and the explicit teaching of skills such as active listening, structuring sentences etc. (Department of Education WA, 2013c). Limitations Provision of the resource needs to be supplemented with scaffolding from the teacher to reap full benefits (Gelmini-Hornsby, 2012). What academic Links to The Australian Curriculum links support the short presentations using some introduced text structures “Make resource being and language, for example opening statements (ACELY1657)” useful? for specific purposes and information, including “Listen instructions, and extend own and others' ideas in students’ discussions (ACELY1666)” (ACARA, n.d.) Links to the EYLF Outcome 5.3 Children express ideas and make meaning using – a range of media the creative arts such to express ideas “ Use as…storytelling and make (DEEWR, 2009, p.42) meaning” WA First Steps Speaking and Listening Resource Book Developing oral language in primary classrooms. (Kirkland & Patterson, 2005). Scaffolding children's collaborative story-telling through constructive and interactive story-making 2012).
and the explicit teaching of skills such as active listening, structuring sentences etc. (Department of Education WA, 2013c). Limitations Provision of the resource needs to be supplemented with scaffolding from the teacher to reap full benefits (Gelmini-Hornsby, 2012). What academic links support the resource being useful? Links to The Australian Curriculum “Make short presentations using some introduced text structures and language, for example opening statements (ACELY1657)” “Listen for specific purposes and information, including instructions, and extend students’ own and others' ideas in discussions (ACELY1666)” (ACARA, n.d.) Links to the EYLF Outcome 5.3 – Children express ideas and make meaning using a range of media “ Use the creative arts such as…storytelling to express ideas and make meaning” (DEEWR, 2009, p.42) WA First Steps Speaking and Listening Resource Book Developing oral language in primary classrooms. (Kirkland & Patterson, 2005). Scaffolding children's collaborative story-telling through constructive and interactive story-making 2012).