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Using e-books to teach to the Common Core

Neale Pitches - Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Neale Pitches gives an in-booth presentation at the 2012 IRA Annual Conference in Chicago on using e-books to teach to the Common Core with rich tasks. Neale uses an interactive chapter book from the CSI Literacy series he developed to demonstrate various rich tasks in literacy.  more
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Critical Thinking and Problem Solving – at the heart of Californian classrooms in 2012

Neale Pitches - Friday, May 25, 2012
On May 22nd, 2012, the ASCD Smartbrief led with a story about changes to Californian classrooms as a result of the Common Core State Standards. Included in these changes is the “development of students' critical-thinking and problem-solving skills”. more
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The secret’s out – Boys’ reading achievement CAN be improved…

Neale Pitches - Thursday, April 19, 2012
Sometimes it takes someone else to tell us what we already know! So it is with the vexed issue of boys’ reading achievement. In its 2009 report, the OECD acknowledged the critical role played by engagement: “Most of the gender gap can be explained by boys being less engaged, and less engaged students show lower performance” (PISA 2009 Results: Learning to Learn, Vol III, 2009, p.13). more
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Teachers – We have a lot in common wherever we are in the world

Neale Pitches - Monday, February 20, 2012
I was fortunate to share a meal with a group of educators in Marietta, Georgia recently. The journey from New Zealand had been long, and naturally my first impression was of the many differences between our education systems. But not long into our (delicious) lunch I was struck by the similarities of the challenges we face. I’ll highlight just three: more
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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
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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
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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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