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Suggested Components for 90-Minute Wave 1

Literacy Blocks throughout Primary years

Notes

These are suggestions only, but reflect the need to include components of each

of the Big Six in each Literacy Block (with exception of phon. awareness which

needs no further isolated teaching once single phonemes can be identified

All students (Wave 1, 2 and 3) participate in the group reading session (usually

the first 30 mins)

Wave 2 students participate in entire 90 minutes of Literacy Block, but also

receive an additional 30 minutes of small group (3-5 students) instruction 3-4

times/week until monitoring reveals they have caught up.

Wave 2 students move to Wave 3 intervention if sufficient progress not made

after two terms of Wave 2 intervention (or after one term if lack of progress is

very marked)

Wave 3 students leave whole class and join smaller group for more intensive

instruction for last hour of Literacy Block.

Wave 3 groups must be kept small (1-3 students) and should work with a highly

skilled instructor.*

Handwriting, i.e. explicit instruction in letter formation, should be done

separately from the Literacy Block.

Extended writing should also be done outside time allocated for Literacy Block,

although many of the core components will include writing especially in the

upper primary years.

Once children are reading connected text beyond decodable books, there

should be other opportunities for extended reading throughout week.

Explicit instruction in phonics, and the blending and segmenting of

sounds in words will continue to build phonemic awareness skills, therefore no

need to teach phonemic awareness in isolation.

* This can be a Student Support Officer, but only if well-trained in intensive small

group instruction and operating under teacher’s guidance.

Deslea Konza ECU 2011

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