• Make the learning focus clear through rephrasing, reinforcement and summarising
• Encourage students to predict, reflect, discuss and support each other.
• Provide opportunities for skills practice in a fun way.

A Year 2 lesson about homophones& words that rhyme but are spelled differently. Teaching emphasis is on:

1. Make the learning focus clear
2. Rephrase the learning goal
3. Reinforce the learning
4. Summarise & keep students motivated
5. Ask students to summarise the learning
6. Reinforce learning beyond the session.

Teacher led small group discussion (Year 2) demonstrating:

1. Encourage students to predict
2. Make the teaching focus clear
3. Interview after reading
4. Extend students' understanding
5. Link discussion to the text.

Level 2 teachers work with various small groups of students to demonstrate a range of literacy learning activities:

Design activity for specific learning needs - in this case learning to read the whole word.

A game called "CHUNKS" is used to experiment with words - putting words together from beginnings and end of words - to make real words.

Students are encouraged to search for and cut out common words from newspapers and magazines - that they know and can read. Be enthusiastic and make activity fun.

Students select a book they are familiar with and are challenged with a range of tasks - requiring them to read the book to answer the challenges.

1. Link the learning to the game
2. Be patient and allow time for understanding
3. Use a variety of prompts
4. Confirm understanding

DVD accompanied by PDF Workbook containing discussion questions, activities, handouts and full script

• Professional development for teachers - part of a one day program, or even over a lunch time development session
• Developing general teaching techniques - e.g. questioning styles, listening and summarising skills, giving clear explanations
• Learning to use the specific literacy learning activities shown in this program
• Reviewing activities for teaching literacy and then stimulating creativity in developing new activities for various skill levels
• Collaborative learning - using this program to observe teachers in action, then practising skills for giving and receiving feedback
• Studying student interaction and responses
• For new teaches for their induction training
• For parent information sessions.

• Teacher training students
• Special School teachers
• Teachers of young children (K1-6)
• Parents
• Primary School Teachers

• DVD

• English

• Documentary
• Case Study