The Curriculum Hub is designed to support teachers as they engage students with the new curriculum. The Hub is a one stop shop where teachers can access current research, tools and examples of planners, assessment and support materials to successfully implement the new curriculum. The planners and their foundational principles are deeply connected to the UbD model of Wiggins and McTighe.
The More Students Read, the Better They Write
Effective literacy instruction requires careful integration of reading and writing activities in the classroom. Research and our experiences as teachers have clearly demonstrated that the more students read, the better they write. Students need to be read to daily. They also need to engage in shared and independent reading with a variety of different styles and genres.
For lesson ideas:
http://literacy44.ca/reading-writing-connection-lessons/
TED-ED BBC Why Reading Matters
Why Reading Matters is an hour-long BBC program did a couple of years ago on how reading — and writing — impact the brain.