expand vocabulary by exploring a range of synonyms and antonyms, and using words encountered in a range of sources

How Bloomi helps with this

This is a readiness-year topic that builds towards the next NAPLAN year. Bloomi practises it as curriculum mastery, never test drilling.

What this looks like in the classroom

• building vocabulary from research about technical and learning area–specific topics; for example, gravity and magnetic forces
• determining or clarifying the shades of meaning of synonyms and antonyms
• using words encountered in texts that are formed from a First Nations Australian language; for example, Woomba Woomba or Toowoom was the place referred to by First Nations Australians on the Darling Downs and then the name was referred to as Toowoomba by the drovers