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PBS Learning Media - Reading Foundational Skills

This webpage from the USA includes a comprehensive library of resources for English teachers, EALD teachers and literacy leaders.

Structure and features

Learning tasks

This webpage includes content for:

  • literature 
  • informational texts 
  • ELA writing (processes and products for all genre and text types) 
  • speaking and listening 
  • language 
  • reading in history and social studies 
  • reading in science and subjects 
  • history, social studies and science technical writing 

Each of these sections includes videos, interactive games, lessons, and lesson plans.

Who can use these? 

  • Teachers can use resources with or without modification.
  • Families can use these materials to guide your child's learning. 
  • Senior students, in negotiation with their teacher, can use materials as prompts for complex, independent text productions and studies.

 

Teacher notes

Teacher notes

This content can easily be aligned to Australian Curriculum content.

Focus Areas

This covers focus areas across R-12 including:

  • literature
  • literacy
  • language.

Assessment opportunities 

Teachers can assign assessment tasks across a range of modes including:

  • speaking
  • listening
  • reading
  • viewing
  • writing
  • creating.

Assessment tasks will need to be developed at the appropriate level for activities completed by the students.

Curriculum links 

Teachers may develop cross-curricular links as appropriate.