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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...
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...
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...
Kitehawk – The Advantages of the Online Program
Some students will engage better with the Online Program than with the hard copy workbooks of the print version. The Online Program is self-paced – students work at their own pace. There is immediate feedback to the student. There is no need to look-up answers,...
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:...
About the Content
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 =...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Guide Words – Dictionary Skills and Building Vocabulary
The Guide Words Activities develop the important dictionary skill of being able to find words quickly. The aim is to help students quickly find new words or different meanings of words. The habit of using a dictionary (preferably a printed version) is vital to the...
Dictation – An Important Literacy Teaching Tool
Dictation and phonics are two of the most potent literacy teaching tools. Dictation can improve the four language skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing. Many teachers know the power of dictation in teaching literacy, even though dictation has fallen...
Learning Benefits of Different Types of Activities
The Kitehawk Program has a basic set of Activities in all 5 Programs. These activities increase in complexity as students progress through the program. The Activities all have a teaching and learning purpose, and relate to the List Words where possible. The...
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...
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...
How to…
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....
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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