Description
How can a car fit in a suitcase? What is the Big Whack theory? Can fizzy drinks split bones? How can a phone become a flower? Read, think and talk about these interactive and audio-assisted texts and activities and so much more in CSI Literacy Kit: Aqua.
The Kit contains:
1 Lesson Plan Book
- 5 introductory lessons and 40 comprehensive lesson plans for teaching of fiction (including poetry) and non-fiction texts (including numeracy, science and social studies)
- Support for teachers including research citations; levelling information; and approaches for struggling readers, English Language Learners (ELLs) and boys
- Classroom management and scheduling options
- Assessment rubrics for reading, language, writing and oral language (for both fiction and non-fiction texts)
2 interactive CD-ROMs
- 40 digital texts (for whole- or small-group explicit teaching) with a unique digital interface for teaching and learning, to be used with an interactive whiteboard, a data projector or a large TV
- Selected digital texts have embedded video or audio to build students’ subject-area knowledge and to increase engagement, especially helpful for ELLs and struggling readers
- All co-operative texts, activities and graphic organisers in digital PDF format for printing or viewing on any device
1 Texts for Shared and Modelled Reading book
- 45+ levelled shared-reading texts for use under a document camera
15 Co-operative Learning Activitiesbooks
- 40 texts (8 non-fiction, 8 numeracy, 8 fiction, 8 science and 8 social studies) with corresponding co-operative activities
- Co-operative literacy learning supports pupils to “do today what was modelled and discussed yesterday” (the gradual release of responsibility model)
- Glossed academic vocabulary words to build vocabulary
2 audio CDs
- 40 fluent reading models of all co-operative book texts, especially valuable for ELLs and struggling readers
15 blank transparencies and 15 erasable markers
- Students can place transparencies over the co-operative texts and use the pens to annotate the texts, working co-operatively and using their oral language skills to share their reflections
1 sample hard-copy Reflection Journal
- 40 unique graphic organisers individually designed for each text to consolidate student learning through writing and to provide a record of student progress
- Templates for individual written reflection
- Rubrics for self-assessment and building metacognition