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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
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4 Year Old Comprehension Questions Progress Check
A screen of comprehension ability focusing on Blank Level 2 and 3 questions.The Comprehension Questions screens can be used to assess a child’s progress with the comprehension programs or to allow for the identification of areas of
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Recommended Picture Books to Read to 4 Year Olds
A recommended reading book list that promotes the development of oral language skills in children aged 4 years old.The books in this guide outline quality age-appropriate recommendations only and do not align with specific PLD programs. The lists have been created by speech
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A Whole School Approach to Developing Narrative Skills
An information sheet outlining a step by step, whole school approach to developing narrative skills using PLD's programs.Research focused on narrative ability has repeatedly reported a correlation between literacy and academic achievement. Narrative training programs have also been shown to produce positive
Picture Book Recounting – Step 1
Code: Pbr4
Year Level: Early Years
$82.50 (inc. $7.50 GST)
Developing oral narrative skills for later writing & comprehension.
Picture Book Retelling Step 1, is a teaching resource that attempts to break down early picture book retelling skills into simple sequential steps for teachers and parents to follow with their students and children. The program trains parents and teachers to identify where three and four year old students need to develop and strengthen their oral language skills and presents specific techniques and supports to do so.
Ideal for Early Years and Pre-Primary students, Picture Book Retelling – Step 1 provides:
- Assessment and monitoring procedures
- Planning and programming supports
- Visual Supports
- Includes colour storytelling cards which assist early retelling efforts.
- Retell summaries for over 40 exciting and engaging picture books such as ‘Possum Magic’ By Mem Fox, ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’ By Eric Carle, ‘A sausage went for a walk’ By Elisha Marjid and many more!
- Techniques and strategies are outlined when a child provides poor retell of a story.
- Techniques and strategies to develop and accelerate language skills.
- Guidelines for structuring whole class, small group and individual activities.
- Comprehension questions.
- Retelling evaluation screen.
- Parent information sheets.
- Recommended books to read for Four Year Olds.
- A structured program designed by speech pathologists for teacher and parents.
Storytelling can be a challenge for 3-4 year old students and teachers, however, practice is the key and the more students are exposed to the language associated with telling news or stories the more their expressive language will improve.
This product is mentioned in the Early Years Teaching Sequence Manual on page 7.
The programs within the range include:
Early Years Programs:
Foundation Programs:
Year 1 & 2 Program:
Year 3, 4, 5 & 6 Program
Picture Book Recounting – Step 1 - eBook
Code: Pbr4e
Year Level: Early Years
$65.00 (inc. $5.91 GST)
Developing oral narrative skills for later writing & comprehension.
Picture Book Retelling Step 1, is a teaching resource that attempts to break down early picture book retelling skills into simple sequential steps for teachers and parents to follow with their students and children. The program trains parents and teachers to identify where three and four year old students need to develop and strengthen their oral language skills and presents specific techniques and supports to do so.
Ideal for Early Years and Pre-Primary students, Picture Book Retelling – Step 1 provides:
- Assessment and monitoring procedures
- Planning and programming supports
- Visual Supports
- Includes colour storytelling cards which assist early retelling efforts.
- Retell summaries for over 40 exciting and engaging picture books such as ‘Possum Magic’ By Mem Fox, ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’ By Eric Carle, ‘A sausage went for a walk’ By Elisha Marjid and many more!
- Techniques and strategies are outlined when a child provides poor retell of a story.
- Techniques and strategies to develop and accelerate language skills.
- Guidelines for structuring whole class, small group and individual activities.
- Comprehension questions.
- Retelling evaluation screen.
- Parent information sheets.
- Recommended books to read for Four Year Olds.
- A structured program designed by speech pathologists for teacher and parents.
Storytelling can be a challenge for 3-4 year old students and teachers, however, practice is the key and the more students are exposed to the language associated with telling news or stories the more their expressive language will improve.
This product is mentioned in the Early Years Teaching Sequence Manual on page 7.
The programs within the range include:
Early Years Programs:
Foundation Programs:
Year 1 & 2 Program:
Year 3, 4, 5 & 6 Program
Picture Book Recounting – Step 1 – School License
This product is currently not available as a School License.
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 available on all devices.
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.
To read more about school licencing and to view the full range of licensed publications select PLD School Licences
Below you will find a range of FAQ'S related to school licences:
- What is a PLD School Licence?
- What are the benefits of a School Licence?
- What PLD resources are available to buy under a School Licence?
- Who should purchase the School Licence?
- How do I purchase a School Licence?
- How do I add a teacher to a School Licence?
- How do I remove a teacher from a School Licence?
- I don’t know whether to buy a School Licence or an EBook.
- Can I share my School Licence with teachers from other schools?
- Can I store a school licensed resource on my school’s server?
- Can I print out copies of the digital versions?
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/
ISBN :
9 781925 769210
ISBN :
9 781925 769210