Learning & Teaching Sequences for Reading – Non-Fiction Level 1
Wonderful Water
Sample text: Wonderful Water
(Sylvia Lee, Mimosa Publications)
Wonderful Water describes a topic that would be familiar most students at this level. It comprises everyday events and experiences that are generally known to the students. The written language in the text is predictable and has a small amount of unfamiliar vocabulary and accompanying illustrations. The illustrations directly support the written text. There is a high level of repetition of phrases and sentence forms.
The following teaching activities use both the Big Book version of Wonderful Water and the set of small books for individual student use. The Big Book is used to model, guide and scaffold reading activities that students can practice applying to their texts.
The framework outlined in Sessions 1–6 can be applied to other non fiction texts at this level. Teachers can vary the sequence of teaching activities to reflect the specific strategies and knowledge outcomes targeted at any time.
- Session 1: Getting knowledge ready for reading
- Session 2: Beginning to read the story, pages 2–5
- Session 3: Read pages 6–7 (incorporating notes on Sessions 4–5)
- Session 6: Review the text