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Repetition – Practise Practise Practise!

Repetition – Practise Practise Practise!

Why repetition or practise is important.   Repetition is practising a task many times, whether it be learning to spell words, playing a musical instrument or improving your sporting prowess.   You cannot learn to play a sport or musical instrument by just...

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Teaching Tips for Aboriginal Students

Teaching Tips for Aboriginal Students

The following suggestions may help get better teaching and learning results with Aboriginal students, particularly those in more remote areas.   1. Avoid Working with the Individual in a Group Situation Many Aboriginal students do not like to be singled out in a...

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Listening Skills Need to be Taught!

Listening Skills Need to be Taught!

At Teachers College in the 1960’s, our Speech and Drama Lecturer emphasized the need to teach students listening skills.  This skill was routinely taught to students through dictation and other listening activities.  When I returned to education as a relief...

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Attaining Functional Literacy

Attaining Functional Literacy

Attaining Functional Literacy Students who complete Programs 1 and 2, should be functionally literate. They will have learned the skills to independently study and complete Programs 3, 4 and 5 with minimum assistance. To work independently the skills learned are:...

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About the Content

Plurals of Nouns

Plurals of Nouns

Rules for Plurals Singular means one. Plural means more than one.   Most nouns are made plural by adding s:  More than one boy  = boys More than one girl = girls More than one hat = hats   If the word ends in x or s, sh or ch, we add es:  More than one box =...

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Syllables

Syllables

Syllables are the parts of a word that are spoken as a single unit, which together make up a word.   A good understanding of syllables is an important skill that students can use to learn the spelling of long, complicated words.  Breaking a word into syllables...

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Suffixes

Suffixes

General Rules for Suffixes or Word Endings    A suffix is added to the end of a root, which is either a whole word or part of a word. The suffix changes its meaning and its part of speech.   Rules: The following rules are general and there are many...

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Why Study Compound Words?

Why Study Compound Words?

Compound words are formed by joining two or more words.   The Kitehawk Learning Spelling Program uses compound words extensively, to teach spelling using a variety of exercises. Compound words can help build a student’s confidence in spelling long words and...

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Why Study Rhyming Words?

Why Study Rhyming Words?

  Long vowel sounds are the most difficult part of the English language to master.  Rhyming exercises explore the many different ways the same long vowel sound can be spelled. For example, in reading, writing and spelling, there are about 15 different letter...

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Overview of Program 4

Overview of Program 4

Program 4 is designed to be one year’s work in a typical classroom setting where one Unit is completed each week.  The standard is for Grade 6 level or the average student aged about 11 years. The program is written in plain English.   Program 4 has the same...

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Overview of Program 3

Overview of Program 3

Program 3 is designed to be one year’s work in a typical classroom setting where one Unit is completed each week.  The standard is for Grade 5 level or the average student aged about 10 years. The program is written in plain English.   Program 3 has the same...

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How to…

How to Create an Account

How to Create an Account

Go to https://lms.kitehawk.net/ Click on "Learn Online" Scroll down to CLICK HERE FOR PROGRAM 1See:      Is this your first time here? Click on "Create new account".Complete the information required for the new account i.e. Username, password and personal details....

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Copyright Information

Copyright Information

How to find out more about Copyright   Reproduction and Communication for Educational Purposes The Australian Copyright Act 1968 allows a maximum of one chapter or 10% of the pages of a workbook, whichever is greater, to be reproduced and or communicated by any...

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