Literacy
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Year 6 Literacy Progressions - Term 2
Reading:
Language Features
- Describe how different text types or genres have different language features.
- Use what has been read to help understand that some words have different meanings depending on the context.
Writing:
Spelling
Show a good understanding of all basic spelling patterns and rules.
Punctuation
Attempt complex punctuation.
Organisation
Choose from different planning tools to meet the purpose.
Our Term 2 text
This term we are following a chapter chat program. Chapter chat is a fun way for students to engage in the story by completing a range of different reading tasks.
Our text ties in with Topic as it is an historical novel following the lives of families in New Zealand from 1886-2018.
Poetry
From week 3 we will be studying language features via poetry. Students will look at different poems and features each week and complete a range of associated tasks. The poem of the week will be in the student's homework books.
Language Feature focus:
Week 3 - simile
Week 4 - metaphor
Library
Each class has a library time on Friday morning. Students may issue 2 books for a maximum of 2 weeks.
Year6Supporting your child's learningReading.pdfREADING AT HOME
Your child will be reading non-fiction books, chapter books, magazines, and online information across all areas of the curriculum. Click here for some helpful things you can do at home to support your child's reading progress.
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