Year One

Communicating with the Year One Team

We look forward to partnering with you in 2022, and welcome your input:

Laura Kelly (Class 1A) Laura.McQueen@education.vic.gov.au

Andrew McFarlane (Class 1B) Andrew.McFarlane3@education.vic.gov.au

Literacy in Term Two

During this term, in Literacy the Year One Classes have continued with the implementation of InitiaLit 1. We are so proud of the progress our students are making in their reading abilities and the spelling of new sounds taught.

In Writing, students have been learning the features and structure of persuasive texts and have been sharing those amongst one another. Students have been doing an outstanding job of reading their writing out to their peers. In the Year One classrooms we have also introduced writing goals for each of the students to work towards. In our spelling lessons we have be learning new tricky words to incorporate into our writing.

Tricky Words

Through the InitiaLit program a range of Tricky Words are taught. These words are referred to as Tricky Words as they cannot be spelled by sounding them out. Due to the nature of the program, the sets of Tricky Words get taught in groups of three and are taught during any given lesson.

Please keep an eye on Compass for the posting of the most current set of Tricky Words that have been taught. You can assist your child at home by practice sky writing them. Each set of Tricky Words contains six words. Below are Term 2's tricky words.

Take Home Readers

Every Monday, all Year One students will be given two InitiaLit Readers to take home and read nightly. Research has shown that the repeated reading and exposure of texts can boost student's confidence when reading and consolidate their reading skills. We urge families to read the InitiaLit readers daily to help support the learning that is happening within the classroom.

Readers will be given on a Monday and are required to be returned on Friday the same week.

If you can, please encourage your child to read other books too.

InitiaLit readers can also be accessed online. The login details are the same as last year. If you need your child's login details please email your child's classroom teacher.