The Task: Focus on Reading and Viewing

Create a package of resources for use with K-2 students that develops emergent or early Reading and Viewing skills with Rationale.

This package has 7 sections and includes:

1. Selecting a book:

‘Twinkle" by Nick Bland CHOSEN TEXT for kindergartens

NESA- Suggested texts for the K-10 English Syllabus:

Assessment Task 1: Designing teaching and learning activities for K-2 based on children’s books

Identify a year level to focus on and select a high-quality children’s picture book for use in a K-2 classroom. Justify the book choice with reference to its linguistic features and the opportunities it offers for developing code breaking and meaning making. Design teaching and learning activities to develop K-2 students' literacy skills with considerations for struggling readers and EAL/D students.

Provide the full APA reference of the book in the Reference list.

2. Justifying the book choice: (Approx. 400 words)

To justify your selection, you will need to explain the suitability of your picture book’s theme,

language and visual features for the selected year level. Briefly comment on the

opportunities it offers for developing code breaking and meaning making appropriate for the

year level of the students. Draw on at least 2 references from the unit reading list to support

your justification of your book choice. It is assumed your understanding of current literacy

theories and the children's literacy development with reference to the Australian Curriculum:

English (Level Description) and the NESA syllabus Learning Outcomes will be evident.

3. Book Orientation: (Approx. 200 words)

Write a series of focused statements and questions indicating how you could introduce the

book to students.

4. Teaching and learning activities: (Equivalent to 600 words)

Using dot points, provide a brief description of THREE year and stage appropriate activities to

accompany your selected text, each addressing one of the following, to teach Listening/

Speaking, Reading and Viewing skills.

(1) Phonological awareness

(2) Vocabulary

(3) Visual Literacy

Specify the relevant NESA syllabus learning outcome and one indicator (not counted towards

the 600 words) that the activity addresses. At least one activity includes the use of

technology.

(Note: Extra teaching and learning resources can be provided in the Appendix).

5. Teaching and assessing comprehension: (Approx. 300 words)

Drawing on relevant roles of the reader, design three questions you could use to develop and

monitor students’ comprehension of the picture book. Provide a brief explanation of how you

could help students work out each of the answers from reading the text.

(Note: You must provide a copy of the sections of the text you use to design the questions in

the Appendix)

ONLY DO UP TO HERE

ADD REFERENCE

These will help –http://sunshinecollective.com.au/2016/09/20/twinkle-nick-bland/

–https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XJw2e7Z30g

Ive also attached an outline that will help you!

this has the rubric! Please reference! also please read through attached outline