Introduction

The PM Oral Literacy series provides students with the essential skills and strategies they need to be confident speakers and effective listeners. Recognising the fundamental importance of continuous oral and aural skill development throughout primary school, this series spans the first year of primary school
through to Year 7. 

Students at all years and all levels – Emergent, Early, Developing, Consolidating
and Extending – will benefit from using these amazing resources.

PM Sequencing Card Box Sets

The PM Sequencing Card Boxes enable students to tell their favourite PM Stories in their own words. The textless cards featured within each box introduce students to the structure of stories by focusing on a beginning, a middle and an end, and retelling a narrative in a sequential story.

The PM Sequencing Cards Emergent Box Set consists of 10 sets of sequencing cards which range from Levels 3 – 5 (five cards per set). The PM Sequencing Cards Early Box Set consists of 20 sets of sequencing cards ranging from Levels 6–14 (five cards per set). 

Each Sequencing Cards Box Set contains an IWB CD-ROM with digital versions of the sequencing cards. There are three separate functions:

• Structuring – focuses on the beginning, middle and end of a story
• Sequencing – teaches children the logical sequence of a story
• Writing – allows students to write their own story. 

Software Compatibility

PM Reader's Theatre

The Reader's Theatre titles allow students to dramatise some of their favourite PM stories, along with some brand new ones! There are 30 titles available which range from Levels 15–30.

The following Reader's Theatre titles at Consolidating and Extending level comprise two plays in the one book: 

• The Carnival Horse & The Kindest Family
• Owls in the Garden & The Secret Hideaway
• Car Trouble & The Fishing Trip
• Riding the Skateboard Ramps & Penguin Rescue
• The Talent Quest & Rory’s Big Chance
• A Cunning Plan & The Holiday Nobody Wanted
• The Goats go to School & Lost on the Goldfields
• The Roman Coin & Wa Sugoi, Yuki
• Busking Blues & Movie Mania
• The Unforgettable Un-Adventure & The Yeti Trap
• Best Buddies & One of the Girls
• Class Captain 2088 & Robot Recycling Day
• Visit to the Doctor & The Star of the Show
• A Pirate Story & Mythical Creatures
• The Red Diamond & Alex’s Secret Mission

PM Exploring Vocabulary Cards Box Sets

The PM Exploring Vocabulary Cards Box Sets feature 4-page literacy cards plus an accompanying instruction card designed to further develop the skills acquired from the PM Exploring Vocabulary Big Books. The cards allow students to practise reading aloud, explore new vocabulary, ask questions (literal and inferential) of a text and listen to and follow instructions.

 

Packaged in a handy box set, there are 3 box sets across the middle/upper PM Oral Literacy levels - Developing, Consolidating and Extending. Each box set contains:

• 20 4-page text cards (2 copies of each card)
• 20 2-page student instruction cards that correspond to the text cards
• a CD-ROM with electronic copies of the cards, audio, instructions, activity sheets and teacher notes.

The two texts featured on each text card are written to the same guided reading level and are of a similar theme, but are different text types.

 

The first text is a completed text designed for use in guided activities; the second provides a text starter for independent use.