New resources have been created to assist Year 7–10 teachers to support students in developing relevant literacy and numeracy skills.

The resources, Learning through reading and writing and Planning for success in secondary Mathematics provide opportunities for modelling, guided practice and independent practice of literacy and numeracy strategies.

Learning through reading and writing contains:

• Strategies to assist students with reading, comprehension and writing presented in four stages

• Preparing for reading
• Detailed reading
• Note-making
• Joint construction

• Videos illustrating the strategies in action

• Sample lesson plans linked to NSW syllabuses

• Year 9 Geography
• Year 9 History
• Year 7 PDHPE
• Year 9 Science

• Parent and teacher brochures

Planning for success in secondary Mathematics contains:

• Strategies to assist students to succeed in Mathematics presented in four stages

• Teacher modelling
• First guided practice
• Second guided practice
• Joint construction

• Videos illustrating the strategies in action

• Parent and teacher brochures

BOSTES would like to thank Dr David Rose, Director of Reading to Learn, for his contribution to these resources.

For more information, contact:
Kerry Sheehan
Inspector, Science
kerry.sheehan@bostes.nsw.edu.au
(02) 9367 8144

Marina Laing
Senior Project Officer, Curriculum Projects
marina.laing@bostes.nsw.edu.au
(02) 9367 8451