English

InitiaLit–1 is an explicit and effective model for teaching reading, spelling and related skills to children in their second year of school. InitiaLit–1 focuses on the two main components of:

1. Phonics, to systematically and explicitly teach the basic and advanced alphabetic code in a set sequence. In addition to learning letter-sound correspondences and how these are applied to reading and spelling, children will be introduced to common morphemes and simple grammatical concepts.

2. Vocabulary, oral language and listening comprehension will be taught through quality children's narratives.

Writing will be based on the concepts taught in InitialLit-1. Children will focus on forming letters, using capital letters and full stops correctly in a sentence.