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Ryan Heights Primary School
Established: 195611 Mackenzie Road, Kellyville NSW
www.ryanheights-p.schoolwebsite.com.au
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Students at RHPSNon LBOTE and LBOTE
70%
30%
LBOTE
School Background with LBOTE students
LBOTE studentsLBOTE students born outside
of Australia
LBOTE students born in Australia
Non-LBOTE
82%
18%
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Focus Group
• Stage 1: Years 1-2• 35 EAL (English as an additional language) • Children backgrounds: Punjabi, Sinhalese, Afrikaans,
Cantonese etc.
Issue: Not understanding English
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What Research Tells Us About These Students
• ESL students ‘learn’ to participate in marginalised ways (Dooley, 2008)
• Ways to overcome it are:-
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Collaboration Thinking time Technology
Reading and writing should be taught together
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What Research Tells Us About These Students
• ICT can be used in two ways in your classroom: 1. An aid for student understanding 2. As a method for differentiating the activities
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What Research Tells Us About These Students
Phase 1
Phase 2
Phase 3
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Literacy Strategies
David RoseTeaching Reading and Writing to Aboriginal Children
In Teaching and Learning in Indigenous Education
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Literacy Strategies
Step 1:
Step 2:
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Image on IWB
Think Pair Share
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It’s All About Activating Prior Knowledge
Step 3• Continue lesson by discussion the images
place
Descriptive words Emotions
Content picture
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Build up students knowledge base
General knowledge for whole class
Vocabulary
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It’s All About Activating Prior Knowledge
Step 4• Map the children's’ discussions
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Language Acquisition
Little Explorers Picture Library – Enchanted Learning / Dictionary
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Language Acquisition
Spelling City
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Example
Step 5• Introduce book by– Predict meaning throughout text; – Begin at the cover page
Oral Writing Reading literacy Support procedural language
acquisition (Dooley, 2008)
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Forming Groups
• Research tell us, when forming groups there is benefit in keeping students of similar languages together:-
Promotes greater social interactionFosters a sense of identity (Dooley 2008)Helps break the social power relations at play amongst
monolingual English speakers and Preserves a positive perspective on ELL first language (Diaz &
Harvey, 2007)
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Authentic Task
Step 6• Provide an authentic task
CollaborationResearch and Presentation
• Design a wiki using ‘wiki spaces classroom’ http://www.wikispaces.com
Creative thinkingCreative thinking, Project management, Collaborative work and Autonomous learning
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Technology
• Activities can be differentiated through technology
ScienceMathematic
s
Arts
Civics and Citizenship
English
History
Languages
Geography
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Technology
Apps can be used as a motivator for speechAssist the student to build their knowledge and
understanding of EnglishWork on their pronunciation and listening, reading and
writing.
PCS BingoPCS Scramble
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Technology
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Thank You
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References• Cooper, D. & Kiger, N.D. (2003). Literacy: Helping Children Construct Meaning. Boston:
Houghton Mifflin Company• Cope, B., and Kalantzis, M. (2000) (The New London Group) A Pedagogy of
Multiliteracies. In Cope, B., and Kalantzis, M. Multiliteracies: Literacy Learning and the design of futures. Long : Routledge
• Diaz, C., & Harvey, N. (2007). Other Words, other worlds: Bilingual identities and literacy. In Makin L., Diaz, C.J., Mc Lachlin C. Literacies in Childhood Changing Views, changing practice. Marrickville, NSW: Elsevier
• Dooley, K. (2008). Multiliteracies and pedagogies of New Learning for Students of English as an additional language. In Healy, A., Multiliteries and Diversity in Education. Oxford: Oxford University press (Chapter 5)
• Killen, R. (2001). Programming and assessment for quality teaching and learning. South Melbourne, Victoria: Cengage Learning Australia
• Rose, D. (2008). Teaching Reading and Writing to Aboriginal Children. In N. Harrison (2008). Teaching and Learning in Indigenous Education. Sydney: Oxford University Press (Chapter 4)