English

A literacy lesson in Year Two aligns with our whole-school instructional model TILER, which consists of:

• A ‘Tune-in’ to introduce the lesson focus.
• A ‘Launch’ phase to explicitly teach and model a variety of reading skills and strategies.
• ‘Explore Phase 1’ which allows students to practise the modelled skills and strategies on a text while being guided by the teacher.
• ‘Explore Phase 2’ where students independently practise the skills and strategies they have learnt through an activity.
• A ‘Reflection’ phase where students discuss and share what they have learnt in alignment with the lesson focus.

Our Reading lessons integrate our Inquiry focus for the term, which is ‘Our place in the world’. This involves utilising a range of fiction and non-fiction texts as mentor texts for the whole class. This enables students to practise reading skills whilst also learning about different countries and cultures. This term, students will be explicitly instructed in:

• A range of reading fluency and comprehension skills and strategies such as making connections and summarising.
• Spelling rules and conventions with a particular focus on compound words and prefixes.
• The spelling and use of a range of high-frequency words. 
• Grammatical skills including the use of nouns, adjectives and verbs, as well as sentence structure.
• Skills of writing including expanding simple sentences, boundary punctuation and the features of information reports.
• The phonological relationships between sounds and letters.
• Handwriting to promote improved legibility and spacing.