Integrated Literacy Skill

A well established spiral structure to teach, consolidate, revisit and strengthen literacy skills at increasingly complex standards of English

Learning Progression

Develop Reading Skills :

1) Reading activities with a range of genre such as narrative, recounts, reports, instructions, explanation and poetry

2) Level appropriate progression in text length, illustrations, vocabulary and genre

3) Pre-comprehension activities such as word meanings, sequencing events, finding facts, sorting information and explaining answers

4) Comprehension activities combine knowledge from pre-comprehension activities and writing in full sentences

Develop Writing Skills :

1) Spelling activities such as common words, singular, plural, silent letters, letter string and spelling patterns

2) Vocabulary activities such as nouns, verbs, onomatopoeia, prefix, suffix, synonyms, antonyms, homophones and rhyming words

3) Grammar activities such as nouns, compound nouns, verbs, adverbs, adjectives, conjunctions, connectives, lists and participles

4) Punctuation activities such as capital letters, spaces and punctuation marks

5) Planning activities with guided tasks such as describing characters, sequencing and paragraphing

6) Writing activities combine knowledge from preceding skills and planning activities