Years 2 -7 Literacy Teaching. Reading to Learn Speed Reading and Higher Order Thinking. Using a Writer’s Voice with high level grammar and punctuation skills and a focus on content. Prep and Year 1 Learning to Read, Write and Spell Independently. Phonemic Awareness, Auditory Processing and Oral Language Issues Overcome.

Incorporating Big Write

Speech Sound Pics (SSP) Approach Copyright 2014

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When this 2 hour block is used in Prep and Year 1 you can then simply use the 1 -2 hr block in Years 2- 7 for literacy teaching as all can now read and spell. See next slide. However, if they have not used SSP in Prep and Year 1 you need an SSP Bridging Program. The ideal is that in term 1 (or terms 1 and 2 if necessary) that you use the whole 2 hour block to make sure all are coding effectively, and all understand HOW to read, write and spell. It is clear to the students that all need to graduate from Blue before the end of the term. So give them the Code Level video to do at home (they can do this without parent help) and when they ‘pass it’ they move up. To pass it you just watch them going through it (get a TA to assess, or a keen parent helper) By the end of this one term – in Years 2- 7 EVERY student in the class should be able to read chapter books, and understand them, and be able to spell words without difficulty. So in term 1 (and possibly 2); Speedy Decoding in Pairs. Daily Six *Year 2 and 3 – Poster Work. *Use this with individual children in Years 4-7, as Rapid Writing a 1:1 or small group intervention task three times Cracking Comprehension week (45 mins) along with the brain training . videos for coding and sight words .

Speech Sound Pics (SSP) Approach Copyright 2014

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Speedy Decoding in Pairs. Timed read alouds. Speed reading, memory task. (30 minutes) Also plan a 20 minute silent reading for pleasure time, ideally after lunch. Speedy Six. Cover all 46 Spelling Clouds in 4 terms within activity 1 and 2. (45 minutes) Alternate: Writing for a Purpose. Cracking Comprehension. (30 - 45 minutes) Speed Reading task questions. (5 mins)

Six Daily Activities.

The Speedy Six ! This is a stand alone Spelling Program

These have nothing to do with

Code or Reading Level – the whole class does this together.

Encourage collaborative learning. Incorporates fast mapping.

Say a word, the students use the SSP Spelling Strategy, up to the lines and numbers. Stop, discuss. Agree on lines. Then make choices. Discuss. Look at Clouds. Put in a sentence. Change the tense. Is it meaningful to you?

Write a word on the board. Tell the students what is it. Put it in a sentence. Visualise. What does it mean? Is it meaningful to you? They use Duck Hands to work out the speech sounds. Write the word on their board. Underline the sound pics and number. Discuss. (they could then put into a sentence, and change the tense.) There are 46 unique Spelling Clouds. Go through each during the year, covering every spelling choice for each. Incorporate ‘wow words’ etc (extend vocab knowledge).

Listen for the focus speech sound. Conductor reads a sentence (prepared) twice. Students work out the word/s with that speech sound, and the number sound pic/s. ‘I was rushing to the beach to build a sand castle’ ‘sh’ – word – rushing- number 3 word, number 3 sound pic r/u/sh/i/ng Conductor might ask some students to do it orally, and for others to write the word and underline the sound pic.

‘Hold a Sentence’ Some students may do this orally if outside of their Code Level, and other write it. However it is easier if you give a sentence at their Code Level, and all write them. Tell students to listen to their level sentence (you can use Speedy Sentences at first, or create your own). Hold It Write It Read It Check It Change It.

Give students a made up word ! They use the Spelling Strategy, but then put as many choices as they can in the time. This will improve the time it takes for them to find the right clouds, reinforce the spelling choices they already know, and show them new ones.

During the week students can also create words using the wrong sound pics for the right speech sounds, and see if they can build a word no-one can work out ! ptynne ( pt / y / nne ) - tin

Speech Sound Pics (SSP) Approach Copyright 2014

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