West CoastLANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT CENTRE

Changing Futures

Looking Forand Link Clues

Look For and Link Clues

Detective Smart Guess

Click, Clunk,Stop and Fix

Monitor & Fix

Whole BodyListening

Boss of the Brain

Build and make links to Prior Knowledge

Prior Knowledge

Package Synopsis

This package focuses on processes and strategies that teachers can use to teach comprehension skills in viewing, listening, reading and related domains. The information is informed by current evidence and personal experience as to what works and what does not. There are many related theoretical documents, resources that are located on the accompanying thumb drive.

Central to the package is a character called Comp Monitor who is a puppet that provides the motivational hook for children to engage in tasks and activities. He is a tool as opposed to a toy and should be used as a scaffold or support for students as they engage in learning strategies to enhance their comprehension.

The package includes visual icons that relate to the underpinning cognitive processes associated with the critical comprehension strategies. These strategies should not be viewed as a ‘grab bag’ of ideas. Strategies only produce powerful outcomes when they are carefully selected and implemented based on the identified needs of children and in the context of carefully sequenced teaching processes. The package details concrete lessons that introduce skills and additional literacy based lessons.

The resources on the thumb drive include copyright free graphics, lessons ideas and posters.

Compy’s Oral Monitoring Chart

Whole Body Listening

Listen with your...

A2 inter-active Posters

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Switch onyour brain

Hi Fiveand a Fist

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Listening

Switchon

Tuneinto thetrack

Tune out static

Selectright track

Tune inand Listen

A2 Posters

Comp Monitor Learns about Cause and Effect

Written by Shelley Blakers

Illustrated by Julia Reynolds

Compy Stories

New Word!

What is a ?

Too Quiet!

Talk louder

Don’t Know Any of it!

What are you talking about?

Too Long!

Say one thing at a timeToo Fast!

Talk slower

Not Listening!

Say that again

Distraction!

I didn’t hear you because

Tell me more

Compy’s Oral Monitoring Chart

Need More Information!

New Word!

What is a

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Too Quiet!

Talk louder

Don’t Know

Any of it!

What are you talking about?

Too Long!

Say one thing at a time

Too Fast!

Talk slower

Not Listeni

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Say that again

Distraction

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Written byShelley Blakers

Illustrated byJulia Reynolds

A2 Posters

Compy Puppet

Thumb Drive: includes resources,

lesson ideas, graphics etc.

Overview Map A1

Connection Circuit

Comprehension Blvd.

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Visualise

Attention & Listening

ComprehensionMonitoring

Memory & Thinking

Professional Learning

Bushview Primary

Whole SchoolApproach

Assessment Pl.

Look For and

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Prior

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Judging

Importance

Problem

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Causeand

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Inferenceand

PredictionMain Ideaand

SynthesisSkills Super Highway

Idoalot Billabong 2Km

Icrackup Town 10Km Speakeasyville 23Km

Igetitsberg

The Home of Comprehension

File: comprehensive overview and strategies

Compy Stickers

New Word!

What is a ?

Too Quiet!

Talk louder

Don’t Know Any of it!

What are you talking about?

Too Long!

Say one thing at a time

Too Fast!

Talk slower

Not Listening!

Say that again

Distraction!

I didn’t hear you because Tell me more

Compy’s Oral Monitoring

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Order Form available on website.

ABN 92 707 102 952

Resources Cost Qty AmountGST Total

Compy Puppet (includes bag)

Multiple Puppets (3-9)10 or more

Oral Monitoring ChartReading Monitoring ChartWhole Body ListeningMonitor and FixText to TextText to SelfText to WorldHi Five and FistTune in and Listen

Oral Monitoring Chart

Whole Body Listening

1. Whole Body Listening2. Problem & Solution3. Cause & Effect4. Boss of the Brain5. Clues & Prediction

A2 Coloured Posters

A2 Coloured Inter-active Posters

A3 Coloured Story Books

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‘I Get it’ File $110.00 $11.00 $121.00Thumb Drive $25.00 $2.50 $27.50

6. Set of all books in bag $165.00 $16.50 $181.50

Set of all Charts in envelope $70.00 $7.00 $77.00

Entire Package $380.00 $38.00 $418.00

A1 Posters/ChartsAll A1 posters printed and laminated $25.00 $2.50 $27.50

Stickers (50) $4.50 $00.45 $4.95

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Changing Futures

Professional Development

Centrally located PDTo maximise the benefits of the package key people need to complete a professional learning series. The service will support targeted staff who attend the series as they implement ideas and complete training sessions for their school (train the trainer model).

There are course costs associated with the training of teachers and this includes a complete copy of all the critical resources required for the implementation of this package. Additional items can be purchased. School based PDAnother option is that the series is run at a local school site for individual or groups of schools. The cost would be negotiated. Country schools can contact our service and we will negotiate options and costs.

Professional Development ContentSession 1 (3 hours)Introductory session on background theory and package overview. Listening and Attending using the ‘Whole Body Listening’ strategy. Comprehension Monitoring and introducing ‘Click, Clunk, Stop and Fix’ strategy to engage students and Visualising.

Session 2 (2 hours)Looking for and Linking Clues and making connections to Prior Knowledge, Prediction and Judging Importance.

Session 3 (2 hours)

Problem/Solution, Cause and Effect and Main Idea

Session 4 (2 hours)Inference, Synthesis and Questioning

Session 5 (3 hours)Story Grammar (Narrative and Persuasion), Assessment, Integrated and Other

Strategies

Costing$480+gst for the I Get it’ package. This includes a complete copy of all the critical resources required for implementation (resource file,1 puppet, 11 posters, 5 big books and a 4gb thumb drive full of ideas, lesson plans and teaching resources, all copyright free).

or

$100+gst for each participant (covers afternoon tea and photocopying) ONLY schools that already have the package.

Contact Us

SCHOOL OFFICERLeanne Dunn

leanne.dunn2@education.wa.edu.au

SCHOOL OFFICERAdrienne keen

adrienne.keen@education.wa.edu.au

WESTCOAST LDC ADMINISTRATION

PRINCIPAL

Shelley Blakers shelley.blakers@education.wa.edu.au

DEPUTY PRINCIPALS

Deborah Silverlockdeborah.silverlock@education.wa.edu.au

(Outreach Service, East Hamersley Campus)

Catherine Regan

catherine.regan@education.wa.edu.au

(Quinns Beach & Poseidon Campus)

Sarah Arnattsarah.arnatt@education.wa.edu.au

(Padbury Campus)

W.C.L.D.C. MANAGER CORPORATE SERVICES / SCHOOL OFFICERS

Lesley Richeslesley.riches@education.wa.edu.au

MAIN OFFICEC/- Padbury Primary School

MacDonald AvePadbury