Oral language

Here the teacher shares how she designs and teaches a literacy lesson to a Year 1 class incorporating strategies that target the individual needs and strengths of her students. She works with a small group of students using a visual aid to stimulate oral language. Other small group activities are organised to cater for the varying abilities of the students in the class.

The school has an increasing number of students from language backgrounds other than English. In this class of 20 students a number of students have been identified as having below expected oral language skills and literacy levels.