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Foundation Assessment Schedule
The following Foundation full year assessment schedule and scope and sequence have been extracted from the Foundation Screening & Tracking Manual. Within this download, outlines
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Difficulty Acquiring the Alphabet Sounds – Screen
In-depth Screens (when students are slow to progress or are experiencing difficulties) with acquiring their alphabet sounds.This screen has been designed to identify why students are not progressing or why they are experiencing difficulties acquiring skills. The screens highlight what additional
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Foundation Pre-Literacy Screen
Revised for 2020.The Foundation Pre-Literacy Screens have been designed to profile the acquisition of core literacy precursor skills that will impact later reading, spelling and phonic development.
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PLD’s Whole School Literacy Plan
The document outlines how to implement PLD's literacy, Movement and Motor and Oral Language resources during the Early Years, Foundation, Year 1 & 2 and across Years 3 to 6. Each page provides suggested time frames and implementation recommendations.The purpose of this document is to provide an implementation outline to assist schools in scheduling the PLD programs within a broad school-based strategy. When
Essential Foundation Literacy Starter Pack
Code: EFL1
Year Level: Foundation
$478.15 (inc. $34.38 GST)
By the end of the Foundation school year, children should be able to read and spell CVC and CCVC words and words with a range of the common Stage 1 digraphs and write dictated and self-generated sentences. The Essential Foundation Literacy Starter Pack contains everything you need from blending three phonemes, to segmenting CVC words, through to first spelling and writing activities.
Foundation refers to Pre-primary(WA), Kindergarten (NSW/ACT), Prep (QLD/VIC/TAS) Reception (SA).
The Essential Foundation Literacy Starter Pack contains a mixture of flipbooks and A4 resources such as:
Other Essential Literacy Starter Packs:
- Essential Early Years Literacy Starter Pack
- Essential Foundation Literacy Starter Pack
- Essential Year 1 Literacy Starter Pack
- Essential Year 2 Literacy Starter Pack
- Essential Year 3 & 4 Literacy Starter Pack
- Essential Year 5 & 6 Literacy Starter Pack
Foundation: Pre-Primary (WA), Kindy (NSW/ACT), Prep (QLD/VIC/TAS), Reception (SA), Transition (NT)
The development of literacy in early childhood and into primary school serves as one of the most crucial foundations for a child’s life.
Being able to read, write, speak and listen gives a child invaluable social skills and confidence to become healthy and happy into adulthood.
Literacy development in early years can significantly impact a child’s career and personal happiness, through to becoming a balanced adult with all the necessary skills to cope with daily life.
The Foundation school year is one of the most important years of schooling. This is the year that students learn to read, spell and write.
The below resources provide Foundation teachers with a step-by-step guide to using PLD in the classroom.
What to teach? When to teach? How to cater to the range in ability? Download the Foundation Teaching Sequence Manual which outlines Literacy, Oral Language and Movement & Motor teaching and learning outcomes.
What to screen? When to screen? How to screen? and How to report on the data? Download the Foundation Screening & Tracking Manual. Each manual outlines detailed instructions, the materials required, time allocations and discontinuation rules.
Essential Foundation Literacy Starter Pack
Code: EFL1
Year Level: Foundation
$478.15 (inc. $34.38 GST)
By the end of the Foundation school year, children should be able to read and spell CVC and CCVC words and words with a range of the common Stage 1 digraphs and write dictated and self-generated sentences. The Essential Foundation Literacy Starter Pack contains everything you need from blending three phonemes, to segmenting CVC words, through to first spelling and writing activities.
Foundation refers to Pre-primary(WA), Kindergarten (NSW/ACT), Prep (QLD/VIC/TAS) Reception (SA).
The Essential Foundation Literacy Starter Pack contains a mixture of flipbooks and A4 resources such as:
Other Essential Literacy Starter Packs:
- Essential Early Years Literacy Starter Pack
- Essential Foundation Literacy Starter Pack
- Essential Year 1 Literacy Starter Pack
- Essential Year 2 Literacy Starter Pack
- Essential Year 3 & 4 Literacy Starter Pack
- Essential Year 5 & 6 Literacy Starter Pack
Foundation: Pre-Primary (WA), Kindy (NSW/ACT), Prep (QLD/VIC/TAS), Reception (SA), Transition (NT)
The development of literacy in early childhood and into primary school serves as one of the most crucial foundations for a child’s life.
Being able to read, write, speak and listen gives a child invaluable social skills and confidence to become healthy and happy into adulthood.
Literacy development in early years can significantly impact a child’s career and personal happiness, through to becoming a balanced adult with all the necessary skills to cope with daily life.
The Foundation school year is one of the most important years of schooling. This is the year that students learn to read, spell and write.
The below resources provide Foundation teachers with a step-by-step guide to using PLD in the classroom.
What to teach? When to teach? How to cater to the range in ability? Download the Foundation Teaching Sequence Manual which outlines Literacy, Oral Language and Movement & Motor teaching and learning outcomes.
What to screen? When to screen? How to screen? and How to report on the data? Download the Foundation Screening & Tracking Manual. Each manual outlines detailed instructions, the materials required, time allocations and discontinuation rules.
Essential Foundation Literacy Starter Pack – School License
School licensing options are currently being developed to allow schools to share products with staff electronically (e.g. saved on servers or accessible within online platforms) and will be available soon. If you would like to be notified when this offering is available, please express your interest here.
Books: PLD’s books may only be used by the Authorised Purchaser, and the Authorised Purchaser’s students, and only in conjunction with classes taken by the Authorised Purchaser. PLD’s books may be photocopied up to 10% per year for use only by the Authorised Purchaser. The Authorised Purchaser is defined as the original purchaser of the PLD materials.
eBooks: PLD’s eBooks may only be used by the Authorised Purchaser, and the Authorised Purchaser’s students, and only in conjunction with classes taken by the Authorised Purchaser. The Authorised Purchaser is defined as the original purchaser of the PLD eBook. Under the ‘Statutory Educational License’ the authorised purchaser can:
- View the eBook as a whole or in part
- Copy the eBook to their personal drive or locally on their device
- Display the eBook on your Interactive Whiteboard, projector or smart TV, for the purpose of teaching the students in their own classroom
- Photocopy or print up to 10% of the eBook per year, for use with the students in their classroom(s).
For copyright purposes, every page of the PLD eBooks will be stamped with the name & email address provided by the purchaser at the time of order. PLD ebooks belong solely to the purchaser and may not be shared with colleagues, parents or anyone else. PLD eBooks must not be uploaded to school servers, intranets or online platforms. Schools wishing to license PLD eBooks can contact us HERE.
School Licences: A School Licence is a multi-user subscription to a PLD resource, such as a book or program, in a digital and printable format that is accessible via the ‘My Subscription’ section of the PLD website. A School Licence is valid for 12 months from the date of purchase and can be used by an unlimited number of teachers within a school. When bought under a School Licence:
- Resources are accessible in digital, flipbook format, which teachers can access from anywhere, at any time, on any device via the PLD website.
- The resources can be used by any amount of teachers in that school.
- Multiple teachers can access the resources simultaneously.
- The resource is available to print, subject to the standard 10% per year limitation as per Australian Copyright law.
- Updated versions of resources will be automatically accessible to users with a current licence for free, ensuring all users have access to the latest versions of resources.
- Resources are stored centrally and accessed via a secure login account on the PLD website. Thus, all currently subscription resources are accessible in the one convenient place, making resources extremely easy to find. Moreso, the school license offering eradicates the frustration of lost or misplaced resources and programs which happens often with hardback books.
Additional information can be accessed via the following links:
Books: https://support.pld-literacy.org/en-au/article/plds-printed-electronic-materials-how-can-they-be-used-can-i-share-them-with-a-friendcolleague-9lk4y/
eBooks: https://support.pld-literacy.org/en-au/article/the-pld-ebooks-how-can-they-be-used-what-is-the-copyright-policy-ptfya8/
PLD’s Copyright Policy: https://support.pld-literacy.org/en-au/article/copyright-and-terms-of-use-of-pld-literacy-15tkcer/