Literacy and Numeracy Interventions
QuickSmart Literacy and Numeracy Intervention Program
Warracknabeal Secondary College is committed to ensuring every student achieves success in their learning. Sometimes students can encounter difficulties in recalling (remembering and being able to vocalise) information that they learnt in a previous lesson. The QuickSmart Program aims to teach students skills to recall information, in order to help them build on this information and engage in learning.
The QuickSmart Program is used at Years 7 to 9 to assist selected students to improve their ability to remember basic information quickly and accurately, that they already know. This intervention program helps students to successfully engage with higher order thinking tasks, such as forming connections between concepts taught in class, rather than using their working memory to rediscover and decode known basic facts.
The QuickSmart Program is used at Years 7 to 9 to assist selected students to improve their ability to remember basic information quickly and accurately, that they already know. This intervention program helps students to successfully engage with higher order thinking tasks, such as forming connections between concepts taught in class, rather than using their working memory to rediscover and decode known basic facts.
QuickSmart Numeracy program activities.
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In each intervention lesson, the facilitator makes sure that a student has a sufficient understanding of a concept at a certain level, and then works with the student to increase speed of recall and accuracy. Once the student can easily and quickly recall information at that particular level, they then progress to the next level.
The QuickSmart Program uses methods that focus on a variety of practice and recall strategies. Each lesson will involve a number of guided practice activities featuring spoken positive self talk, discussion of memory and retrieval strategies, games, and worksheet activities followed by timed independent practice activities. For more information on Quicksmart, please click on the link https://simerr.une.edu.au/quicksmart/pages/index.php |
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CARS & STARS Literacy Program
The CARS & STARS Literacy program is a reading comprehension program that assists teachers at Warracknabeal Secondary College to identify and teach twelve reading and comprehension strategies to improve student literacy results.
The program is divided into two sections; the Instruction portions (STARS), and the Assessment portion (CARS). These sections are used together to help teachers diagnose problem areas with their students, and to devise teaching strategies to assist students in strengthen these areas. The Assessment portion contains tests that allows teachers to monitor student progress and determine if goals have been achieved.
The program is divided into two sections; the Instruction portions (STARS), and the Assessment portion (CARS). These sections are used together to help teachers diagnose problem areas with their students, and to devise teaching strategies to assist students in strengthen these areas. The Assessment portion contains tests that allows teachers to monitor student progress and determine if goals have been achieved.
CARS & STARS comprehension activity.
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CARS assessment tests.
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CARS & STARS literacy techniques.
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WordFlyers Literacy Program
In 2016 Warracknabeal Secondary College took on the WordFlyers Literacy Program to support English students in Years 7 to 10. This on-line program is based on the Australian Curriculum and assists both teachers and students to bring their literacy skills up to standard in grammar, reading, comprehension, punctuation, vocabulary, and writing.
Students can complete literacy tasks that are targeted to their achievement level, allowing students to challenge themselves by attempting harder tasks, or to reinforce skills previously learnt. Teachers are able to monitor student progress, set specific tasks for students, as well as goals.
Students can complete literacy tasks that are targeted to their achievement level, allowing students to challenge themselves by attempting harder tasks, or to reinforce skills previously learnt. Teachers are able to monitor student progress, set specific tasks for students, as well as goals.
Students are assessed on spelling, punctuation, reading comprehension, writing, grammar, and NAPLAN literacy skills.
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WordFlyers Literacy program.
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WordFlyers offer differentiated activities based on student's literacy abilities.
