English

Initial Lit 

Reading, Viewing, Listening and Speaking 

In Term 4, Year One will begin to revise and consolidate the phonemes taught this year. This consolidation will prepare the learners for the Year 2 program of InitiaLit. Through InitiaLit, teachers will reinforce the skills for decoding and reading, moving away from previously taught strategies of ‘guess the word using the picture’. Learners are encouraged to recognise single letter sounds, digraphs and trigraphs to decode and read words, and understand texts. Explicit teaching of comprehension is embedded into daily InitiaLit sessions this term, and learners are provided with the opportunity to practise these skills in two weekly Storybook sessions. The InitiaLit programs has provided learners with the opportunity to growth in their Reading, Viewing, Listening and Speaking skills, which has a direct impact on the quality of their learning in other subject areas.  

How can you support your children at home?   

• Provide your child with the opportunity to connect their reader with their life experiences. 
• Take your child to the local library to explore different genres and access a range of texts.  
• Play word games at home, for example, Sound Snap, Scrabble, Bananagrams, etc.