Literacy

EYL My Literacy Program In 5SP

The Early Years Literacy Program is run to develop and improve English skills in areas of reading, writing, speaking and listening. I am a strong believer of providing students with the highest level of literacy experiences to ensure they become life long learners.

In 5SP students complete varies literacy activities through an integrated learning approach, taking into account the diversity of student experiences. I cater for the needs of all my students by providing clear and purposeful goals to ensure all students succeed and feel a sense of achievement. When planning lessons and guided reading sessions fiction and non fiction, I base my approach around a principle which entails Habits of the Mind and the Reciprocal Teaching Strategies.

Having a teaching focus, which is based around these habits, is ultimately a positive and effective way to produce excellent results.

During English lessons, the 3 key learning areas (reading, writing, speaking and listening) are taught in many different ways: Using our classroom library and the Reciprocal Strategies: Which are Predicting Clarifying Questioning Visualising Summarising Making Connections While thinking about, how these strategies help me as a thinking reader? and asking themselves: **__So What Is This Now Making You Think?__**

Students participate in the following activities to guide their reading and writing skills:

Mini Lessons, Paired reading, Shared reading, Guided Reading Groups, Book Clubs, Book Buzzes, Focused Spelling Teaching and Learning, Grammar Lessons, Guided and Modelled Writing Sessions, Researching, Conferencing and Publishing ICT activities, Plays and script writing, Presentations, Diary Writing, Handwriting – focusing on different types of joins, Discussions and sharing time.