CustomiseConnectionsContextCurriculumClassroom Literacy is Everyone’s Business Presenter: Anne Cowell Role: Best Start Officer Starting Out Strong Beginning

Customise Connections Context Curriculum Classroom

Literacy is Everyone’s BusinessPresenter: Anne CowellRole: Best Start Officer

Starting Out StrongBeginning Teachers’

Conference


English is

the study and use of the English language in its various textual forms.

As students’ command of English grows, they are able to question, assess, challenge and reformulate information and use creative and analytical language to identify and clarify issues and solve problems.


Literacy is

the ability to understand and evaluate meaning through reading and writing, listening and speaking, viewing and representing.


• Literacy is not a school subject or a syllabus!


Literacies.

Literacy of Science and Scientific literacyLiteracy of Mathematics and Mathematical literacyLiteracy of English and English literacyLiteracy of History and Historical literacy


The nature and significance of literacy learning

A skill that underpins many other skills

ReadingWriting Speaking Listening ViewingRepresenting

respondand

create


The student

Successful student

Successful literacy learner in your

subject

Successful learner of your subject


Making connections with the Literacy continuum

Comprehension

Literacy K – 12 Policy

An introduction to quality literacy teaching

Literacy continuum

Reading texts

Aspects of writing

Aspects of speaking

PhonicsConcepts about print

Vocabularyknowledge

English

Mathematics

Science & Technology

PDHPE

HSIE

CreativeArts

Phonemic awareness

https://detwww.det.nsw.edu.au/policies/curriculum/schools/literacy/PD20050288_i.shtml?level=Schools&categories=Schools%7CCurriculum+&+school+work%7CLiteracy+&+numeracy

https://detwww.det.nsw.edu.au/curr_support/literacy/intro_qlt_v2.pdf

http://www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/literacy/index.htm


Literacy K–12 in NSW DEC • The NSW DEC Literacy K-12 Policy is the foundation for NSW

DEC literacy programs and resources. • Several programs and initiatives use the Literacy Continuum K-

10 as a professional learning and teaching tool.


All learning areas • While literacy comprises a complex repertoire of knowledge

and skills that develop throughout the years of schooling, its practical application is at the core of teaching and learning.

• Accordingly, literacy is not a subject in its own right but is fundamental to all learning areas. (An introduction to quality literacy teaching, NSW DET, 2009 p. 11)

• Literacy is a general capability included in learning across the curriculum content in the NSW syllabuses for the Australian

curriculum.


The Literacy continuum K-6

The Literacy continuum describes the development of literacy knowledge, skills and strategies typically expected of most students in eight areas identified as critical to literacy progress.

The continuum maps how each critical aspect develops by identifying key markers of expected student progress across the years of schooling.

These continuum markers support teachers to assess, plan and teach literacy and reinforce the need for continuity in literacy teaching and learning.

Print versionandInteractivecontinuum


Using the continuum: Beware!

What the Literacy continuum 7-10 is not:

• a checklist• a rubric• a formal assessment tool• intended for use as an A-E summative

assessment scale• a dot point list of syllabus outcomes or

content points


Critical aspects definitionsLiteracy continuum

Reading texts

ComprehensionVocabularyknowledge

Aspects of writing

Aspects of speaking Phonics

Phonemic awareness

Concepts about print



Critical aspects definitions (con)Literacy continuum

Reading texts

ComprehensionVocabularyknowledge

Aspects of writing

Aspects of speaking Phonics

Phonemic awareness




Constrained and unconstrained skills

Reading textsComprehension

Vocabulary knowledge

Aspects of writing

Aspects of speaking

Phonics

Phonemic awareness


Constrained skills


Within each aspect, threads indicate areas of knowledge and skills within an overall aspect. For example, Aspects of writing includes the following threads:

• Ideas (creating texts)/Purpose/Audience• Planning & text structure• Language features/literary devices• Paragraphing• Sentence structure• Punctuation• Spelling• Handwriting/Computer• Grammar• Editing/proofing• Mediums/Modes Ideas (creating texts)/Purpose/Audience

What are ‘threads’?

►(spelling)

• Attempts to spell high frequency words that have been taught

• Demonstrates a range of spelling strategies to spell familiar words

►(sentence structure)

• Produces some compound sentences using conjunctions to join ideas

Produces a range of grammatically accurate sentences

►(handwriting)

• Uses correct pencil grip, paper placement, posture and knows how to self-correct

Fluently writes letters of consistent size and formation in NSW Foundation style

Literacy learners after 1 year at school Literacy learners after 3 years at school

Literacy Continuum K-6

12 cluster markers(with school year)

8 Critical Aspects

Clusters across stages/years

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NSW Interactive continuum 7–10 Critical aspects

Learning

Sequence

Examples of Teaching Ideas

Markers for the cluster (in the aspect)

Teaching Ideas with instructions.


Where do I find the continuum ? • There are two ways of accessing

the Literacy K-10 continuum through:

• 1. An A1 (K-6) and A2 (7-10) print or ‘poster’ version is available as a PDF and to download go to: http://www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/literacy/index.htm

• 2. As an online interactive version• http

://www.literacy-continuum.det.nsw.edu.au/



http://www.literacy-continuum.det.nsw.edu.au/




At the school level…• Schools can use the Literacy continuum K-6 to:• encourage the whole school community to take collective responsibility for

the development of students’ literacy skills • engage teachers in using the process of explicit and systematic teaching• support teachers to make informed, consistent judgements about students’

literacy progress• develop targets for literacy learning in every school year• track and monitor literacy skills development across the whole school, stage

and/or year level• identify those students in need of intervention to improve their literacy skills• connect teacher professional learning to the critical aspect/s that the data

shows is in need of development• increase parents’ understanding of literacy and its development in students

throughout their schooling • increase parents’ understanding of ‘school language’ used to describe the

literacy learner.


Teachers can use the Literacy continuum K-6 to:

develop / strengthen their knowledge of the development of critical aspects of literacy • engender a more systematic understanding of student literacy development• provide a better understanding of prior literacy learning and where next to focus

teaching• gather student information for formative and summative assessment purposes• determine starting points for their literacy teaching• plan for ‘where to next’• identify the strengths, weaknesses and needs of individual students• inform appropriate grouping of students for effective teaching• track and monitor students’ literacy progress in their class• provide feedback to students about their literacy progress • inform students of the explicit criteria needed in order to attain the next level of

learning• integrate the development of literacy skills with content knowledge across Key

Learning Areas• participate in a consistent and collegial approach to using assessment, planning for

teaching and instruction in the classroom.


At the student level…

• A student can use the Literacy continuum K-6 to:

• identify what he/she can do at given points in time• monitor his/her own literacy progress over time• understand how well his/her learning has been performed • determine what strategies could be used to attain the next level of learning• reflect on his/her literacy learning• make the connection between literacy learning and successful life skills• make the connection between literacy development and learning in all Key

Learning Areas• support peers to understand literacy skills and knowledge across critical

aspects and clusters.


Speaking

It takes time for students to have high – level classroom discussions .They need plenty of practice with informal conversation in pairs and triads.Students need to be talking and not sitting passively for long periods. For every 5-8 minutes you talk, give them 1-2 minutes to talk to each other about what you have just said.


Writing

Just like conversation, writing helps us make connections to our learning and make connections to our own lives and other’s lives.You can’t avoid thinking when you write.Students need to be writing every day, in every classroom.


Reading

We need to inspire both a love for reading and in reading in our students.Reading for a purpose, making predictions and using graphic organisers will support all our students.


How to Order Continuums

• Yvonne Hughes is the Numeracy Advisor K-6 [email protected]

• Annette Gray is the Literacy Advisor K-6

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Other resources.

http://www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/secondary/pdhpe/crosscurriculum/literacy/index.htm Some great ideas in PDHPE but useful in all KLA’s.http://www.education.vic.gov.au/school/teachers/teachingresources/discipline/english/proflearn/pages/litlearn.aspxLiteracy training. Useful sections.http://www.edutopia.org/blog/literacy-instruction-across-curriculum-importanceInteresting quick read.

http://www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/secondary/pdhpe/crosscurriculum/literacy/index.htm



http://www.education.vic.gov.au/school/teachers/teachingresources/discipline/english/proflearn/pages/litlearn.aspx



http://www.edutopia.org/blog/literacy-instruction-across-curriculum-importance




BOSTES

• http://www.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au/7-10-literacy-numeracy/

• Excellent resource.

http://www.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au/7-10-literacy-numeracy/




BOSTES – Engaging Students Through Literacy and Numeracy.

Kerry Sheehan – Project CoordinatorLouise Ward – English InspectorPeter Osland – Mathematics Inspector

[email protected]


Presenter

Anne CowellBest Start OfficerWagga Office02 6937 3810

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