom and at home’. Fee-based but a reasonable price. No longer seems to be widely available.
• PM eCollection eReader
  ‘The PM eCollection eReader app allows teachers and students to use PM eBooks for independent and guided reading. Watch the video to learn more about the PM eCollection. Watch the video to learn more about the PM eCollection or tap continue to go to the bookshelf now’. You can sample the collection. Fee-based to get full access.
• Reading Comprehension - Autism Apps
  Check the What we think section on the page for the FAQs which provide really clear information.
• Reading Doctor^®
  ‘An evidence-based program designed to improve phonemic awareness and phonics skills. Suitable for K-3 students and older students with reading difficulties’. Available online and via apps. Fee-based.
• The Ultimate List of Reading and Literacy Apps for Children
  ‘The best apps are structured in a way that children are motivated to play, but also learn at the same time, often without even realising they are doing so. Educational apps and games are developed with children in mind and are a far cry from traditional homework or the spelling or mathematics flash card games of days gone by’. The Scots College. Strong for younger students.
• Top Early Literacy Apps 2020 [Spelfabet]
  Here are some ‘of my favourite early phonemic awareness and phonics iPad apps for young children. There is a video showing them being used. In addition, there is a second listing of other early literacy iPad apps [IMHO] worth considering for young children’. There is also a short listing of Beginners’ decodable books which allow children to practice phonics skills.

• Story Box Library
  ‘An online, education resource that has a growing library of Australian children’s books read to camera by well-known Australian identities, e.g. musicians, sport people, comedians, authors, actors etc.’. Fee-based, but very affordable for both families and schools.
• The Sound Way to Spelling, Writing and Reading
  ‘The Sound Way is an online, Direct Instruction, Face-To-Face, Phonic Based literacy program that provides students of every age with a clear, tangible and full understanding of how the English language works … this enables participants to become independent learners !’. Fee-based. It may be considered expensive.
• Twinkl - Prep/Kindergarten Writing Worksheets [Foundation Resources]
  ‘Take a look at this lovely selection of teacher-made resources to help guide your foundation-stage children through their journey of learning to write. These Prep and Kindergarten writing worksheets, activities and games are a great way of introducing various areas of writing to your children, helping them to become writing masters in no time at all’.