Overview of aims and importance of literacy in Level 4
Students in Year 5 and Year 6 build on and deepen the basic knowledge
and skills related to texts and language that they developed in their
early stage of schooling.
Our literacy program provides students
with the opportunity to undertake structured activities in small groups
with some autonomy. Under guidance, they reflect on reading, viewing,
writing, speaking and listening in ways that develop considered and
critical approaches to a range of texts.
Writers WorkshopStudents explore a diverse range of
writing styles and genres within a highly engaging and differentiated
(multi-ability) program known as ‘Writer’s Workshop’. This program allows
students to make choices about what they wish to write about with the teacher
able to demonstrate writing and run skill specific workshops where needed.
Students are taught to employ a range of
strategies for writing, including note-making, using models, planning, editing
and proofreading. |
| Literature Circles
Year 5 and 6 students participate in teacher-guided but ‘student-led ‘ book clubs. Students rotate through roles such as Discussion Director, Illustrator, Word Wizard, Imagery Maker to reflect on what they have read, expand language knowledge and to develop leadership/ facilitating skills. Teachers rotate their time amongst groups to extend the reflective practises and discussion in order to support development in expression of views, understanding and analytical skills.
Writers Workshop
Students explore a diverse range of
writing styles and genres within a highly engaging and differentiated
(multi-ability) program known as ‘Writer’s Workshop’. This program allows
students to make choices about what they wish to write about with the teacher
able to demonstrate writing and run skill specific workshops where needed.
Students are taught to employ a range of
strategies for writing, including note-making, using models, planning, editing
and proofreading. Spelling and Grammar
The Soundwaves spelling program is a
phoneme based program which commences in Level 1. By Level 6, many students are
at the stage where they are learning about etymology (word origins), suffixes
and prefixes. The great thing about this program is that we can differentiate
what we teach quite easily and there are plenty of support materials to provide
students with practice.
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