Book Week 2024: Add Some Magic To A Story

This lesson is designed to build students’ competencies in the following skills:

• adaptability
• creative thinking
• communication

Australian Curriculum (v9.0) content description: Year 1 and 2, English

• Students learn to orally retell or adapt a familiar story using plot and characters, language features including vocabulary, and structure of a familiar text, through role-play, writing, drawing or digital tools (AC9E1LE05)
• Students learn to create and edit literary texts by adapting structures and language features of familiar literary texts through drawing, writing, performance and digital tools (AC9E2LE05)

Relevant parts of Year 1 and 2 achievement standards: Students share ideas and retell or adapt familiar stories, recount or report on events or experiences, and express opinions using a small number of details from learnt topics, topics of interest or texts. They interact with others, and listen to and create spoken texts including stories.

NSW Syllabus outcomes: EN2-CWT-01, EN2-CWT-02

General capabilities: Critical and Creative Thinking, Literacy

Cross-curriculum priority: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures, Asia and Australia’s Engagement with Asia, Sustainability

Level of teacher scaffolding: High - lead students in text analysis and text adaptation discussions, oversee and support students in story and scene creation tasks.

UN SDG 4: Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all

• Target 4.6: By 2030, ensure that all youth and a substantial proportion of adults, both men and women, achieve literacy and numeracy

• A short story (e.g. picture book) that DOESN’T contain any magical elements that can be read aloud
• Drawing and writing materials

This is an original Cool+ lesson.

Teaching Systematic Synthetic Phonics With Nicole Case

Quick summary: In this professional learning session, we will explore the effectiveness of systematic synthetic phonics instruction, an evidence-based approach grounded in research and recognised for its success in teaching reading. We'll delve into the best practice teaching strategies within this method, emphasising their role in enhancing decoding skills, reading fluency, and overall literacy.

The session will also cover the selection of appropriate texts that support phonetic learning while building vocabulary and background knowledge. Participants will learn how to navigate and access additional resources and information to enrich teaching practice further.