Teaching Resources

Teaching Resources and Resource Texts

SPELD NSW has curated a range of high-quality teaching resources and resource texts for teachers and professionals.

researchED Guides

This accessible and punchy series, overseen by researchED founder Tom Bennett, tackles the most important topics in education, with a range of experienced contributors exploring the latest evidence and research and how it can apply in a variety of classroom settings.

PURCHASE THREE GUIDES FOR $60 and ALL SIX GUIDES FOR $115.

Guide to Explicit and Direct Instruction
(REED) $24.00
The value and use of explicit instruction to improve academic outcomes is explored across a range of settings and subject areas. Incorporating compelling evidence from the cognitive sciences, the writers include: Kris Boulton; Greg Ashman; Gethyn Jones; Tom Needham; Lia Martin and Amy Coombe; Naveen Rivzi; Hannah Stoten; John Blake; Sarah Barker; Summer Turner; Sarah Cullen and Zig Englemann. Editor: Adam Boxer.

Guide to Educational Myths
(REEM) $24.00
The most damaging myths that continue to circulate in education settings are identified and discussed in this edition by a selection of evidence informed writers including: Clare Sealy, Tom Sherrington, Andrew Old, Mark Enser, Robert and Elizabeth Bjork, Harry Fletcher Wood, Greg Ashman and Doug Lemov. Editor: Craig Barton.

Guide to Assessment
(REA) $24.00
In this researchED Guide to Assessment, Sarah Donarski brings together chapters by Dylan Wiliam, Tom Sherrington, Alison Peacock and many others to consider the debates, critique the strategies and find solutions that not only better the progress of pupils but also assist the wellbeing and manageability of workload for staff.

Bundle of 3 researchED Guides
(REB3) $60.00
Bundle of 3 researchED Guides:
Guide to Literacy
Guide to Education Myths
Guide to Explicit and Direct Instruction
for $60 (saving $12)!

Guide to Literacy
(REL) $24.00
What do we mean by literacy, why it matters and what happens if we don’t get it right? An exploration of this important area with contributions from: Kathy Rastle, Rhona Stainthorp, Tom Needham, Alex Quigley, Jessie Ricketts, Kevin and Robyn Wheldall, Kerry Hempenstall and Dianne Murphy. Editors: James Murphy and Tom Bennett.

Guide to The Curriculum
(REC) $24.00
Clare Sealy explores how schools can get the most out of a rich curriculum. Contributions from Neil Almond; Andrew Percival; Doug Lemov and Emily Badillo; Sonia Thompson; Christine Counsell; Michael Young; Ruth Ashbee; and Aurora Reid.

Guide to Leadership
(RELead) $24.00
Claiming that the leadership industry has failed to have the impact on schools that is required, this book takes a fresh view that domain-specific knowledge and expertise is vital to running schools well and argues that we tend to underestimate the knowledge required to do this complex job effectively.In the researchED Guide to Leadership, Stuart Lock brings together chapters by experts including Dylan Wiliam, Jen Barker, Danielle Dennis, Jon Hutchinson and The Reading Ape.

Bundle of 6 researchED Guides
(REB6) $115.00
Bundle of ALL SIX researchED Guides:
Guide to the Curriculum
Guide to Explicit and Direct Instruction
Guide to Education Myths
Guide to Literacy
Guide to Assessment
Guide to Leadership
for $115 (saving $29)!

Lyn Stone's books

Lyn Stone’s Reading for Life and Spelling for Life provide accessible guides to understanding how to best develop reading and spelling skills for your students!

Reading for Life by Lyn Stone
(SRL) $34.00
This accessible guide bridges the gap between research and practice, translating academic findings about teaching reading into practical suggestions and ready-to-use techniques.

Spelling for Life by Lyn Stone
(SSL) $48.00
Second Edition! Spelling for Life offers lucid, accessible tools which help to reveal that, when explicitly and systematically taught, spelling is scientific, law-abiding and even elegant.

Word Aware

Word Aware is a structured whole school approach to promote the vocabulary development of all children. Focussed on whole class learning, the resource is of particular value for those who start at a disadvantage – including children with Developmental Language Disorder, Special Educational Needs and those who speak English as an additional language, but it will extend the word learning of all students.

Word Aware 1
(WA) $95.00
Teaching Vocabulary Across the Day, Across the Curriculum Second Edition.

Word Aware 1 is packed full of easy-to-implement activities, worksheets and resources that can be put into practice immediately with individual students or groups, whole classes and throughout the school, and is an effective tool to teach children who speak English as an additional language. The resources contained in this book are photocopiable and contain downloadable materials.

Word Aware 3: Teaching Vocabulary in Small Groups for Ages 6 to 11
(WA3) $70.00
Word Aware 3 is a comprehensive, practical and engaging resource that focuses on teaching vocabulary and word learning skills to children aged 6 to 11 years who have vocabulary learning needs.

Word Aware 3 includes:Takes a highly practical, evidence-based and curriculum-focused approach to vocabulary learning that supports a broad range of learners Includes photocopiable and downloadable planning, intervention and evaluation resources Provides staff training resources and an overview video presented by the authors

Word Aware 2
(WA2) $110.00
WA2 - Word Aware 2: Teaching Vocabulary In The Early Years

This is a highly practical, comprehensive resource designed to support Early Years practitioners in the provision of effective vocabulary development in preschool children of all abilities. It is based on the same theory as the existing Word Aware resource (9780863889554) but is adapted for Early Years. This rigorously tried and tested approach is an outstanding resource that will be an essential addition to any early years' setting or preschool classroom. It is also an important addition to the materials used by speech and language therapists.

Sarah Mitchell books

Sarah Mitchell books are designed for teachers, speech pathologists teaching literacy, tutors, specialist support teachers and home school parents teaching structured literacy in primary, or teen and adult struggling readers/spellers.

Ultimate Scope and Sequence for Teaching Structured Literacy
(USS) $59.00
Designed for teachers, speech pathologists teaching literacy, tutors, specialist support teachers and home school parents teaching structured literacy in primary, or teen and adult struggling readers/spellers from Sarah Mitchell.

Assessing Reading and Spelling for Teaching Structured Literacy
(ARS)) $59.00
Suitable for tutors, specialist teachers and speech pathologists teaching Tier 2 (small group) and Tier 3 instruction (1:1), from early years to adults, this ‘go to’ resource is like having a literacy consultant walking you step-by-step through assessment, planning, teaching and reporting.

How to Teach Every Spelling Pattern Ever
(ESPE) $59.00
Want to be the teacher who knows the answer to “Why is it spelled that way?” every time a student or colleague asks? Well now you can be!

Transform your Literacy Intervention
(TLI) $59.00
This book is filled with practical, no-hassle resources that will streamline your teaching from Sarah Mitchell – everything you need is right here at your fingertips.

Other Resource Texts

Evidence-based resource texts for teachers and professionals.

Neurodiversity and the Twice-Exceptional Student – A Comprehensive Resource for Teachers
(NTES) $58.99
Written for busy teachers, this practical manual defines terms, shares examples and provides evidence-based information and strategies to support the teaching of twice-exceptional students.

The Writing Revolution 2.0: A Guide to Advancing Thinking Through Writing in all Subjects and Grades
(TWR) $57.95
Building on the success of the original best-seller, this new edition of The Writing Revolution adds valuable guidance for teachers seeking a way to bring their students' writing ability. The Writing Revolution is a method providing strategies and activities that teachers can adapt to their pre-existing curriculum and weave into their content instruction.

Primary Reading Simplified
(PRS) $53.99
From the bestselling author of The Art and Science of Teaching Primary Reading, Christopher Such, this is your essential guide to teaching reading in primary schools.

The Art and Science of Teaching Primary Reading
(ASTPR) $60.99
The essential guide to the science behind reading and its practical implications for classroom teaching in primary schools from Christopher Such.

Beyond the Science of Reading
(BSR) $69.95
In this provocative and timely book, education writer Natalie Wexler argues that the best way to end the "reading wars" is to recognise that learning to read is inextricably linked to learning in general.

Beneath the Surface of Words: What English Spelling Reveals and Why it Matters
(BSW) $32.95
English spelling has an undeserved reputation as unreliable and riddled with frustrating quirks. In the pages of this book, you’ll find stories, examples, and explanations that will reorient your perspective and reveal the integrated system that makes sense of the spelling of English words.

SPELD NSW Literacy Resources

SPELD NSW has created a range of free and low-cost, practical resources for teachers, interventionists, parents and schools to use in literacy classroom instruction and intervention. Check them out here!