Planning+and+Managing+Literacy+Learning

__** Combine ‘work and play.’ (Hill, 2006, p.373)  It is important that teachers incorporate ‘children’s interests and needs’ (Hill, 2006, p.373) into the planning of the students’ literacy curriculum. ‘There are three main ways to plan a literacy curriculum: by subject areas, multidisciplinary or intergrated.’ (Hill, 2006 p. 373) __Subject Areas: __ Each subject is sorted into different time blocks throughout the day. For example, ‘the literacy block 9-10.30, mathematics block 11-12, and so on’ (Hill, 2006, p.374) __Multidisciplinary curriculum: __ This is where the teacher can choose a topic and then work on it with the students over a number of days or weeks. For example a teacher may choose to focus on elephants. So therefore all the classroom lessons including; reading, writing, maths, science and art would be based on elephants. __ Intergrated curriculum: __ This is where a subject is intergrated into a curriculum. The topic would be something that is of interest and relevant to the children. The children then research the topic and complete activities which have been designed around the subject.
 * __ [[image:lit.jpg align="right"]]Planning and Managing Literacy Learning

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