Better Start Literacy Approach

Target Phonemes and Graphemes

Target picture word cards

Suggested Reader 

Better Start Literacy Approach is a structured literacy approach to literacy for Year 0 to 2 classrooms. This is to support children's early reading, writing and oral language success. The approach includes the systematic teaching of critical phonological awareness skills and letter knowledge skills and activities making explicit links to the reading and spelling context.  The new Ready to Read - Phonics Plus early readers are explored in small group reading sessions. 

I thought it a good idea to use BSLA with my target group of learners because it ''includes explicit teaching in vocabulary skills and in building children's oral narrative and listening comprehension skills through quality children's story books. The Better Start Literacy Approach follows a structured phonics scope and sequence that is used in the class and small group reading teaching''. University of Canterbury | Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha in New Zealand schools

I will also be using the Levelled pm readers in conjunction with the BSLA. The reason I am doing this is that I feel that I need to continue with PM readers so that the readers develop and retain reading fluency.