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Primary 1 Curriculum Workshop:Language

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Primary 1 Language

ReadingWritingTalking Listening

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INTERDICIPLINARY CONTEXTS

TERM 1

Road Safety

TERM 2

The Seasons

TERM 3

Ourselves

TERM 4

People Who Help Us In School

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Early Language Skills

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What helps Reading?•Awareness of rhyme

•Being able to first identify & then recognise letters

•Others at home modelling reading

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Concepts of Print

• Back, front, picture, page, cover

• Recognition of letters upper and lower case

• Rhyme, alliteration

• Letter, space, word, sentence, punctuation

• Left -> right, top -> bottom• Knowing what they read, the difference between text and pictures

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Our Approach to ReadingNot just one method but a range of strategies

•Look and Say

•Phonics

•Reading for MeaningWhy?All children are different and have different learning styles

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PhonicsBlending

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Onset and rime

Synthetic phonics

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Reading Homework Now•Match words and letters•Build words using letters•Build a sentence using words•Copy letters, words and sentences •Look for words/letters in the environment

Reading Homework Later•Learn new words, revisit old ones•Paired Reading•Ask both literal and inferential questions•Ask child to sequence story, predict, retell•Link what they have read to what they already know•Apply what they know about sounds and words to writing

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What is Paired Reading?Promotes reading skills, self confidence and

enjoyment of books

Sharing a book – 4 stages1. Parent reads 2. Parent and child read together -

adult taking the lead3. Parent and child read together - child

encouraged to take the lead4. Child reads

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QUESTION WORD? ANSWER

Who A person, a name

When A time of day, day of the week, date etc

Where A place

Which The reader usually has to choose from a selection

What Depends on how the question is worded, but usually a thing

How An explanation

How many A number

How..big, far, tall etc Also involve an explanation

Why A reason (very often using because)

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Reading doesn’t have to look like this.

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All Reading is Valuable

AloneReading to an adult/other child

Being read to

Newspapers/ comics

Research/ instructions

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Listening SkillsGood eye contact, sitting still, nodding, respondingHear small differences (p & b)Recite rhymes and poems from memoryListen for information, instructions and directionsRetell simple stories, instructions, correctly sequencedTake a turn

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Ask for helpAsk/answer questionsGive simple definitionsExpress thoughts and feelingsBe able to use new words and phrases to express, ideas, thoughts and feelingsSpeak clearly and audiblyBe aware of their audienceConvey information, instructions and directions

Talking Skills

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Pre Writing

Child needs to develop muscle tone and control in fingers and handsConstruction toys like, Duplo, Lego, MecannoPlay Dough, plasticineJigsawsThreading beads, tying laces, zips, buttonsCutting, gluing, sticking, painting, scribbling, colouring in, tracing, dot to dot

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Writing• Pencil hold•Letter formation•Experiment with writing•Write own name•Understand we use writing to communicate•Copy a letter, word, sentence•Compose a sentence•Think and talk about writing before starting

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