Word Level Knowledge: Scaffolding Learning From 1.5
Indicators of Progress
- Students read aloud two- and three-letter predictable rimes and two-letter onsets and use these to read relevant unfamiliar one-syllable words by recoding and blending.
- Students read automatically one-syllable regular words and sight vocabulary taught earlier.
- Students use word reading strategies based on this knowledge.
Teaching Strategies
Before Reading: Getting your knowledge ready for reading
The text used to model these teaching and learning strategies is A Strange Visitor by Mary O’Toole, published by Macmillan Company of Australia.
Recognising key words
Some of the key words are written on the whiteboard and/or on cards and students read them
| night | old | lady | lived | dark | night |
| herself | visit | come | lonely | strange | visitor |
During Reading: Tuning in to the text
The text used to model these teaching and learning strategies is A Strange Visitor by Mary O’Toole, published by Macmillan Company of Australia.
Reading and completing incomplete sentences
Some of the key words are written on the whiteboard and/or on cards and students read them and suggest words to complete the sentence.
| An | old | lady | lived | by | |
| She | wanted | a | visitor | to |
Teaching Strategies for Non Fiction texts
Before Reading: Getting your knowledge ready for reading
The text used to model these teaching and learning strategies is Penguin Rescue by Katy Pike, published in the Go Facts series by Blake Education.
Reviewing key words
Students review by reading some of the key words on the cards made during the previous sessions.
| oil | spill | race | colony | penguins | |
| oiltanker | sank | come | spilt | washed up | coated |
During Reading: Tuning in to the text
The text used to model these teaching and learning strategies is Penguin Rescue by Katy Pike, published in the Go Facts series by Blake Education.
Identifying key words
Students identify which words on the cards are on the pages. They select other key words that haven’t been written on cards and make cards for these.