As a participating school in the OLSEL pilot program, we at St. Agatha’s have aligned our teaching practice to focus on enhancing the children’s oral language understanding in order to improve their overall literacy results.

Literacy results have improved since we focussed on

Visualising new words Listening behaviours Questioning techniques Extending sentences Synonyms and antonyms Predicting

The following improved behaviours have been noted

Well entrenched listening skills Improved prediction skills Improved comprehension Better use of adjectives Improved grammar Broader vocabulary usage Higher reading levels

Focus on ESL children Collaborative planning Sharing of ideas Better usage and knowledge of OLSEL

folder More focussed Show and Tell Continue to improve and develop

questioning strategies Encourage children to observe details in

pictures and be able to verbalise their observations