Optimise Learning’s Mathematics Pre Tasks for Foundation to Year 6 students will enable parents to see if their child demonstrates the required understandings in number and algebra, measurement and geometry and statistics and probability at their year level.

If a student is able to complete a Pre Task independently, easily and accurately, parents can assume their child has reached the required achievement standard* in that topic. If a student needed assistance to complete the Pre Task, parents can assume their child needs to learn more in that topic, to reach the required achievement standard*.

Optimise Learning’s Reading Comprehension tasks provide students with a levelled text to read and a range of comprehension, vocabulary and grammar activities to complete. By completing our reading comprehension tasks students are developing their ability to read and comprehend texts in correlation with *Australian Curriculum Achievement Standards.

Each 7 page booklet in this series of 12, has been specifically designed to develop the ability and confidence of students who are learning their 12 times tables. By completing our Times tables booklets, students will improve their ability to complete number sequences involving multiples of the 12 Times tables, practise recalling multiplication facts and related division facts, monitor their own progress and set their own goals.

By completing our Times Tables Practise Task Sheets, students are improving their ability to automatically recall the 12 times tables in correlation with *Australian Curriculum Achievement Standards. Australian Curriculum Achievement Standards indicate that Australian students are expected to be able to independently and accurately recall the times tables, and related division facts by the end of Year 4.

Early Reading Series – Each 11-14 page booklet in this series of 8, has been specifically designed to develop the Phonological Awareness of young students who are learning to read. Phonological Awareness refers to the ability of students to attend to the sounds of language and can be developed through ‘word play’.

Each simple story is comprised of CVC words that contain a short medial vowel sound. There are a number of follow up activities for students to complete to develop their reading comprehension skills and early literacy understandings. To read these books independently, students need to be able to identify the letters of the alphabet, and the sounds they represent. By completing our phonological awareness reading tasks students are developing their ability to read decodable texts in correlation with *Australian Curriculum Achievement Standards.

Each 8 page booklet in this series of 13, has been specifically designed to develop the phonological understandings of young students who are beginning to notice letters and recognise the sound/s they make. Each booklet focuses on 2 letters of the alphabet. By completing these booklets students will be introduced to letters and the sounds they usually make, they will practise listening for sounds in words, they will discover and practise how to write each letter of the alphabet correctly and develop their early reading skills by identifying the letters of the alphabet and tracking text.

By completing our early reading tasks students are developing their ability to recognise and use familiar and common letters in correlation with *Australian Curriculum Achievement Standards.

Each 8 page booklet in this series of 12, has been specifically designed to advance the reading skills of young students. Each booklet contains a variety of activities to develop a student’s understanding of early print concepts, their ability to decode CVC words and their ability to spell and write some sight words. Students will practise reading and writing short sentences. By completing our early reading tasks students are developing their ability to read predictable texts in correlation with *Australian Curriculum Achievement Standards.

Each 7 page booklet in this series of 12, has been specifically designed to advance the writing skills of young students. Each booklet contains a variety of activities to develop a student’s understanding of early print concepts, their ability to spell and write CVC words and their ability to recognise some sight words. Students will practise listening for sounds in words and develop their early reading skills. By completing our early reading tasks students are developing their ability to write letters, words and simple sentences in correlation with *Australian Curriculum Achievement Standards.

Each picture and sound sort in this series of 5 involves students matching pictures to the consonant sound they start with. Each sort focuses on 4 different consonant sounds. Each sort involves students listening for sounds at the start of words, discriminating between sounds and matching sounds to letters. By completing our picture and sound consonant sorts students are developing their ability to name upper and lower case letters and recognise the most common sound that each letter represents in correlation with *Australian Curriculum Achievement Standards.

Each picture and sound sort in this series of 5 involves students matching pictures to the vowel sound they can hear at the start of a word and in the middle of a word. Each sort focuses on 3-4 different vowel sounds. Each sort involves students listening for sounds at the start of or in the middle of words, discriminating between sounds and matching sounds to letters. By completing our picture and sound vowel sorts students are developing their ability to name upper and lower case letters and recognise the most common sound that each letter represents in correlation with *Australian Curriculum Achievement Standards.