Focused teaching

​Students with reading difficulties and dyslexia benefit from explicit and direct teaching strategies.

Focused teaching strategies

This resource provides focused teaching strategies to support the development of a student’s knowledge and skills in reading. Focused teaching strategies are provided for identified areas of reading: letter and letter-sound knowledge, phonological knowledge, word reading and comprehension.

The focused teaching strategies are aligned to the assessment tasks provided within this resource and are presented in a developmental sequence to systematically teach aspects of reading.

The focused teaching strategies are age-appropriate and presented within the following year levels to recognise and respond to individual learning needs:

Prep to year 2 (ages 5-8)

Focused teaching strategies are provided for four identified aspects of reading: letter and letter-sound knowledge, phonological knowledge, word reading and reading comprehension. For more information, refer to ​Prep to year 2 (ages 5-8).

Years 3-6 (ages 9-12)

Focused teaching strategies are provided for three identified aspects of reading: phonological knowledge, word reading and reading comprehension. For more information, refer to: ​years 3-6 (ages 9-12).​

Years 7-10 (ages 13-16)

Focused teaching strategies are provided for three identified aspects of reading: phonological knowledge, word reading and reading comprehension. For more information, refer to years 7-10 (ages 13-16).​