First class have been working in stations to improve their reading , writing, listening and oral language skills.
The class has been divided into 5 groups for station time, with 6 children in each group.
There are 5 stations set up in the classroom and each group works at each station for 10 minutes at a time. Station teaching happens from Monday to Thursday for 30 minutes each day.
At the first station, children play a game called ‘Frogs’ to match up the starting letter or letters of words, printed on frogs, with the end of words, printed on lily pads. Children enjoy coming up with both real and nonsense words at this station.
The second station is all about sight words – those commonly used words in English that cannot be sounded out but need to be recognised on sight. There is a list of 100 words that the children are working on, 10 at a time. First the children make mini-books containing 10 of the words. After the books have been read, the children participate in activities based on the words in the books, such as bingo and word searches.
The third station is the listening station, where children listen to audio books and record their responses on pre-printed sheets. Children record their responses to the stories in words and pictures.
At the writing station, children choose a card with a picture and relevant vocabulary on it, and use these prompts to write a short story about the picture.
The reading station is where children are free to just sit and read using the class supplementary readers.