LITERACY

UNDER CONSTRUCTION

At Ruahine School our learners engage in literacy learning that is purposeful, structured, meaningful and balanced. 

Our teaching and learning focuses on: 

• Daily shared reading (reading together), guided reading (reading in a group), and independent reading. 

• Teach decoding and comprehension strategies 

• Spelling; shared guided and independent through Code, which is phonemic awareness. 

• Daily writing; shared, guided and independent

• Oral language; presentations, listening, poems and viewing.