Sample Literacy Blocks For The Primary Years Page 4

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Sample of 90-Minute Wave 1 Literacy Block
Year One
Time
Component
30 minutes
Book Sharing and Comprehension
The teacher reads a book aloud for whole group to
model good reading strategies; expose children to a
range of text types
Example lesson content:
• making predictions using the cover picture of a
book
• find story vocabulary words as the book is read
and discuss how the words are important to the
story
10 minutes (may be a
Phonological Awareness
small group activity for
Example lesson content:
Wave 2 students who
• onset-rime blending
need additional support –
• blending sounds into words
by Year 1 most students
• segmenting words into phonemes using Elkonin
should not need separate
boxes (grids)
p.a. lessons)
20 minutes
Phonics and Word Study
Example lesson content:
• learning specific vowel digraph or letter
combination
• further instruction of high frequency words
• blending letter combinations CVC, CCVC words
using taught sounds
• practising skills by reading decodable books
15 minutes
Vocabulary
Example lesson content:
• pre-teach story words (would occur before story
reading as part of initial activity)
• use semantic maps to demonstrate word links
10 minutes
Fluency
Example lesson content:
• chunking reading by reading phrases
• reading of decodable texts
• reciting poems with rhythm
5 minutes
Share Time
The class discusses what they have learned during the
literacy block.
Deslea Konza ECU 2011

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