Literacy learning
materials for schools
The taskforce agreed that teachers need more assistance than is currently
available through the materials provided. This does not mean step-by-step
instructions for teachers to follow but more detail to help them
to select and use appropriate instructional approaches and strategies,
particularly those to be used with children who are in underachieving
groups.
Report of the Literacy Taskforce, page 16 |
Over the past three years, a variety of materials has been developed
to provide teachers with the kind of guidance recommended by the taskforce.
Teachers' feedback on these materials has been extremely positive. Examples
of such materials are the School Journal Teachers' Notes for
each new issue of Part 1 and Part 2 and the Ready to Read Teacher
Support Material, now available for the emergent and early levels.
After publication, these materials are prepared for online delivery
at www.tki.org.nz/r/literacy_numeracy/professional/teachers_notes/
The 2002 edition of the popular, biennial classified guide Books
for Junior Classes (item 26583) lists over a hundred new titles,
all related to Ready to Read colour-wheel levels. In 2000, schools received
a kit (book, audiotape, and video) on Using Running Records.
The book (item 12583) can be ordered separately.
Under development are a video on guided reading, a resource on literacy in junior classes, and a resource showing teachers how they can integrate for developing phonological awareness into their literacy programmes activities.
Reading
materials for years 1 to 10
A family of resources supports literacy learning in primary and early
secondary classes. Each issue of Resource Link describes the
most recent publications to appear in:
- Ready to Read (years 1 to 3)
- Junior Journal (years 2 to 3)
- School Journal, Parts 1, 2, 3, and 4 (years 4 to 8)
- School Journal Story Library (years 6 to 10)
- Choices (years 9 and 10).
More
audio support than ever
Audio brings variety to literacy programmes and supports the principle
of "the use of a wide range of interesting material, fiction and non-fiction,
in a range of media" (Report of the Literacy Taskforce, page
13). The recent move to CDs in Ready to Read and the School Journal
means more stories, articles, poems, and plays, better sound quality,
and ease of track selection.
Interactive
multimedia to engage reluctant readers
The Game and other stories (item 26577) is a CD-ROM containing
11 illustrated texts with audio, glossary, and activities. It is designed
to help raise the performance of reluctant readers in years 7 to 10
and has a particular emphasis on the interests of Māori and Pasifika
boys. The texts have been adapted from the School Journal and
the School Journal Story Library.
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