FSL - First & Second Class Literacy

Module 1: Oral Language 

• Engage pupils enjoyably in a variety of spoken texts and oral language skills-building activities and experiences centred on the functions of oral language
• Purposefully develop children’s speaking and listening skills through a systematic oral language lesson approach, delivering PLC learning outcomes
• Teach and extend children’s vocabulary by taking a systematic rich story approach
• Develop and implement PLC learning outcomes through implementing a public speaking skills-building programme to explicitly teach a range of speaking and listening skills
• Create a rich, effective language learning environment that incorporates socio-dramatic play and playfulness into language learning
• Assess their pupil's oral language skills and decide the next steps in learning

Module 2: Reading

• Implement the six-step approach to a reading lesson and follow the gradual release of responsibility model
• Implement the guided reading approach
• Explicitly teach a range of comprehension strategies to support children’s response to text read
• Teach word identification strategies
• Implement strategies to build reading fluency as a comprehension approach
• Extend and build out the richness of children’s vocabulary through reading
• Incorporate inclusive/differentiated approaches and effective teaching methodologies
• Assess their student's reading skills and decide the next steps in learning

Module 3: Writing

• Implement a writing process and writing workshop approach to developing and progressing children’s writing skills
• Have children create a variety of texts for a variety of audiences both independently and collaboratively, across a range of genres using the 7-step approach
• Teach and develop the typical text structure and language features associated with a variety of genres across the curriculum
• Incorporate a variety of digital tools for children to create, revise and showcase writing
• Foster a culture of writing in their classroom
• Assess their pupil's writing skills and decide the next steps in learning

 Module 4: Poetry

• Implement a systematic approach to engaging, unpacking and responding to a poem
• Teach and extend children’s vocabulary by taking a systematic rich story and poetry lesson approach
• Engage children in the creative process of creating their own poems
• Implement playful and engaging approaches to language learning in classrooms
• Foster a poetry-active culture in their classroom and school

Module 5: Additional strategies

• Implement an internet research and inquiry cycle approach to oral language, reading and writing skills development
• Commit to taking a content and integrated language learning approach to the wider curriculum
• Support the development of language awareness among students
• Implement the talk time approach to building the explicit vocabulary inherent in the strands of the wider curriculum
• Teach a range of spelling strategies and rules that will support children in writing and writing across the curriculum
• Consider the opportunities pupils have to reflect on their progress as learners and to develop a sense of ownership of and responsibility for their language learning.