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