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LITERACY AND NUMERACY
INFORMATION EVENING HOPPERS CROSSING SECONDARY COLLEGE
LITERACY AND NUMERACY INFORMATION EVENING
• Andrew Cordell – Numeracy Coordinator
• Rachel Sulman – Literacy Coordinator
ANDREW CORDELL – NUMERACY COORDINATOR
NUMERACY AT THE COLLEGE
Year level
Lessons per fortnight
Type of lesson
7 3 Problem solving
8 3 Scaffolding Numeracy
9 2 Scaffolding Numeracy
PRESENTATION AIM
To create a greater awareness of how we can support our children in Numeracy
WHY ARE WE LEARNING THIS?
HOW WE CAN HELP MAKE IT RELEVANT FOR OUR CHILDREN?
• Never talk Numeracy down• Include your children in tasks• Tap into a passion• Make Numeracy related literature available• Be explicit
HOMEWORK AND HOME STUDY
HOMEWORK• Set tasks such as
exercises or projects
HOME STUDY• Constant review and
practice of concepts
HELPING WITH HOME STUDY
• Regular practice of times tables• Regular review of past topics • Use concrete materials
RACHEL SULMAN – LITERACY COORDINATOR
READING… We love it !
READING GETS RESULTS!
• Positive correlation between the amount of time students spend reading and academic results.
What does this mean?
• Read for an hour a day and get better results across all subjects.
HCSC expects that all junior students will read for at least ½ an hour a night, as part of their study routine.
LITERACY AT THE COLLEGE
YEAR 7 and 8 - Direct literacy instruction
- independent reading - literacy classes 3 times per
fortnight.
YEAR 9
All junior students
- Continue to build and practice literacy skills
- literacy lessons twice a fortnight.
Students are expected to come to class with a ‘Just Right Book’ that
they want to read.
LITERACY STRATEGIES
• Prediction and Prior Knowledge
• Questions and Questioning
• Think Aloud – Inference
• Text Structures and Features
• Visualising
• Summarising
JUST RIGHT BOOKS
Students can choose ‘Just Right Books’ by considering the following:• Choose a book that you will
enjoy• Choose a book that fits your
purpose for reading• Think about authors and genres• Consider awards and
recommendations• Use the ‘Five Finger Rule’ to
find a ‘Just Right’ reading level
LET’S HAVE A GO!
Read one of the opening pages from the novels listed.
Think about which words may be unknown to your children
Decide whether the book is:• Too Easy• Just Right• Challenging
I am Number Four Destroying Avalon The Hunger Games The Chocolate War
UNKNOWN WORDS
An UNKNOWN WORD is not only a word that you can not pronounce – it is also a word that you can read but do not know the meaning of.
We MUST stop to clarify – but the dictionary is not our only answer!
CONCISE OXFORD DICTIONARY
• Hydrophobic / adj. 1 of or suffering from hydrophobia. 2 a lacking an affinity for water. b not readily wettable
• Irredeemable / adj. 1 that cannot be redeemed. 2 hopeless, absolute. 3 a (of a government annuity) not terminable by repayment. b (of paper currency) for which the issuing authority does not undertake ever to pay coin.to pay coin.
CLARIFYING UNKNOWN WORDS
• Context Clues: read the surrounding words and sentences to see what clues they offer.
• Grammatical Rules: the parts of speech have their own place in a sentence, think about if the word is a noun, verb etc.
• Word Parts: break the word up into base word, prefix, suffix to see if one part can help you.
• Greek + Latin Origins: look for any word parts that you’ve seen before and know the meaning of.
HAVE A GO!
Does anyone know what a spelunker is?
Caves were once sought out by primitive peoples for shelter and protection. Today, modern spelunkers seek out caves for fun and adventure. Caves are dark, mysterious places that can be full of beauty danger.
AND THE ANSWER IS…
Spelunker: a person who explores caves, esp. as a hobby.
And just for interests sake, you may like to know thatSpeleology - Means ‘the scientific study of caves.’
CATCH THE READING BUG!
• Be seen as a reader.
• Encourage your children to read daily and talk to them about the book they are reading.
QUESTIONS?
If you think of questions later, please feel free to contact;
Miss Sulman – Literacy CoachMr Kendall – Assistant Principal
OrYour child’s classroom teacher