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Foundation Assessment Schedule
The following Foundation year assessment schedule and scope and sequence outlines have been provided as a general term-by-term guide from which schools can adapt their scheduling. While some students will progress faster and some slower, these plans should be considered for the bulk of students. Screening and tracking is an essential part of the PLD […]
The following Foundation year assessment schedule and scope and sequence outlines have been provided as a general term-by-term guide from which schools can adapt their
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Whole School Phonic Sight Word Sequence Placement Screening
The Phonic Sight Word Sequence placement test, is designed to very quickly establish the range in ability within a class, and provide the stages or levels for which explicit, structured teaching is required.
How to present the Whole School Phonic Sight Word Sequence Placement Screening Present the screen below to each class (ideally in week 1 of Term
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Early Years Pre-Literacy Screening
The Pre-Literacy Screens have been designed to profile the acquisition of core literacy precursor skills that will impact later reading, spelling and phonic development.
The screen focuses on two main skills: 1. Phonological Awareness: the ability to attend to the phonological structure or sound structure of words. 2. Alphabetic
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PLD’s 2020 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
Foundation Pre-Literacy Screen
Revised for 2020.
The screen focuses upon two main skills:
- Phonological Awareness: the ability to attend to the phonological structure or sound structure of words.
- Alphabetic Knowledge: or more specifically letter sound identification.
Both skills have been identified in education, speech pathology, educational psychology and dyslexia research as predictors of success and difficulties in reading performance.
This screen tracks the precursors of decoding (ie: blending the alphabet sounds) and the precursors of spelling (ie: phonemic segmentation and alphabet recall and formation).
The Foundation Pre-Literacy Screen covers:
- Subtest 1: Blending which is a precursor to decoding or reading ability
- Subtest 2: Alphabet Sound Knowledge to support reading
- Subtest 3: Segmentation of CVC Words a precursor to spelling and writing
- Subtest 4: Alphabet Sound Recall & Formation – Supporting Spelling & Writing
The stimulus sheets are available in cursive and Foundation Font. This screen also applies to: Pre-Primary (WA), Kindergarten (NSW/ACT), Prep (QLD/VIC/TAS) Reception (SA) & Transition (NT). If training is required to administer this assessment, please refer to the following online course: https://courses.pld-literacy.org/courses/Learning-to-read-spell-and-write-in-Foundation
Please note that the test results can be applied directly to excel tracking sheets. Request the 2020 Student Monitoring and Tracking Spreadsheet here.
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Learning to Blend Three Phonemes
From $51.00$51.00 incl. GST A phonemic awareness blending program, designed to prepare children for reading.
Phonological awareness (and more specifically phonemic awareness) appears to unlock the mystery of word recognition and spelling. Once a child is conscious of the sounds that comprise words, the mapping of the sounds to the alphabetic system occurs with much greater ease. The phonemic awareness pre-requisite for reading simple regular CVC [consonant-vowel-consonant] words such as ‘fig’, ‘tin’ and ‘mat’ is the skill of blending. First students must learn to blend at an onset and rime level. E.g. ‘Listen carefully and put these sounds together and guess this word:’ ‘f’ (one second pause) ‘ig’?’ Students then learn to blend at the phonemic or individual sound level: E.g. ‘Listen carefully and put these sounds together and guess this word; ‘m’ (one second pause) ‘a’ (one second pause) ‘t’? Answer: ‘mat’. The Phonemic Awareness Skill for Reading: Blending Despite the research supporting the importance of blending, this skill is too often overlooked. The negative side of presenting reading activities without attention to the pre-requisite skill is that it does not set up all children for success. Within Learning to Blend Three Phonemes for Early Years and Foundation, the phonemic awareness skill of blending is targeted. Blending represents an immediate precursor to decoding ability. The colour card sets form the basis of short explicit instruction sessions. The scripted instructions provide clear guidelines on how to effectively teach blending. When this program is used in conjunction with screening this program forms a significant component in a school’s preventative/early intervention strategy. Includes: A no-preparation required spiral bound A5 full colour flip book. Introduction/Note from the author. Over 40 coloured picture which develop the skill of blending. Each card has specific scripted instructions. A progress check/skill assessment to review readiness for reading. Aim for 2-3 minutes of blending several times a day. This publication is mentioned within the Whole School Literacy Strategy booklet on pages 6 & 10.
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Decoding and Spelling Games – Stage 1
From $57.00$57.00 incl. GST A program to develop single word decoding and spelling skills for students operating at Stage 1. Games and tasks for targeted small groups and home programs.
Over time children become more efficient in a visual and an auditory sense. For example, rather than decoding the word ‘teeth’ in three parts the word may be decoded in two parts (e.g. t-eeth or tee-th). Decoding and spelling games for ages 5 to 7 is designed to provide further decoding practice to help students establish automatic word recognition. Single word spelling involves three primary core base skills: Auditory skills Visual skills Fine motor skills Once this spelling process has been rehearsed the students can typically spell the word automatically and often through the application of letter names ‘c-h-a-i-n’. Students will typically read better than they will spell. This is because the recognition of the words (i.e. reading) is typically much easier than the reproduction of the letter sound correspondences to formulate the words. Features: Single word phonic word attack skills require explicit instruction and repeated practice. Once single word skills are established, they are more likely to transfer across to written work. The program is designed for individuals or small groups of students who require repeated opportunities to consolidate stage 1 spelling and decoding. The stage 1 program is organised in four sections: Target 1: CVC Target 2: CVC with early phonic concepts sh, ch, th, oo, ee, ck Target 3: CCVC and CVCC words Target 4: Phonic concepts such as ar, or, er, ai, oi The game-based activities provide multiple opportunities to rehearse word attack skills at a reading and spelling level. This publication is mentioned within the ‘Whole School Literacy Strategy‘ booklet on page 11 & 18.
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Alphabet sound charts – Foundation Font
From $30.00$30.00 incl. GST A multi-sensory approach to learning alphabet sounds through listening, seeing and saying.
Children require knowledge of the alphabet in order to learn to read, spell and write. Alphabet sound knowledge is the key to early literacy learning, rather than letter naming. For example: In order to read the word ‘dog’ a child must recognise each letter symbol and convert each symbol into the correct sound ‘d’, ‘oh’, ‘g’ and then the child must blend the sounds together (phonemic blending ability). In order to spell the basic word ‘cup’ a child must first ‘sound-out’ (or phonemically segment) ‘c’, ‘u’, ‘p’ and then the child must recall and apply in the correct order the alphabet symbols. As these examples illustrate, alphabetic letter naming does not help a child to blend nor segment the sounds in words. It is their knowledge of the alphabet sounds which allows them to read and spell the words. For this reason, Alphabet sound charts contain bright and attractive charts that represent the alphabet sounds and the mouth position that produces the sound for early literacy learners. Within this resource, designed by Speech Pathologists for teachers and parents, a multi-sensory approach to teaching the alphabetic letter sounds has been adopted: Children see what mouth looks like when producing the alphabet sound (via the visual representation of the mouth on each chart). Children kinaesthetically feel what their mouth is doing when they produce the alphabet sounds. Children also visually connect a core picture/word with the alphabet sound (e.g. ‘mix’, ‘tiger’ and ‘snake’). From an auditory (and phonemic awareness) perspective children identify the initial sound in simple target words (e.g. tiger starts with a ‘t’). The recommended order of presentation Group 1: s, p, n, i, a, t (cards with a yellow border) Group 2: m, r, h, e, d, c (cards with a blue border) Group 3: f, l, g, o, u b (cards with a green border) Group 4: w, j, v, k, z, y, q, x (cards with a red border) Includes: 26 x A4 colour cards General information card This publication is mentioned within the ‘Whole School Literacy Strategy‘ booklet on page 11. Other phonic posters, available in print or as eBooks, in this series: Phonic Charts – Stage 1 Phonic Charts – Stage 2 Phonic Charts – Stage 3 Phonic Charts – Stage 4
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Learning to Segment CVC Words
From $51.00$51.00 incl. GST A phonemic awareness segmentation program, designed to prepare children for spelling.
Phonological awareness (and more specifically phonemic awareness) appears to unlock the mystery of word recognition and spelling. Once a child is conscious of the sounds that comprise words, the mapping of the sounds to the alphabetic system occurs with much greater ease. The Phonemic Awareness Readiness for Spelling The phonemic awareness pre-requisite for spelling simple regular CVC [consonant-vowel-consonant] words such as ‘tap’, ‘sun’ and ‘log’ is the skill of segmentation. E.g. ‘What sounds can you ‘hear’ (i.e. identify) in the word ‘peg’?’ Answer: ‘p’… ‘e’… ‘g’. The simple but powerful learning activities included in Learning to Segment CVC words for Foundation learners, provide multiple opportunities for students rehearse this important pre-requisite skill. The negative side of presenting activities without attention to the pre-requisite skill is that it does not set up all children for success. When this program is used in conjunction with screening this program forms a significant component in a school’s preventative/early intervention strategy. Includes: A no-preparation required full colour eBook. Introduction/Note from the author. Over 40 coloured picture which develop the skill of segmentation. Each card has specific scripted instructions providing clear guidelines on how to effectively teach segmentation. A progress check/skill assessment to review readiness for spelling. The colour card sets form the basis of short explicit instruction sessions. This publication is mentioned within the ‘Whole School Literacy Strategy’ booklet on page 10.
