Early Stage 1 Mid Stage 1 Later Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 Literacy skills include (click the links listed to move down the page) Listening / Talking Reading / Spelling Writing. Language content includes Sentence Structure Grammar Punctuation Vocabulary Once a concept has been introduced, it is used as frequently as possible in the following work. It is not discussed just once, but consistently revised in a systematic fashion. For more detailed information click on the appropriate button or link above.   Literacy Skills Listening / Talking 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. Back to Top Reading / Spelling Helps to develop phonemic awareness and sound processing skills including:- decoding/encoding. omitting/changing sounds to form new words. knowledge of letter/sound relationships. words that sound exactly the same/almost the same. identification of rhyming words by understanding how they sound/look the same. production of rhyming words in pairs of words or in verse. understanding structure of a syllable and identification of the number of syllables in words. form/use compound and multi-syllable words. Encourages the use of these skills in everyday reading and spelling. Develops the understanding of - homophones homonyms homographs synonyms antonyms anagrams similes onomatopoeia alliteration. Encourages reading of instructions carefully and fully ... worksheets have been especially designed to this end. Weekly reading sheets have 12 sentences as well as a story with comprehension questions (varying from factual to inferential). These can be used in many different ways, including the practice of using the sounds, skills and sight words which have been introduced in that or previous weeks only. Teaches easy to remember and easy to use spelling rules. Spelling rules are simple and progressive, eg. Rule 1 relates to a base word + an ending (see examples at right).       Mid Stage 1 = base word + s   Mid Stage 1 = base word + ending (-er, -ed, -ing, -y) Later Stage 1 = base word (short vowel) + 2 letters + ending Later Stage 1 = base word (long vowel) + ending Early Stage 2 = base word (ending with -e) + ending Early Stage 2 = base word+ 2 letters = short vowel base word + 1 letter = long vowel   Back to Top Writing ... Links how we feel the sounds to how we form the letters to write the sounds. Encourages correct spelling and punctuation in all writing tasks. Discusses and uses the different text structure and organization necessary for a variety of verbal and written text types (genre). Back to Top Language Content Sentence Structure  helps in the development of... Identification of a sentence vs a non-sentence. Identification of words vs syllables in a sentence. Identification of a statement vs a question vs an exclamation vs a command. Identification of the subject of a sentence. Identification of subject-verb agreement. Simple vs compound vs complex sentence structure. Identification of actual words spoken in text. The editing/correction of the above items. encourages ... The developing use of the above items in own writing. Back to Top Grammar  helps in the development of... Identification of a noun. Identification of a proper noun. Identification of a verb. Identification of describing words. Identification of adjectives (comparative and superlative). Identification of adverbs. Identification of pronouns (personal and possessive). Identification of noun-pronoun agreement. Identification of connectives. Identification of conjunctions. Identification of prepositions. Identification of phrases and clauses. encourages ... The developing use of the above items in own writing. Back to Top Punctuation helps in developing the understanding of the need for ... Capital letter to start a sentence. Capital letter for a person's name. Capital letter for each word in a person's name. Capital letter for proper nouns. Full stop on the end of a sentence. Question mark on the end of a question. Exclamation mark on the end of an exclamation. Exclamation on the end of a command. Speech marks to indicate the actual words spoken. encourages ... The developing use of the above items in own writing. Back to Top

Teaching Time Savers!                   Spelling rules are taught throughout the program!