Literacy Workshop 2: Developing English in a Sign/Bilingual School
Presented on Wednesday 28 February 2007
Live English Work at Frank Barnes School for Deaf Children
Louise Corfe
Teaching Toolkit and Resource Pack
Educational Rationale
- Supports teachers to be confident and effective in their literacy teaching
- Supports children to be confident in their understanding and use of written English
- Provides a developmental approach
- Enables effective differentiation
- Meets the requirements of the National Curriculum and National Literacy Strategy
Contents of the Teaching Toolkit and Resource Pack
Manual and CD-ROM:
- Individual Target Setting Sheets for Guided Reading and Writing
- Reading Developmental Framework
- Writing Developmental Framework
- Key Stage 1 Alphabetical Word File Sheets
- Key Stage 2 Colour-Coded Word File Sheets
- Additional Word File Sheets
- Scaffolding Sheets
"The school has very good reading and writing developmental frameworks, which systematically map each pupil’s development, progress and achievements in reading and writing."
Reading & Writing Developmental Frameworks
- Outline the sequence of development of literacy skills from Nursery to Year 6
- Provide individual mid-term summative assessment
- Include NC levels of attainment
- Include small steps to track children’s achievements accurately
- Inform individual target setting for Guided Reading and Writing elements of the
- Literacy Hour
- Inform IEP targets
Reading Developmental Framework
- Reading skills from Nursery to Year 6
- 3 Strands:
- Moving between BSL & English (Meaning & Appreciation)
- Decoding Print (Contextual, Grammatical & Graphic Cues)
- Library Skills & Features of Text Types (including Non-Fiction) - National Curriculum levels
- Informs individual targets for Guided Reading
