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Alphabet Finger Tracing and Rainbow Writing
Learning how to form lower case alphabet sounds with scripted verbal ques.
Students require alphabetic knowledge in order to embark on the process of learning to read, spell and write. However, rather than letter naming ability, letter sound knowledge is the more important variable for entry into literacy learning. For example: In order to spell the basic word ‘dog’ a student must first ‘sound-out’ (or phonemically segment) ‘d’, ‘oh’, ‘g’ and then the student must recall and apply in the correct order the alphabet symbols. In order to read the word ‘sun’ a student must recognize each letter symbol and convert each symbol into the correct sound ‘s’, ‘uh’, ‘n’ and then the student must blend the sounds together (phonemic blending ability). In neither of the above early spelling and reading processes did alphabetic letter naming come into the equation. Alphabet Finger Tracing and Rainbow Writing for 4 to 5 year olds aims to establish a strong alphabet sound ability for early literacy through a multi-sensory approach. Multisensory alphabet learning: Students kinaesthetically feel what their mouth is doing when they produce the letter sounds. Students see what their mouths look like when their mouths produce the letter sound (via the visual representation of the mouth on each page). Students also visually connect a core picture/word with the letter sound (e.g. ‘mix’, ‘teeth’ and ‘snake’). From an auditory (and phonemic awareness) perspective students identify the initial sound in simple target words (e.g. teeth starts with a ‘t’). Students form the letters with correct starting points and while simultaneously chanting the cues that assist correct formation. Features: Created by Occupational therapists and speech pathologists Two levels of verbal formation cues. 26 x A4 colour double sided alphabet formation cards. This product is mentioned in the Early Years Teaching Sequence Manual on page 10 and the Foundation Teaching Sequence Manual on page 14.
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First Writing Activities
Multiple genres presented at different levels to cater for the range in writing ability within the junior primary classroom
The development of writing is based on a student’s oral language ability. Students first need to hear models of well-constructed stories, news and sentences. They then need to be able to organise their language, sequence their ideas and link elements together to tell a story before it can be expected that they develop formal writing skills. At this early stage of writing development, it is accepted that a student’s oral language ability will exceed their writing ability. It is therefore expected that a student’s writing may be more limited than what they produce orally. This program incorporates opportunities for students to hear and experience various written forms followed by oral rehearsal before commencing the written task. Pictorial and/or visual support has also been incorporated to support each of the text structures included in the resource. First Writing Activities contains many genres including: Writing Words and Sentences – Label and Write, Simple Sentence and Building Sentence Tasks Writing Dictated Sentences – Writing a Dictated Sentence, Writing 2 – 3 Dictated Sentences and Writing 3 Connected Dictated Sentences Witten News – Object-Based, Activity Re-Tells and Event-Based News Tasks Story Retelling – Story Retell and Extension Tasks Generating Narrative from Picture Talks including Extension Activities Early Reports Poetry Personal Journals For the junior primary years, First Writing Activities features: Designed by speech pathologists for students in the junior primary. A large range of writing genres are designed to move students from ‘role-play’ writing into early phonetic writing and finally into writing with emerging conventional spelling. Short pictorially supported writing tasks that involve an adult providing an oral model, along with opportunities for students to orally rehearse the sentence(s). Three levels of templates are designed to cater for the range evident in junior primary classes (i.e. the delayed, age appropriate and advanced students). Literacy, language and motor assessment points at the base of each template. The programs within the range include: First Spelling Words – Set 1 First Spelling Words – Set 2 First Reading Words First Writing Activities This resource is mentioned in the Foundation Teaching Sequence Manual on page 9 & 10.
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Spelling Activities for the Middle And Upper Primary
Synthetic phonics, vocabulary and writing activities.
The ability to read well is a basic skill and vital to national survival (Chall 1989). However, there have been ongoing concerns regarding the poor adult literacy rates since the introduction of whole language approaches to literacy development both within Australia and internationally. In 2004 these concerns led to a National Inquiry into the Teaching of Literacy (NITL) here in Australia. The results, published in 2005 recognised the importance of a systematic, synthetic phonics approach to reading instruction (Bowey 2006). These findings were independently echoed in the US and UK with recommendations that teaching of reading and spelling must include a synthetic phonics approach (Dooner 2010). As Joshi (2009) clearly outlines, one cannot teach what one does not understand, and it is therefore important that teachers understand synthetic phonics, the alphabetic code, phonological awareness and types of language and vocabulary and how these work together in the development of strong literacy skills. Spelling Activities for the Middle and Upper Primary is intended to provide a definition of synthetic phonics and related skills, an understanding of the importance of synthetic phonics, and practical suggestions for how to teach synthetic phonics within the classroom, in addition to specific spelling activities which are based on the principles of synthetic phonics and are ready to use with your students individually, within small groups or as part of whole-class activities. Features: Middle and Upper Primary spelling activities resource (which incorporates synthetic phonics and linguistic theory). Three levels of each template aim to cater for the range in ability (i.e. delayed, average and advanced students) evident in classrooms. The activity templates are ready to photocopy. A key resource when establishing a spelling program. Assessment points are located at the base of each sheet (for students, a peer or teachers to rate task performance). An ideal complement to PLD’s Phonic Sight Word Sequence. This publication is mentioned within the Whole School Literacy Strategy booklet on page 22. Other programs within the range include: Spelling Activities for the Junior Primary Spelling Activities are also available within the Time-Savers range: Structured Synthetic Phonics Time-Savers Stage 1 & 2 Structured Synthetic Phonics Time-Savers Stage 3 & 4 Structured Synthetic Phonics Time-Savers Stage 5 & 6 Full Set of Structured Synthetic Phonics Time Savers
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Teach a Child to Spell in 3 Steps
Targeting alphabet sounds, phonemic segmentation and CVC spelling
Single word spelling involves three primary base skills: Visual Skills: The recognition of the alphabet symbol and the conversion of this symbol into a sound (ie: Not letter name). Auditory Skills: The phonemic awareness skill of blending three sounds (or phonemes) together to form a word. Fine Motor Skills: The formation or handwriting of the symbols. The following example illustrates the establishment of early spelling ability. To spell the word ‘sun’ a student must: Apply phonemic awareness skills and identify the initial sound ‘s’, retrieve the symbol ‘s’ from the visual memory and then form or write the letter ‘s’. The student must again apply phonemic awareness skills and identify the medial sound ‘u’, retrieve the ‘u’ from the visual memory and then write the letter ‘u’. The final step requires the phonemic awareness skill of identifying the final ‘n’ sound then retrieving from the visual memory the ‘n’ symbol and finally write the ‘n’. Once this spelling process has been rehearsed the students can typically spell the word automatically and often through the application of letter names ‘s-u-n’. Students will typically read better than they will spell. This is because the recognition of the words (i.e. reading) is typically much easier than the reproduction of the letter sound correspondences to formulate the words. It is common for students to require repeated targeted spelling practice, in order to master skills. The other programs within the range include: Teach a Child to Spell in 3 Steps Teach a Child to Read in 3 Steps This publication is mentioned within the Year 1 & 2 Teaching Sequence Manual on page 19.
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Activity Recounts
Developing language within the early years
Narrative skills can be a challenge for children to master, however, Activity Retells for three to five-year-olds is designed to make the journey easier. Designed by Speech Pathologists, this program attempts to break down activity retells into simple sequential steps for teachers, early childhood staff and parents. The program trains teachers, early childhood staff and parents to identify the language that is expected in activity retells and presents specific techniques and supports to assist children to develop this language. The program provides simple activity examples and visual cues that are designed to be incorporated into early childhood, classroom and home environments utilising activities that occur every day. The pre-school years are critical in the development of oral narrative language skills. It takes children from conversation to talking in a monologue, using formal language. Children need to practise these skills like they practise their phonological awareness skills, pre-writing skills and numeracy skills. The program provides: multiple examples of modelling 3, 4, and 5-year-old language explicit instruction on how to develop age-appropriate skills assessment and monitoring procedures planning and programming support visual supports and activity retell examples techniques and strategies to develop and accelerate language skills progress check sheets developmental milestone sheets 3 colour sets of A5 cards 5 x A3 colour posters This product is mentioned in the Early Years Teaching Sequence Manual on page 9 and the Foundation Teaching Sequence Manual on page 13.
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Alphabet Letter Sounds
An instruction manual (with games and worksheets) targeting letter sounds and letter formation for 4 to 6 year olds.
Children require knowledge of the alphabet in order to learn to read, spell and write. Designed by Speech Pathologists and Occupational Therapists, Alphabet sound knowledge for 4 to 6 Year Olds is the key to early literacy learning, rather than letter naming. For example: In order to read the word ‘dog’ a child must recognise each letter symbol and convert each symbol into the correct sound ‘d’, ‘oh’, ‘g’ and then the child must blend the sounds together (phonemic blending ability). In order to spell the basic word ‘cup’ a child must first ‘sound-out’ (or phonemically segment) ‘c’, ‘u’, ‘p’ and then the child must recall and apply in the correct order the alphabet symbols. As these examples illustrate, alphabetic letter naming does not help a child to blend nor segment the sounds in words. It is their knowledge of the alphabet sounds which allows them to read and spell the words. This resource, therefore, focuses on alphabet sounds for early literacy learners. The recommended order of presentation is: Group 1: s, p, n, i, a, t Group 2: m, r, h, e, d, c Group 3: f, l, g, o, u b Group 4: w, j, v, k, z, y, q, x The resource provides multiple opportunities to rehearse the recognition, application and letter formation of the alphabet sounds. Features: Instruction manual (156 pages) Games and worksheets Alphabet sound knowledge checks Screening formats to track student performance on letter-sound recognition and letter formation.
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CCVC and CVCC Reading, Spelling and Writing Tasks – Stage 1 – Target 3
Repeated practice, phonemic awareness and progress check assessments.
Designed by a Speech Pathologist for use in schools and the home, this program for 5 to 7 year olds focuses on reading, spelling and writing CCVC and CVCC blends. The explicit teaching format incorporates multiple Blends: CCVC and CVCC word reading and spelling tasks. In order for phonic based reading and spelling materials to be effective children must possess adequate phonemic awareness skills. This resource incorporates a significant phonemic awareness element. While this is ideal for the dyslexic and learning difficulties population (who are typically insensitive to the phonemic structure of words and rely on the visual appearance of words) this approach has proven to effectively accelerate early reading and spelling skills with the more mainstream population. Attention to mouth movements involved in producing the sounds in words heightens children’s attention to the phonemic structure and supports the organization of the letter symbols in spelling and the decoding of the symbols in reading. The combination of the attention to the oral, auditory and visual aspects achieves balanced word attack strategies and significantly accelerates the acquisition of the earliest reading and spelling steps. The aim of this resource is to establish the ability to read and spell regular late Stage 1 phonic words. For some students, once this skill is established they then require multiple opportunities to practice this skill (e.g. reading 200 to 300 such words) before these basic words are read automatically (i.e. without sounding out). For students who require more practice and rehearsal, the games based program Stage 1 Single Word Decoding and Spelling Skills is recommended. Features: Sounding out level tasks Word level spelling tasks Sentence level spelling and writing tasks The programs within the range include: CVC Words Reading, Spelling and Writing Tasks Early Stage 1 – Reading, Spelling and Writing Tasks – Target 2 CCVC and CVCC Reading, Spelling and Writing Tasks – Stage 1 – Target 3 Late Stage 1 – Reading, Spelling and Writing Tasks – Target 4 Reading, Spelling and Writing Tasks: CVC to Target 4 – Bundle
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Early Stage 1 Reading, Spelling and Writing Tasks – Target 2
Repeated practice, phonemic awareness and progress check assessments with A4 Colour Cards and Worksheets.
Designed by a Speech Pathologist for use in schools and the home, this program for 5 to 6 year olds focuses on developing early literacy reading and spelling abilities with the phonic concepts sh, ch, th, oo, ee and -ck. The explicit teaching format incorporates multiple word reading and spelling tasks. In order for phonic based reading and spelling materials to be effective children must possess adequate phonemic awareness skills. This resource incorporates a significant phonemic awareness element. While this is ideal for the dyslexic and learning difficulties population (who are typically insensitive to the phonemic structure of words and rely on the visual appearance of words) this approach has proven to effectively accelerate early reading and spelling skills with the more mainstream population. Attention to mouth movements involved in producing the sounds in words heightens children’s attention to the phonemic structure and supports the organization of the letter symbols in spelling and the decoding of the symbols in reading. The combination of the attention to the oral, auditory and visual aspects achieves balanced word attack strategies and significantly accelerates the acquisition of the earliest reading and spelling steps. The aim of this resource is to establish the ability to read and spell regular phonic words. For some students, once this skill is established they then require multiple opportunities to practice this skill (e.g. reading 200 to 300 such words) before these basic words are read automatically (i.e. without sounding out). For students who require more practice and rehearsal, the games based program Stage 1 Single Word Decoding and Spelling Skills is recommended. Features: A full term’s worth of early literacy tasks Single word “sounding out” and spelling tasks Sentence level reading and writing tasks The programs within the range include: CVC Words Reading, Spelling and Writing Tasks Early Stage 1 – Reading, Spelling and Writing Tasks – Target 2 CCVC and CVCC Reading, Spelling and Writing Tasks – Stage 1 – Target 3 Late Stage 1 – Reading, Spelling and Writing Tasks – Target 4 Reading, Spelling and Writing Tasks: CVC to Target 4 – Bundle
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Late Stage 1 – Reading, Spelling and Writing Tasks – Target 4
Repeated practice, phonemic awareness and progress check assessments with A4 Colour Cards and Worksheets.
Designed by a Speech Pathologist for use in schools and the home, this program for 6 to 7 year olds focuses on early literacy, reading and spelling abilities with such phonic concepts: ay, ar, or, ai, oy, oi, er. The explicit teaching format incorporates multiple word reading and spelling tasks. In order for phonic based reading and spelling materials to be effective children must possess adequate phonemic awareness skills. This resource incorporates a significant phonemic awareness element. While this is ideal for the dyslexic and learning difficulties population (who are typically insensitive to the phonemic structure of words and rely on the visual appearance of words) this approach has proven to effectively accelerate early reading and spelling skills with the more mainstream population. Attention to mouth movements involved in producing the sounds in words heightens children’s attention to the phonemic structure and supports the organization of the letter symbols in spelling and the decoding of the symbols in reading. The combination of the attention to the oral, auditory and visual aspects achieves balanced word attack strategies and significantly accelerates the acquisition of the earliest reading and spelling steps. The aim of this resource is to establish the ability to read and spell regular phonic words. For some students, once this skill is established they then require multiple opportunities to practice this skill (e.g. reading 200 to 300 such words) before these basic words are read automatically (i.e. without sounding out). For students who require more practice and rehearsal, the games based program Stage 1 Single Word Decoding and Spelling Skills is recommended. Features: A full term’s worth of early literacy tasks Single word “sounding out” and spelling tasks Sentence level reading and writing tasks The programs within the range include: CVC Words Reading, Spelling and Writing Tasks Early Stage 1 – Reading, Spelling and Writing Tasks – Target 2 CCVC and CVCC Reading, Spelling and Writing Tasks – Stage 1 – Target 3 Late Stage 1 – Reading, Spelling and Writing Tasks – Target 4 Reading, Spelling and Writing Tasks: CVC to Target 4 – Bundle
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Phonic and Sight Word Sequence
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Decoding and Spelling Games – Stage 1
A program to develop single word decoding and spelling skills for students operating at Stage 1. Games and tasks for targeted small groups and home programs.
Features: Single word phonic word attack skills require explicit instruction and repeated practice. Once single word skills are established, they are more likely to transfer across to written work. The program is designed for individuals or small groups of students who require repeated opportunities to consolidate stage 1 spelling and decoding. The stage 1 program is organised into four sections: Target 1: CVC Target 2: CVC with early phonic concepts sh, ch, th, oo, ee, ck Target 3: CCVC and CVCC words Target 4: Phonic concepts such as ar, or, er, ai, oi The game-based activities provide multiple opportunities to rehearse word attack skills at a reading and spelling level. The programs within the range include: Decoding and Spelling Games – Stage 1 Decoding and Spelling Games – Stage 2 Decoding and Spelling Games Bundle – Stages 1 & 2 This publication is mentioned within the Foundation Teaching Sequence Manual on page 9 & 10 and the Year 1 & 2 Teaching Sequence Manual on pages 9 – 13.
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First Reading Words
A program for 4 to 6 year olds that introduces CVC reading into the early years.
Designed by a Speech Pathologist for use in schools and the home, First Reading Words presents a progressive approach to decoding (or “sounding-out”) some of the earliest reading words. Suitable for children age 4 to 6, this resource also provides ample practice reading simple regular alphabet words. Includes activities for both single word and sentence reading. Includes 10 game variations for the game boards. Includes explicit instructions on the cards and game boards. Includes: 78 x Single Word Reading Colour Cards 42 x Sentence Reading Colour Cards 2 x A3 Colour Game Boards The programs within the range include: First Spelling Words – Set 1 First Spelling Words – Set 2 First Reading Words First Writing Activities This resource is mentioned in the Foundation Teaching Sequence Manual on page 8.
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First Spelling Words – Set 1
A program for 5 to 6 year olds that introduces CVC word spelling with phonics into the early years.
Designed by Speech Pathologists for teachers and parents, First Spelling Words – Set 1 for students aged 5 to 6, includes 51 activities in three different card templates in flip book format which increase in difficulty. Explicit instruction cards with seven recommended options for use are included with the card templates. The single word spelling cards are divided into 4 progressive steps CVC words which the resource: STEP 1: 6 alphabet sounds s, a, t, p, i, n (cards with yellow borders) Example: sip, tap, pin, pan, nap, tip, tin, sit, sat, pip, nip, pat. STEP 2: 12 alphabet sounds: Step 1 plus m, r, h, e, d, c (Cards with blue borders.) Example: net, cat, hit, hen, men, man, sad, rat, ten, map, pen, mat. STEP 3: 18 alphabet sounds: Step 1 and 2 plus f, l, g, o, u, b (Cards with green borders.) Example: cot, run, pot, dog, gum, log, lip, cup, bat, leg, sun, rug. STEP 4: Basically all of the alphabet (Cards with red borders.) Example: jug, van, jog, jet, jam, vet, wet, wig, wax, fox, win, six. The programs within the range include: First Spelling Words – Set 1 First Spelling Words – Set 2 First Reading Words First Writing Activities This resource is mentioned in the Foundation Teaching Sequence Manual on page 8.
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Generating Narratives – Set 1
A resource helping children to start expressing themselves verbally and in writing on the basis of multiple picture prompts.
Generating Narratives – Set 1 is designed for Year 1 through to Year 6 students and supports the generation of oral and written narratives. Through picture sequences, this teacher resource contains 10 storylines and 30 x A4 picture cards which illustrate the structure of narratives. For example, each storyline consists of an introduction picture, a picture of a problem (or complication) and a picture of how the characters are feeling. This pack contains the following story themes in A4 narrative structure card format: Scarecrow Pet Dog On The Loose Surprise Hatch Late For School Car Accident Flooded Town Escape Rabbit Campsite Danger Bolting Horse Baby Bird Falling The picture sets illustrate the core initial components of narratives (i.e. introductions, problems and character’s thoughts and feelings.) The card sets have been designed to support student’s understanding of narratives and to assist students in the process of generating the content of narratives. The card sets provide multiple opportunities for students to rehearse narrative composition in a supported and structured manner. This product is mentioned in the Year 1 & 2 Teaching Sequence Manual on page 20. Related Program: Generating Narratives – Set 2
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Preparing for the Alphabet
Beginning sound awareness: a phonemic awareness program
Preparing for the alphabet is designed for students aged 4 to 5 and sets about the basics required for pre-literacy. The explicit 5 minute sessions contain an outline of instructions and guidelines on how to effectively teach initial sound awareness. These instructions can form the basis of assistant and parent education. When Preparing for the alphabet is used in conjunction with PLD’s Pre-Literacy Screening this forms a significant component in a school’s early intervention strategy. Children require the phonemic awareness skill of initial sound awareness in order to fully understand the alphabetic system. Why? When children are conscious of single sounds (i.e. they can ‘hear’ and ‘say’ the beginning sounds in words) only then does the alphabetic system make sense; as the alphabetic symbols represent sounds (or phonemes) in words. For example; When a child can identify that ‘sun’ starts with a ‘sssss’ and ‘tap’ starts with a ‘t’ it is then an ideal time to introduce the alphabetic symbols that correspond with the sounds that the child is aware of. Too often the alphabet is introduced without any explicit attention to initial sound awareness. This must-have resource includes: Instructions that provide clear guidelines on how to effectively teach initial sound awareness Screening tool to determine readiness for an alphabet program 27 x mouth cards for continuant sounds with 120 x small activity picture cards 16 x mouth cards for stop sounds with 72 small activity picture cards The programs within the range include: Preparing for the Alphabet Preparing for Spelling Preparing for Reading This product is mentioned in the Early Years Teaching Sequence Manual on page 5.
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Preparing for Reading
A phonemic awareness program for 4 and 5 year olds targeting CVC blending.
One of the most significant pre-requisites for reading, spelling and writing is phonemic awareness. Phonemic awareness is strongly associated with early literacy achievement. In Preparing for reading for 4 and 5 year olds, blending is targeted as blending represents an immediate precursor to decoding ability. This resource contains coloured card sets recommended for explicit 5 minute instruction sessions and provide clear guidelines on how to effectively teach blending. These instructions can form the basis of assistant and parent education. The PLD developmental 5 step phonological awareness process has been designed by Speech Pathologists for use in schools. When used in conjunction with PLD’s pre-literacy screening, this program forms a significant component in a school’s preventative early intervention strategy. Phonemic Awareness Readiness for Reading The phonemic awareness pre-requisite skill involved in reading simple regular CVC [consonant-vowel-consonant] words such as ‘fig’, ‘tin’ and ‘mat’ is the skill of blending. First students must learn to blend at an onset and rime level. E.g. ‘Listen carefully and put these sounds together and guess this word:’ ‘f’ (one second pause) ‘ig’?’ Students then learn to blend at the phonemic or individual sound level: E.g. ‘Listen carefully and put these sounds together and guess this word; ‘m’ (one second pause) ‘a’ (one second pause) ‘t’? Answer: ‘mat’. Features: Instruction manual (24 pages) 5 different blending activities with instructions 125+ colour cards, 3 x game boards The programs within the range include: Preparing for the Alphabet Preparing for Spelling Preparing for Reading This product is mentioned in the Early Years Teaching Sequence Manual on page 8 and the Foundation Teaching Sequence Manual on page 7 and the Year 1 & 2 Teaching Sequence Manual on page 19. Generous discounts apply for bulk orders 5 to 9 copies – 15% discount applies 10+ copies – 20% discount applies
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