How Can You Assess This?
Honestly rate these areas of performance from 1 (least capable) to 5 (extremely capable) to gain a picture of your child.
Find Their Learning Level
Literacy 1
- Comprehension:
- original non-fiction texts and humorous rhyming poems and questions using yes/no, true/false, check mark/x, tick/cross
- Language:
- word building, sentence formation, homophones, compound words, plurals, suffixes, usage, meanings and blends
- Writing:
- sentences, questions, antonyms, similes, punctuation and grammar
- Spelling:
- phonemic and graphemic word building and audio; letter and sound awareness and correspondence; reinforcement of phonics and decoding skills
Literacy K
- Language:
- builds visual and sound discrimination, capital and lower case letter recognition, alphabetical order knowledge,
- sentence building and word order
- Reading:
- builds sight word and common word knowledge with picture association and audio
- Writing:
- builds word order in sentences, whole word recognition,
- letter/sound correspondence
- Spelling:
- 30 units of 8 words with audio reinforcing sight, sound and touch in the learning process
Literacy 2
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- Comprehension:
- original poems, fiction and non-fiction texts and questions using yes/no, true/false, check mark/x, tick/cross
- Language:
- word building, sentence formation, homophones, compound words, plurals, suffixes, word groupings, questions, answers, verbs, dictionary use, idioms and blends
- Writing:
- sentence building, sentence formation, punctuation, letter writing, creative story building, rhyming words and creative sentences
- Spelling:
- phonemic and graphemic word building, letter and sound awareness and correspondence, reinforcement of phonics and decoding skills
- Comprehension:
Literacy 3
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- Comprehension:
- original fiction and non-fiction texts and poems from fables, classics, science and culture, questions using yes/no, true/false, check mark/x, tick/cross and cloze options
- Language:
- sentence building, word building, word usage, word order, misused words, sentence errors, grammar in context, using improved words, idioms, dictionary use, groupings and classifying
- Writing:
- sentence improvement, punctuation, sentence combining, literary and non-literary text types/genres
- Spelling:
- practise phonic words using visual and auditory cues and words that improve common misspellings
- Comprehension:
Literacy 4
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- Comprehension:
- original fiction and non-fiction texts from history, mythology and science, questions using yes/no, true/false, check mark/x, tick/cross, cloze and multiple-choice options
- Language:
- sentence building, grammar, word building, word usage, word order, misused words, sentence errors, grammar, using improved words, groupings and classifying
- Writing:
- sentence improvement, punctuation, sentence building, word building, word usage, misused words, sentence errors, grammar in context, using improved words, idioms, dictionary use, groupings and classifying, literary and non-literary text types/genres
- Spelling:
- practise phonic words using visual and auditory cues and words that improve common misspellings
- Comprehension:
Literacy 5
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- Comprehension:
- original fiction and non-fiction texts from history, science, historical figures, the animal world, the man-made world, classics, culture and mythology, comprehension using yes/no, true/false, cloze, multiple choice
- Language:
- complex and creative sentences, grammar, word building, vocabulary building, usage of standard English, using grammar in context for improved sentences
- Writing:
- punctuation, building complex sentences, paragraphing and vocabulary building, creative writing, writing resource lists and story ideas
- Spelling:
- practise word families and improve common misspellings using visual and auditory cues
- Comprehension:
Literacy 6
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- Comprehension:
- original fiction and non-fiction texts from history, science, historical figures, the animal world, the man-made world, classics, culture and mythology, comprehension using yes/no, true/false, cloze, multiple choice
- Language:
- complex and creative sentences, grammar, word building, vocabulary building, usage of standard English, using grammar in context for improved sentences
- Writing:
- punctuation, building complex sentences, paragraphing and vocabulary building, adapting simple rhymes, poems, descriptions, similes and metaphors with the use of grammatical lists to produce original and creative texts, writing resource lists for narrative writing and story ideas
- Spelling:
- words that practise word families and improve common misspellings using visual and auditory cues
- Comprehension: