Literacy

Literacy Our literacy program includes a minimum daily two hour session incorporating reading, writing, listening and speaking activities.The work covered is catered to meet the individual children’s needs. Children are learning about Just Right books and Choice Books and the process involved in choosing their own Just Right Books.

During these sessions Guided reading and independent reading take place and the focus of these may include; predicting story plots and endings, recalling meaning and comprehension, events and facts of text, identifying features of non/fiction or fiction text, reading with fluency and phrasing, expression and responding to punctuation.


 * Writing ** - Sessions may include writing letters, lists, cards, diaries, reports, and story writing. They will be learning how to respond to and write texts that convey ideas, plan, compose, record, revise and publish their work. They are also developing the ability to hear and record sounds in words and experimenting with full stops, capital letters, talking marks, question marks and commas. Handwriting sessions are focused on correct formation, size and positioning of letters within the dotted thirds.


 * Word Study ** - The children in 2KH have been learning and practising the Thrass sounds. If you have not already spoken about Thrass, ask your child what they know about the chart. You will have fun hearing their chants and learn along with them. Reference to the Thrass phonetic based strategies are made regularly in our class to assist with all areas of literacy learning, particularly spelling strategies.


 * Speaking and Listening ** - During this year children have been encouraged to enhance their speaking and listening skills through participating in and listening to Show and Tell and listening to a variety of stories, poems, chants and songs. There have been opportunities to read aloud in class, share time and listening to and repeating instructions.