Planning+A+Literacy+Curriculum


 * Planning a Literacy

Curriculum**

When designing a literacy curriculum it is important to consider the children’s needs, however it is also necessary to consider their interests so that children are engaged in their learning. ||

Hill (2006, p.378) highlights that there are three main ways to plan a literacy curriculum. These are: Subject-by-subject curriculum:  Ø   This refers the curriculum being separated by subject and with no evidence of the subjects being inter-related. This basically means that literacy is only a focus during the timetabled literacy time. Multidisciplined curriculum:  Ø   In this approach a topic is chosen as a focus and it referred to in all subject areas. Hill (2006, p. 374) uses the example of frogs. So in literacy time stories about frogs would be read, children would write about frogs (eg. Frogs are green, Frogs can jump). During the timetabled Maths time children would count frogs, or green frogs together and count. In science time, they may learn the life cycle of frogs. Integrated Curriculum:  Ø   This approach refers to a unit of study that is a combination of what the teacher knows about literacy and knowing the children’s interests and basing activities around that.