Junior School Curriculum and Team W ork in 2012

1. Junior School Curriculum and Team Work in 2012

2. A LITERACY SESSION • Spelling- language, flashcards (spell, sound, syllable, phonemic awareness, context and meaning, activities • Writing-: planning, modelling, monitoring, editing, follow up, correction, skills required for genres • Reading- SRA/ Guided Reading/ Comprehension – CARS and STARS

3. Reading • Reading groups (whole, small, whole) • Fitzroy Reading Program • Home Reading • SRA Boxes – Year level systems consistent • CARS and STARS – students have own resources. • Assessment includes State benchmarking, Fountisand Pinnal and TORCH.

4. Writing • Modelling writing process • Planning, writing conventions of punctuation, grammar, revising, proof reading • NAPLAN Assessment Matrix • Persuasive and narrative Scope and Sequence • Publish a minimum of 2 pieces per term • Encourage STUDENT editing

5. Spelling • Spelling Mastery • Phonics • Rules • Jolly Phonics • Frequently used words • Word Meanings and context • Written activities • language

6. Handwriting • Minimum of one formal handwriting lesson per week • Second handwriting activity can be integrated (Inquiry or Science) • Pencil grip and posture to be monitored at every level – look at back of text book • Monitor bookwork

7. A NUMERACY SESSION • Counting • Automatic response • Mental arithmetic • Focus- 4 operations • Application- correction/monitoring • Ploughing back- What have we learnt today?

8. Typical Mathematics Lesson • 5 minutes oral counting • 10 minutes mental arithmetic • 10-20 minutes explicit lesson (I do and we do) • 10 - 15 minutes independent activity • 5-10 minutes sharing

9. h d h ff ddddaaa 1243 12 hundred and 4 tens, 3 ones 124 tens, 3 ones 1243 ones OoOne thousand, two hundred and forty-three

10. Expectations • Majority of Mathematics expectations have been lifted with new MM • See other teachers complete sessions in all levels so that you know the cohort moving through. • Ruling of maths grid books consistent • Abbreviated date is a mathematical skill • SMART lessons

11. LITERACY and NUMERACY • Setting minimum rigorous benchmarks • Fast paced learning to manage the core curriculum • Intense and rigorous instruction • Moving away from learning centres and group work • Warm ups and reviews • Moving knowledge to long term memory • Repetition and multiple exposures

12. Emphasis on time on task • working noise • Listening skills • focused learning • group work is teacher monitored • Explicit instruction • Bookwork presentation • Roving • Students actively engaged in the learning process • FIRST 15 MINUTES OF DAY??

13. Everyone has a copy • JS Common Language for teacher and student automatic response • Literacy • Di graph – two letters that make one sound (ea, ee) • Tri-graph – three letters that make one sound (igh) • Quad-graph – four letters that make one sound (ough) • Morphograph – gives the word meaning ( est =the most) • Syllable - A part of a word • Short vowel sounds • Long vowel sounds • A good listener – looks at the speaker • Noun – something you can see and touch • Adjectives – describe nouns, go before nouns • Verb – action word • Adverb – ads to the verb • Commas go after time connectives • Numeracy • What is a fraction – part of a whole • Words for addition – add, sum, altogether, plus, total • Words for subtraction – subtract, minus, how many left, take away, difference • Words for multiplication – lots of, groups of, times, multiply, product • Words for division – divide, split, share between, how many each, • Regroup – not borrow or trade • YCDI • Gary Get Along • Charlie Confidence • Penny Persistence • Olivia Organisation • Rosie Resilience •  Science • Hypothesis – guess, estimate • Procedure sentences start with verbs