E5

**Professional Reading** **e5 Instructional Model: engage – explore – explain – elaborate – evaluate** The DEECD is promoting this model to assist school leaders and teachers develop a shared understanding of how to improve classroom practice across all learning domains. Download a PDF file with explanations on e5 and the corresponding intended capabilities across four levels of development. Link is found on the left-hand side of the website at the bottom. []

Engage the first phase, aims to capture the students' attention, stimulate their thinking and help them access prior knowledge. Activities in the engage stage should allow students to** Various activities focused around themes/ topics/concepts that engage children : warmers/starters conversational surveys (example find someone in the class who .....etc or pick a card and find your match resulting in pair work); card games: vocab dice, word puzzles; conversation starters using cards; music/songs; media:magazines/newspaper articles, posters, photos; computer/online interaction:interactive language learning websites, vodcasts, podcasts.
 * Engage
 * **make connections between past and present learning experiences**
 * **become mentally engaged in the concept, process or skill to be learned.**


 * Explore

Explain

Elaborate

Evaluate**