First Steps literacy resources comprise comprehensive teaching materials in the four modes of literacy: Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening, and Viewing as well as a resource - Linking Assessment, Teaching and Learning.
Each resource includes practical, accessible, classroom-tested teaching ideas and activities that teachers can adapt to suit their students and the Western Australian Curriculum: English.
Linking Assessment, Teaching and Learning describes good practice in the areas of assessment and how to link it to differentiated teaching practices.
The Reading Resource Book is designed to help teachers focus on the explicit teaching of reading processes, strategies and conventions; and the contextual aspects associated with comprehending different types of texts.
The Speaking and Listening Resource Book is designed to help teachers focus on the explicit teaching of the different forms of spoken language; speaking and listening processes, strategies and conventions; and the contextual aspects associated with composing and understanding oral texts.
The Viewing Resource Book is designed to help teachers focus on the explicit teaching of the different forms of multimodal texts; viewing processes, strategies and conventions; and the contextual aspects associated with understanding multimodal texts.
The Writing Resource Book is designed to help teachers focus on the explicit teaching of different forms of text; writing processes, strategies and conventions; and the contextual aspects associated with composing texts.
The Reading Map of Development describes student learning behaviours, suggested teaching emphases and a range of teaching and learning experiences for each phase of development.
The Speaking and Listening Map of Development is designed to help teachers map their students' progress. It has a strong focus on supporting teachers as they plan and implement a dynamic and interactive model of speaking and listening.
The Viewing Map of Development describes student learning behaviours, suggested teaching emphases and a range of teaching and learning experiences for each phase of development. The organisation of the map assists teachers to link teaching and learning with assessment.
The Writing Map of Development is designed to help teachers map their students' progress; it offers suggestions for teaching and learning experiences that will assist with further development of students' writing.