PREP UNIT

Numeracy​
  • Use correct number formation to 20
  • Count forwards and backwards to twenty using different starting points
  • Count by 1s, 5s and 10s to 100
  • Simple addition
  • Understand and use counting strategies for addition including: count all, count on, tens facts, doubles, near doubles
  • Simple subtraction
  • Understand and use counting strategies for subtraction including: count all, count back, count on, build to ten
  • Use informal units to measure the length, capacity and mass of objects
  • Use and continue to develop Mathematical language including more than, less than, longer, heavier, shorter and lighter

Literacy​
  • Use concepts of Print, with a focus on screen and digital texts
  • Understand Narrative texts: Fairy Tales & Aboriginal Dreamtime Stories
  • Identify some features of texts including events, characters and the setting
  • Consolidate understanding of fiction and nonfiction texts
  • Use the pictures to tell the story in a text
  • Focus on the development of characters in a text
  • Retell events from a text, focussing on the beginning, middle and end
  • Revise Reading Strategies including: Eagle Eye, Lips the Fish, Stretchy Snake, Chunky Monkey, Skippy Frog, Flippy Dolphin, Tryin’ Lion and Careful Caterpillar, to improve accuracy
  • Read with fluency, using expression and punctuation
  • Use comprehension strategies to understand and discuss texts listened to, viewed or read independently
  • Check for understanding when reading
  • Back up and reread unfamiliar words
  • Use prior knowledge when reading
  • Use simple punctuation such as: uppercase letters, full stops and spaces
  • Form uppercase and lowercase letters using known letter formation with correct placement and size
Spelling Focus:
  • Use and record phonograms to make familiar words and unfamiliar words.
  • Use an editing checklist to edit own work
  • Understand and apply R blends (cr, br, dr).
  • Understand and apply the blends- cr, br, dr, cl, bl, sp, st. th, ch, sh, qu
  • Revision of consonant digraphs
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Integrated Studies​
Family Life / Our Family – Past & Present
  • Identify who is in our family
  • Understand how families are different
  • Understand our family and their Past and Present
  • Identify what has changed or remained the same in our lives
  • Identify what has changed or remained the same in our community