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Leveled Text, Leveled Students – Can we do better?

Neale Pitches - Wednesday, January 18, 2012

How would you like to spend your school life in the bottom reading group? No matter what native flower or other cutesy name the group is given, there’s no fooling the students in the bottom reading group and Samantha for one isn’t a fan. Recently Samantha spoke to the camera about her experience as a student who has lived her classroom life in the bottom reading group, and she was forthright – “I don’t like it.” more

Donation helps rebuild resources in Christchurch schools

Neale Pitches - Friday, October 07, 2011

On the 27th of September, I visited the Christchurch Principals' Conference in Hamner Springs to make a donation of resources. South Pacific Press and its US partner Pacific Learning gifted 4000 copies of an innovative new graphic non-fiction book to Christchurch schools affected by recent earthquakes. more

CSI Author Wins Education Award!

CSI Developer - Tuesday, November 30, 2010

The author of a soon-to-be published CSI Chapters book has been recognized for her services to education in Wellington, New Zealand.

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Stunning teacher turnout for seminars

CSI Developer - Tuesday, July 13, 2010

This autumn, more than 1000 teachers turned out across New Zealand for the Teaching Comprehension Strategies seminar series run by South Pacific Press.

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Student Voices

CSI Developer - Wednesday, June 30, 2010

What do today's 'digital natives' make of CSI? Roslyn School's Room 22 is a completely digital classroom. The students there have recently been using CSI's Kit 6, and here's what they have to say about it.

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Ten Tips for Teaching Comprehension

CSI Developer - Thursday, June 17, 2010

Neale Pitches is co-author of CSI - Comprehension Strategies Instruction, and is a very experienced teacher, principal, author, and publisher. Here are his ten tips for teaching reading comprehension:

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Newport News "goes live" with CSI adoption

CSI Developer - Monday, April 26, 2010

The Newport News, Virginia, USA, school district will “go live” with the first major adoption of CSI in the US, in the fall of this year. more

Leveled texts?

CSI Developer - Monday, April 26, 2010

How much should we control the level of students’ reading materials? more

Digital Shared Reading

CSI Developer - Monday, April 26, 2010

Digital Shared Reading is gaining momentum. more

Audio Scaffolding in CSI

CSI Developer - Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Why does CSI have an audio component and how is it best used? more

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