... Is outcome-based and lists all appropriate indicators and outcomes for each activity. Covers all the Pedagogy requirements of the current English Syllabus. Encourages good listening skills (providing regular weekly structured listening activities). Provides regular and frequent practice in following verbal instructions and explanations. Explains how each sound is produced, how it feels, and then relates this knowledge to letter formation. Provides practice in developing good clear speech. Helps to develop phonemic awareness and sound processing skills. Encourages the use of these skills in everyday reading and spelling. Teaches easy to remember and easy to use spelling rules. Teaches and encourages the understanding, identification and usage of grammatical terminology, such as noun verb adverb adjective pronoun conjunction connective phrase clause Encourages the understanding of use of correct sentence structure and grammatical constructions in verbal and written communication. Teaches the use of correct punctuation in a systematic manner and encourages regular everyday use in all writing activities. Discusses the content and structure used in a variety of genre, such as narrative, recount, procedure, description. Provides regular and frequent practice in following verbal instructions and explanations. Spelling is intensive across all knowledge areas (phonological, visual, morphemic, etymological) as required by the syllabus.
As one STLD teacher has commented... "What I liked was that the spelling words given on Monday are different to the words tested on Friday, but have the same rules. This way, the students are really learning to spell... not just relying on memory and rote learning the words!"