English Focus Areas in Kindergarten

 Please find below some key terms you will come across in your child's education: 

·       Oral Language and communicating - developing speaking, listening and interacting skills.

·       Vocabulary - the knowledge of words, their meaning and how they are used and understood whil speaking, listening, reading and writing.

·      Phonological awareness - the sounds within spoken words such as syllables and rhymes.

·     Print conventions - the knowledge of how books and written language work. This includes understanding how books are used, the reading direction and the difference between letters, words and sentences.

·       Phonic knowledge - the letter symbol in the alphabet (grapheme) that is used to represent a spoken sound (phoneme) in a word.

·        Reading fluency - reading style that is smooth and expressive. Frequently used words are recognised straightaway.

·       Reading comprehension - the meaning of words and sentences that are read, while recalling information about characters, events and ideas. 

·       Creating written texts - writing texts using simple sentences.

·       Spelling - using different strategies to spell high-frequency words.

·      Handwriting - the clear production of all lower-case and upper-case letters in NSW Foundation Style.

·       Understand and respond to literature - the reactions, thoughts and opinions children have when reading.