Each day from 11:00-1:00pm we have our literacy block. During this time students participate in a range of activities and lessons that aim to make them better readers, writers, speakers and listeners.
On a typical day, our literacy program looks like this:
Reading Hour
Individual or partner reading (20 minutes)
Spelling- blends, word families (15 minutes)
Reading Activities- these has\ve a specific focus such as reading critically, skimming etc. Our reading activities will often involve modelled, shared or guided reading. We also use the Red Reading Box cards for our reading activities.
Writing Hour
Writing Activity- this has a specific focus such as writing for a specific audience, exploring a text type etc. It often involves modelled, shared or guided writing.
Writer's Workshop: Working on an unfinished story or beginning a new story based on a shared stimulus picture or event.
Each day from 11:00-1:00pm we have our literacy block. During this time students participate in a range of activities and lessons that aim to make them better readers, writers, speakers and listeners.
On a typical day, our literacy program looks like this:
Reading Hour
Writing Hour