Explicit instruction for kindergarten students

Woy Woy South Public School Kindergarten students have been participating in the Language, Learning and Literacy Program for the past two terms.

The program is a research based classroom intervention, targeting text reading and writing.

It has been designed to complement the daily literacy program, according to program coordinator Mr Steve Collins.

Students received explicit instruction in reading and writing strategies in small groups of three to four selected students.

Students then rotated to independent individual or group tasks.

This occurred in the daily literacy session.

Data collected through assessment of student progress in reading and writing suggested that the program has had a positive impact on students learning, he said.

"The explicit instruction students are receiving through the program is definitely improving their skills in both reading and writing," said Mr Collins.

"I am a big fan of the new approach to the style of teaching the program brings to the classroom," he said.

Newsletter, 28 Aug 2012

Terry Greedy, Woy Woy South Public School