Review reading and writing strategies (years 1-6)
Suggestion for implementing the strategy ‘Supporting reading and writing’
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Support independent reading
Support independent reading
Provide students with choices.
Support them to select options that support their learning.
Support literacy with digital tools
Support literacy with digital tools
Primary teacher, Linda Ojala describes how she utilises online tools such as Reading Eggs to support student autonomy in literacy.
Utilise technologies
Utilise technologies
Using a netbook gives Tyler the freedom to write creatively rather than being inhibited by the speed of his handwriting or his ability to form letters.
Use recommended writing approaches
Use recommended writing approaches
- Support a student by providing a scribe or using speech-to-text so they can communicate their ideas effectively.
- Use a recording device to record ideas orally.
- Use planning tools and strategies such as brainstorms and mind maps.
- Use storyboards to organise ideas and provide a structure.
- Use images and word or blends charts to support vocabulary.
- Use a checklist to focus on sentence structure or grammar.
Use visual supports
Use visual supports
Provide learners with visual planners and checklists to support planning and completion of tasks.
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Source: Ministry of Education | Te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga
Useful resources
Useful resources
The School Journal Story Library
School Journal Story Library is a targeted instructional series that supplements other instructional series. It provides additional scaffolds and supports for teachers to use to accelerate literacy learning for students in years 5-8 who are reading 1-2 years below expectation. The series includes books, teacher support materials, and audio.
Publisher: Literacy Online
Writing hub
These resources from Literacy Online will help strengthen your knowledge and skills for teaching writing across the curriculum and increasing students’ rate of progress.
Publisher: Literacy Online
Jigsaw reading: Social studies, years 5-6
The Jigsaw Approach, where expert learners are grouped with those that need support, in action is demonstrated in this video.
Publisher: ESOL Online
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