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Welcome to the DDSW Regional Literacy Teacher Site

 

 Information and links to relevant pages will be posted here throught the professional development implementation phase.

Enjoy!

 

 

 

Photo gallery
Word sorts in St George Word sorts in St George
Transitivity activities in St George Transitivity activities in St George
Literacy in the Tent - Miles Literacy in the Tent - Miles
Roma Band 5's hard at work! Roma Band 5's hard at work!
PD that makes you smile- UNHEARD OFF! PD that makes you smile- UNHEARD OFF!
Melbourne Cup day in Oakey Melbourne Cup day in Oakey
Literacy was the winner in Oakey! Literacy was the winner in Oakey!
Evidence that we were all working at Oakey. Evidence that we were all working at Oakey.


Files to download
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Day 5 Prep Assessment information (5043 K) - Type: MS PowerPoint file
Attached is the day 5 slides to assist you with your planning.


Day 5 Slides (483 K) - Type: Adobe Acrobat file
Slides on assessment and monitoring for Prep teachers.

Jane Buchanan- ALEA presentation (14312 K) - Type: MS PowerPoint file
The presentation on Comprehension given by Jane Buchanen at the ALEA comprehension workshop on the 15 th of March.

KLA Genre mapping document (176 K) - Type: MS Word file
Genre mapping document used in the 1-3 and 4-7 training

Literacy position paper (223 K) - Type: Adobe Acrobat file
Position paper investigating the curriculum literacies through the 4 resources

Literacy posters (284 K) - Type: Adobe Acrobat file
Click here to download the posters that we used during the teacher training.

Literacy Research reading (7869 K) - Type: Adobe Acrobat file
This reading is directly related to the literacy research around literacy demands in the curriculum.

Marianne Schubert- Reading comprehension ALEA (2037 K) - Type: MS PowerPoint file
Mariannes reading comprehension powerpoint from the ALEA Saturday brunch workshop on the 15th of March 2008

Michael Hirsh reading (400 K) - Type: Adobe Acrobat file
An excellent reading which focusses upon reading comprehension.

Prep transitivity in Practice (1575 K) - Type: Adobe Acrobat file
Transitivity in practice slide for prep context.

Reading Comprehension powerpoint (311 K) - Type: MS PowerPoint file
Reading comprehension powerpoint presented by Jason Locke at the ALEA Saturday brunch workshops on the 15th of March 2008

Spelling knowledge posters (142 K) - Type: MS Word file
Thank you to Kay Denning from Hannaford who has posted the following resources for you to share.

Support A Talker (103 K) - Type: MS Word file
This information sheet has been sent to all schools in our region regarding the establishment of SAT in your school. Principals have also received this information.

Links to web sites
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· ALEA website
Heaps of wonderful resources for literacy teaching can be found on this site. Check out the links to the "In teachers hands" research- fantastic!

· Bound for success scope and sequence documents
Recently-developed Bound for Success Consistent Curriculum materials can now be viewed by all schools. The materials were developed by Curriculum Branch specifically for schools in the Cape and Torres Strait and consist of a scope and sequence for Years 1-10 for each of the Key Learning Areas (except LOTE), other diagnostic tools and templates. The scope and sequence documents are available from the internet for all schools to support their work in teaching and learning.


· Core Genre Project
A great resource to assist you in planning your units of work and genre choice. Some good resources attached as well

· DDS Regional Teachers Blackboard Community
A link to your Blackboard community

· Early Phase
Policy around the early phase of learning

· Early years curriculum guidelines
Link to the downloadable version

· Ever been confused by Traditional Grammar!
Traditional grammar terminology got you in spin? Do your subjects and verbs disagree! Prepositions left you pondering?
This is an excellent website where all your questions will be answered.

· Functional grammar in the early years
Patty Holmes and Tracy Egan share their classroom experiences of using functional grammar to improve student outcomes. They showcase the resources they developed for publication on the Curriculum Exchange. An edited version of the PowerPoint and supporting documents are available.

· Functional grammar using Smart Boards
This is an excellent podcast from our own Carol Brumpton demonstating the use of the Smart Board in teaching Functional Grammar. Enjoy

· Get a Grip on Grammar
A great site through the Learning Place - Curriculum Exchange that will give you additional information on grammar and some great classroom activities.

· Graphic Organisers
A useful resource submitted by Rebecca Scott. Thanks Rebecca

· Hallidays Oral language functions
Further reading on Halliday's oral language features

· In teachers hands resources
A link to resources developed through the "IN TEACHERS HANDS" research study.
Some excellent things here.

· Inside the Black Box
This is some post reading on the importance of front ending assessment. Highly recommended read!

· Leadership vodcasts
This is the link to all of the leadership vodcasts that were shown during the training.

· Literacy and Numeracy Indicators from QSA
A link to the brand new Literacyand Numeracy indicators from QSA for consultation for years P3 and 4 to 7

· Literacy Research
A link provided to the DEST Middle schooling project, the Literacy Position Paper and the Findings of the DEST project.

· Moura SS site
Link to Functional Grammar resources from Moura State School.

· Naplan Reading preparation and bright ideas
A great resource from NT around preparation in reading for NAPLAN.

· P-3 Literacy and Numeracy indicators
Latest update from QSA around the literacy indicators across all KLA's that need to be focussed upon. Year 4-7 indicators are currently being worked on.

· PISA information
Direct access to the PISA website

· PISA information
Direct access to the PISA website

· QSA Assessment bank items
This link will take you straight to the assessment bank on the QSA website

· Resources for children living in Poverty
Some excellent resources and information on children living in poverty.

· Scope and sequence docs
Link to scope and sequence documents of literary and non-literary texts, grammar and spelling

· West Moreton Genre Project
An excellent resource from our West Moreton colleagues. Wonderful resources for Functional Grammar and exemplars

· Writing Fun Website
A great writing resource courtesy of Chantelle Bauer from Roma.


 
 
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