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Techlearning20.wikispaces. Literacy across the KLAs - a guide. Literacy practices across KLAs© Copyright: State of , Department of Education and Training 2004.

Literacy across the KLAs - a guide

This page may be photocopied for non-commercial use. Literacy practices in English Code breaking Decoding and encoding the codes and symbols of written, spoken and visual texts, for example: using appropriate technical terms during shared reading activitiesrecognising pronouns that refer to preceding nounsusing voice and body languageusing camera angle and viewer position in a visual textrecognising linking words that express logical relationshipsrecognising symbolic use of music or sound effects. Text participant Comprehending and composing written, spoken and visual texts, for example: Text user Understanding the purposes of different written, spoken and visual texts, and using texts in different ways for different cultural and social functions, for example: Text analyst Understanding how texts differentially position readers, viewers and listeners, for example: Literacy practices in Mathematics.

The AIS Literacy Website : Literacy in KLAs 7 to 12: Science: Text Types: Ta. The structure of a taxonomic report is followed by . This is marked for you in the example below. The difference between the taxonomic report and the descriptive report is that the descriptive reports predominately describe what something is or does, while classifying reports predominantly look at different parts and how they relate to each other. In other words, the main purpose of a taxonomic report is to classify. Matter is the name given to anything which has mass and takes up space. In science the term matter replaces the everyday word - thing. Solids have several characteristics. Liquids have several characteristics. Gases have several characteristics. . : , 1996, NPDP, Module 2, p.39. For a taxonomic report, ask students to draw a tree diagram from the information in the report.

For a descriptive report, ask students to write supporting details after the topic sentences in the appropriate scaffold box, e.g. The eye is the most important sense organ for humans. what it does description. Www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/uploadedFiles/departments/techtraining/homepage/BloomDigitalTaxonomy2001.pdf. Android (literacy links)

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Primary resources. Digital resources. STEPS Information Literacy for pupils, teachers, inquiry, questions and projects. This section is a complete Information Literacy model based on current pedagogical thinking and learning practices.

STEPS Information Literacy for pupils, teachers, inquiry, questions and projects

We have other specific information literacy resources section here. Below, we have a number of resources related to the STEPS programme. We have developed a full information literacy programme similar to BIG 6/ SAUCE etc. This model for the Information Process, is specifically based around an easy to remember acronym and using words that children relate to better. This is supported with a range of downloadable resources and online activities to practise skills. But wait there's more! Current educational research has highlighted that pupils are often left to "absorb" information literacy skills as they research a topic or answers to questions that they have, but because of the lack of practise of skills and careful scaffolding of these skills they struggle.

I would like to express my thanks to the team at Medbury School who have made contributions to the STEPS resources. CLWG: Children's Literature Web Guide. Information Literacy Weblog. Literacy - CNPSCard.

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