Teaching, Learning and Book Club
Vocabulary Development
Hello families,
This term in the Middle and Senior school, teachers and students have been developing a new instructional routine to support vocabulary development. Vocabulary development is essential to support reading comprehension and it may surprise you to know that students are required to learn 2000 to 3000 new word meanings each year in primary school to maintain reading benchmarks.
For the past three years at TPS, we have explicitly taught vocabulary and organised vocabulary into 3 tiers for all students from Foundation to Year 6.
| Tier | Description |
|---|---|
| Tier 1 | Everyday words encountered in everyday conversation |
| Tier 2 | Words that are needed in an academic context and provide access to more complex topics and discussions outside of the everyday. Words that are useful across multiple topic and subject areas. |
| Tier 3 | Words that are relevant for specific subjects or content-areas. Words that have distinct meanings and purposes, relevant to a specialised topic or discourse. |
For your perusal, I have attached a Year 2 text, The Fisherman and the Genie, and the instructional routine we are implementing to support vocabulary development. The tier 2 word is ‘rest’ and includes a multiple meanings web to support comprehension.
Happy learning!
Catherine
Book Club
Scholastic Book Club is a service offered to students, parents and teachers. Brochures advertising a variety of books and computer software are sent home with each student, approximately twice a term.
Purchase of the books is not compulsory and there is no obligation. If you do wish to purchase any goods simply log into the Book Club site www.scholastic.com.au/LOOP and follow the prompts. All Book Club orders must be ordered and paid for via LOOP. Do not send order forms and cash to school. When the order arrives at school, books are sent home with students.
The School earns “Bonus Points” for each order which can be used to purchase new resources for the Library.
Issue 2 orders should be in by the end of next week and Issue 3 will be out early in term 2.
Click here for the Scholastic Book Club Parent Log in page or to register for new users.
How to order
Click on ORDER in the top menu or REGISTER first to save your details for the first time. Select Teesdale PS and your child’s class. Add your child’s name and last initial. Enter the item number from the brochure.
You can order for multiple children at once. All orders are linked directly to the school.
Our school receives bonus points, which are redeemed for a variety of books for the children therefore we thank you for your continued support.
If parents wish to collect orders personally from the office, please let the school know.
Please go to www.scholastic.com.au/LOOP and find Teesdale Primary School to order or alternatively you can download the LOOP app via the App Store or Google Play.
