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Comprehension strategies – Resources
Teaching Literacy Strategies
This package provides key resources that assist
teachers to better understand comprehension
and how to explicitly teach six comprehension
strategies in the classroom.
It provides resources that support teachers to
examine the important role of rich talk in
classrooms and its connection to comprehension.
Teaching comprehension strategies booklet
Booklet covers the Super Six strategies:
Making connections
Predicting
Questioning
Monitoring
Visualising
Summarising
Talk Around Text – video
Professor Freebody discusses how parents and
teachers can better support children in reading
and writing.
Rich Talk About Text – video
Professor P. Davis Pearson informs us that the
real goals of reading instruction are
comprehension, understanding, enjoyment and
insight for every child.
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Recommended text
Recommended text
English syllabus K-6 – Board of Studies
English K-6 Modules - Board of Studies
DEC Literacy Website developed by the Literacy
Unit.
The Literacy Unit at Curriculum and Learning
Innovation Centre leads the Department’s actions and
responses to core literacy issues under the Office of
Schools Plan 2009-2011 and the State’s Literacy K-12
Policy.
The Literacy Unit provides literacy professional
learning support, materials and programs for regions,
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schools and teachers.
DEC Literacy Publications Main website which
contains links to all literacy publications
In this section, you will find publications organised
from new literacy publications to publications
developed under the previous NSW State Literacy
Strategy and finally literacy support materials for
parents.
You will find publications organised under the
following headings:
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New literacy publications
Best Start publications
Publications developed under the previous
NSW State Literacy Strategy.
Literacy continuum (K-6)
NB: This draft continuum will be revised and extended
to Year 10.
This continuum defines eight aspects of literacy found
in the research to be critical to successful literacy
acquisition.
It describes the development typically expected of
most students in the eight aspects :
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Reading texts
Comprehension
Vocabulary knowledge
Aspects of writing
Aspects of speaking
Phonics
Phonemic awareness
Concepts about print
Interactive version
Interactive version further info in downloads for each
cluster
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This guide, An introduction to quality literacy teaching,
provides advice for teachers from Kindergarten to Year
12 on what can be considered the cornerstones of
quality literacy teaching in NSW public schools, that is,
literacy teaching that is explicit, systematic, balanced
and integrated.
New Literacy professional learning packages and
resources
Professional learning packages are collections of
related learning materials assembled under particular
topics. The contents of these new packages may
include video presentations, professional reading,
bibliographies, teaching ideas or professional learning
suggestions.
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