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NET Section, CDI, EDB, HKSARG 1 Key Stage 2 Literacy Development (Keys2)
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• To enhance student learning and teacher knowledge
of literacy skills especially in reading and writing
• To introduce and reinforce effective learning and
teaching strategies in reading and writing
• To support students in a gradual development of
reading and writing skills
• To enrich KS2 literacy development using different
text types
• To cater for students’ individual learning needs
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Objectives of Keys2 Key
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Key Features
Programme Design
(a) Text type coverage
(b) Linkage between reading and writing
(c) PD opportunities
Formative Assessment Tools
Ways to Cater for Learner Diversity
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Programme Design (a) Text types introduced in P4-6
Unit 1 Unit 2 Unit 3 Unit 4
P4 Story +
character description
Recount Story Fairy tale
P5 Information Persuasive
(Letter) Persuasive
(Article) Myth
P6 Auto-
biography Expository Exchanges
Newsletter Articles
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P.4
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Unit Overview
• 13 single lessons
(Some recommended to be taught as double)
4 lessons focus on reading skills
9 lessons focus on process writing
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Programme Design Unit of Work
(b) Linkage between Reading and Writing
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Text Deconstruction
Text Construction
• Organisation • Language
features • Vocabulary
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Programme Design
(c) Professional Development Opportunities
Teacher PD Videos
Teacher Talk
Formative
Assessment
Tools
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Do I know what I have
learned?
Assessment in Keys2
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• High-frequency word self-assessment
• Writing Checklist
• Thumb Reflection
• End-of-unit Reflection Form
The following are means to collect information
to inform the learning and teaching:
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High-frequency Word (HFW) Self-assessment
• Assess students’ knowledge about the HFW
in the book
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Writing Checklists
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Organisation Checklist
Self Reflection: Thumb Reflection
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Display the learning intentions and explain.
Check understanding using
Thumb Reflection
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Self Reflection: End-of-unit Reflection Form
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Ways to Cater for Learner Diversity
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Learner Diversity Folder (LD)
• Different resources for teachers to choose from
according to students’ needs
Self-managing Activities (SMA)
• Activities to help students consolidate the skills learned
SMA
Resources
Reading • Reading
Comprehension Posters
• Games and Activities
• Mind-maps
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) Writing • Mind-maps
• Drafting Frame
• Writing Word Bank
• Revising Triangles
• Publishing Templates
Publishing Templates
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Unit of Work: e-version
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AT School Support
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• Co-planning
• Classroom support
• School-based curriculum development
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School Commitment
• New teachers to attend CPD
• Allocate time for school-based professional
development
• Timetable co-planning time
• Purchase books
• Allocate a budget for printing and laminating
resources
• Assign a storage area for books and resources
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Feedback from Teachers
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Want to know more?
• Talk to your AT
• Come to our PNET Scheme 15th Anniversary Celebration on 18 March, 2017 and register for the Keys2 sharing sessions: http://goo.gl/Rmuax8
Keys 2 Literacy Development: "Enriching Key Stage 2 Curriculum and Preparing Students for Key Stage 3"
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How to apply?
• Download the application form.
• Submit the application form on or before Friday, 28 April, 2017.
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