Literacy

Experience:

- Used Running Records, e-assTle, Star, Burt, PAT and Spelling list tests, as assessment tools to make informed judgements on where each individual student was in relation to National Standards. - 2012 - Full year paper in Primary English, completed with A- result in 2011. - Participated in a professional development writing session, at Abbotsford School in 2011.

“Ensuring that all students achieve good strengths in literacy is critical to their subsequent success in education and throughout their lives”(Ministry of Education, 2003, P.6).

Literacy comprises of oral language, written language and visual language. These three forms of literacy should be taught side by side or linked together. An effective literacy programme needs to be based around this so that we as teachers can build our students to be literate people who can understand, respond to and use language forms. In my literacy programme this year I have applied the dimensions of effective practice which are; Knowledge of literacy learning, Knowledge of the learner, Instructional strategies, Engaging learners with texts, Partnerships and High expectations (Ministry of education, 2003, P. 12). I have ensured that my literacy programme is successful for each child by having individualised literacy programmes developed to go along with on-going assessments.

To achieve this I have had:


 * Regular one on one conferencing and testing with children
 * On-going formative assessment
 * A variety of written text for the children to explore
 * Small group and whole class learning
 * An assessment plan in place to ensure that I am assessing students at the right times with the right assessment tools
 * Meetings and conferencing with RTLB, and RT Lit teachers for students in my class.
 * Use of extra resource people – Teacher Aides for allocated students.

Ministry of Education (2003). Effective Literacy Practice in Years 1 -4. Wellington: Learning Media Limited