Literacy: Little Learners Love Literacy Program
The P-2 teachers and students have been enjoying the Little Learners Love Literacy (LLLL) program which focuses on sounds and sound blends to assist students in the reading and writing.
You can see more about the program on this website
Preps
The Prep students are starting to use their decoding strategies to read words and are quite proud of their achievements. They are learning the sounds for the letters b,n,d,l,h,o,g,v and the heart words I, the and my. As they progress with their sound knowledge, students will be starting to take books home to read (some Preps have already so be sure to check their bags). We have found that the spelling session for LLLL is a great gateway to prepare students for the SMART Spelling program used in Years 1-6.
1/2s
The 1/2s are also finding that LLLL has linked wonderfully to the Literacy Program, allowing students to practice their weekly sound focus in SMART Spelling and during the whole class big book focus. The students are particularly enjoying the sound box, word and sound games and being ‘sound detectives’. Year 1/2s students will continue to take home the LLLL decodable texts that align with their level each week. We are currently learning the sounds for ar, or, aw, ir, ur and er. Although it might seem like the book is easy to read, we are building student’s abilities to read with fluency and automaticity. It is important for your child to read the books as much as they can to consolidate their understanding of each stage so their sound knowledge is easily transferred to other skills - we have already started to see Year 1 and 2s use their knowledge of phonemes and graphemes in their writing!
A great idea for reluctant readers is to have them be a ‘sound detective’ at home by having your child look for the sound focus from their book in other books around the house!
The LLLL program was featured in an article in The Age this week, take a look at what they had to say: Primary schools dump ‘predictable’ picture books as reading tools
Thanks for your support at home with this program!