Year 1

Storybook lessons in Year 1 are part of the InitiaLit program and are completed with a focus text every two weeks. Reading storybooks is an interactive and effective way of improving children’s vocabulary, oral language and of course fostering a love of reading and stories! Students read a range of fiction and non-fiction texts and engage in four storybook lessons including reading the story, talking about the story, word work and beyond the story.

Students are introduced to three vocabulary words before reading and search for these words in the book before sorting them into the Helpful House of Words. They then act out their vocabulary words to reinforce their meaning and how they can be used in their writing. Some favourites have included learning about whale migration and marking this on a map after reading ‘Migaloo the White Whale’ and most recently creating extraordinary things out of ordinary things after reading ‘Milli, Jack and the Dancing Cat’.

Kelly Garcia, Erin Horne and Yasmine Kaballan
Year 1 Teachers