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Policies and Planning
Marking and Assessment
Miscellaneous Teaching Resources
Word Level
Spelling
Reading
Poetry
Writing
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Filename |
Summary |
File Formats |
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action plan for language |
St
Augustine's Catholic Primary School have given us their Action Plan
for Language as an example. Thanks to Jo Riglar. |
doc |
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lcp files |
Address and
contacts for the popular LCP files. HTML file. |
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htm |
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ict in literacy hour |
Here is a
case study on the use of portable word processors to raise
children's achievements in Writing. It has been submitted by the
manufacturers of Alphasmart, but written by Emma Cansdale, Key
LIteracy Teacher at Down Lane Junior School, Tottenham. |
doc |
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library skills |
A policy
for teaching library and information skills to KS 2. |
pdf |
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literacy websites |
This is the
definitive collection of websites suitable for use with reading and
literacy. Don't miss any of them! HTML file, with
hyperlinks. |
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htm |
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literacy hour text sy4 |
Suggested
texts for covering some of the Literacy Hour objectives for Year 4.
HTML file. |
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htm |
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literacy summary |
One
school's solution to overall literacy strategy planning with
vertically grouped classes in mind. Office97 file. |
pdf |
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nlstargets_yrr |
For those using
NLS here are a set of MS Excel
sheets containing the targets for the scheme. Thanks to the prolific
Neil Whitmill! Neil says: I took all the NLS word, sentence,
text level objs for each term and put them in Excel. A column for
the teacher to number them/week is put in then when the teacher has
decided which week to use that obj they highlight the grid and sort
it numerically (auto-sort) and hey presto all objs are sorted into
the weeks they will be covered and no more writing for
medium term planning!!!!
NB yr5 and yr6 files have now been updated and
are complete. |
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nlstargets_yr1 |
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zip |
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nlstargets_yr2 |
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zip |
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nlstargets_yr3 |
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zip |
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nlstargets_yr4 |
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zip |
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nlstargets_yr5 |
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zip |
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nlstargets_yr6 |
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zip |
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Filename |
Summary |
File Formats |
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analyse writing |
A zip
archive containing 2 MS Word documents listing statements for
analysing the level of a child's writing (from 2c - 5a). See also
writingprofile, below, for the matching KS1 sheet. |
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zip |
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langarts test |
A simple
test for 8-10 year olds to help assess their literacy skills. |
doc |
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my writing review |
A self
assessment sheet for pupils in years 5/6 to review their own writing
and see what level they are working at. |
doc |
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nclevels nc1 sl |
A self
assessment sheet for KS3 pupils for Speaking and Listening.
Submitted by Vanessa Carr, Sedgehill School. |
doc |
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nfercalc |
If you use
the NFER Group Reading Test 9-14 this little spreadsheet from
Roberta Downton will calculate "Standardised Age Score" and "Reading
Age" for the NFER Group Reading Test 9-14 - using Combo sliders to
avoid numerical input and the ambiguities of "duodecimal" years. It
needs no instructions or Add-Ins, and is protected to be
blunder-proof. This file
requires MS Excel 2000 or later. |
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xls |
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reading interview |
2 sheets
for recording assessments during a reading interview. 2 MSWord docs
from Sheena Florey. |
doc |
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zip |
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reading record sheet |
From Neil
Whitmill comes this simple sheet to plot graphically progress in
reading from Reception.
(Updated September 2004) |
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zip |
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sat marking writing |
A crib
sheet from Kath Budd to help with deciding just which level that
piece of writing is at. |
doc |
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SRS2 Reading |
A score
sheet and calculator for the NFER Suffolk reading tests. Put in your
class's scores and it will tell you their reading ages. Thanks to
Iain McJannet. |
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xls |
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sat story marksch |
A mark
sheet based on the mark scheme for the story task at KS2. Thanks to
Steve Gailor for compiling this one. |
doc |
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writing auto assessment |
Thanks to
Damian Railston for this spreadsheet that automatically calculates
levels from scores. It also gives you % children at L4 and % at L3c. |
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xls |
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levels |
Assessment sheets for levels KS 1 & 2 4 for assessing writing levels
in both narrative and non-narrative writing. Simply highlight the
appropriate skills. 4 MS word docs from Sheena Florey. |
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zip |
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writing profile |
A profile of levels for KS1, from Beryl King. Beryl writes, "I use
the attached pro-forma when marking writing. I highlight what they
have achieved and see which column has most highlighted bits." See
also analyse_writing, above, for the matching KS2
sheets. |
doc |
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Summary |
File Formats |
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active and passive |
A MS
PowerPoint presentation to help explain active and passive verbs and
the difference between them. Thanks to Jo Garton of Pinehurst Junior
School in Swindon |
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ppt |
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fact- opinion |
A worksheet
by Jeanie Calverley to help children think about the difference
between fact and opinion. |
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rtf |
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FRET |
This is a
link to an excellent website called Free Resources for Teaching
English. It has loads of downloadable worksheets, lesson plans,
schemes of work etc. for KS3/KS4. There is also an excellent links'
page. |
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html |
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insults |
Choose a
word from each of three columns and generate your own Shakespearean
insults. |
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rtf |
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missing project |
An idea for
a KS3 / Y7 class submitted by Vanessa Carr, Sedgehill School. The
idea of the lesson is to generate thought and work around the idea
of emotive advertising. |
doc |
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passive active tense |
another of
Jamie Nairn's electronic worksheets. Children work on the computer
to convert sentences from passive to active voice. |
doc |
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recipe |
A poster to print
showing the recipe for making cakes. Useful support for sequential
writing / instructional writing. Thanks to Theresa Boyle. |
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xls |
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sentence |
Thanks to
Dave Bryant of Northwood Primary School, IoW, for this set of 10
Acorn-only MyWorld2 screens for YR & KS1. They use
the first 45 Keywords. Children can pick up the words and arrange
them into sentences. (You will
need an unzipping utility such as !Sparkplug. You may need to reset
the filetypes, too. They are all Drawfiles).
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zip |
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Visual Literacy |
Here's a
great idea from Gary Chapman at Pennington Infant School (Lymington,
Hants). A week's worth of planned literacy hours using artworks
rather than text. "This lesson plan takes a very different
approach to literacy hour than the normal model. There is no big
book, no phonic focus, no guided reading. It makes a very refreshing
break from the norm and introduces the children to some interesting
concepts. The majority of the work is either done as a whole class
or in four mixed ability groups." The lessons here are aimed at
infants but the ideas would be useful with KS2, too.
Get it straight from Gary at:
http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/pennington.infants/vis-lit.htm |
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wordlist |
Great list
of words for use with Literacy Hour. |
pdf |
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year 6 sentence level |
An "I
can.." self assessment sheet for sentence level work. |
pdf |
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Filename |
Summary |
File Formats |
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adverb1 |
2 worksheets by Jeanie Calverley to help children learn about
adverbs. |
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rtf |
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adverbs2 |
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rtf |
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alphabetical order |
A neat little MS
PowerPoint presentation about putting words into alphabetical order
by the first, second and third letters. Thanks to Chris Allton, Lea
St. Mary's Catholic Primary School, Preston. |
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ppt |
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bwords |
Thanks to Bridgeen
McNulty for this interactive PowerPoint presentation. She writes:
The resource is intended
for use in Reception/Key Stage 1 as a short reinforcement activity
in recognising the spelling some common words with B as the
beginning sound with animations and sound effects. The resource can
be manipulated to represent any letter of the alphabet, simply
change the pictures and words. |
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ppt
(246Kb) |
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cockney |
A
PowerPoint presentation from Jane Armstrong, dealing with cockney
rhyming slang. |
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ppt
(59Kb) |
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homophones |
An
electronic worksheet from Jamie Nairn. Children copy and paste words
to match the homophones. (There are pop up help notes over a couple
of words - just hover the mouse over the yellow bits) |
doc |
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homophones (2) |
A set of
posters of common homophones. Thanks to Samantha Norling |
doc |
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loan words |
A
PowerPoint presentation from Jane Armstrong about words that English
has "borrowed" from other languages. |
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ppt
(170Kb) |
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masculine and feminine words |
2 worksheets by Jeanie Calverley dealing with masculine and feminine
words (eg. prince / princess) |
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rtf |
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masculine and fem words2 |
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rtf |
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oo |
A neat little PowerPoint
presentation from Theresa Boyle about the sounds that oo makes. |
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ppt |
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oughwords |
An
electronic worksheet (the children complete the task at the
computer) to reinforce knowledge of the pronunciations of words
ending in -ough. Thanks to Jamie Nairn. |
doc |
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pip class record |
A
spreadsheet (MS Excel) for recording a class's progress on the
Progression in Phonics scheme. Thanks to Margaret McMullin, Holy
Family Catholic Primary School, Southport. |
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xls |
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powerful verbs |
A worksheet
by Jeanie Calverley dealing with powerful verbs (eg strode
instead of walked) |
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rtf |
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slang dictionary |
A
PowerPoint presentation from Jane Armstrong dealing with slang -
based on Geordie dialect words. |
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ppt
(35Kb) |
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thesaur12 |
A zip
archive containing 2 simple worksheets, from Tonya Culligan, about
using a thesaurus |
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zip |
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word level yr6 |
An "I
can.." self assessment sheet for word level work. |
pdf |
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Summary |
File Formats |
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Here is a set of MS PowerPoint presentations produced by Veronica
Carter for her reception class at Camelsdale First School (www.camelsdale.w-sussex.sch.uk).
They are zipped because PowerPoint files can be quite large. To view
the instruction use PowerPoint's View menu and
choose Notes page. One of the joys of PowerPoint
presentations like these is that you can easily modify them to suit
your own needs. |
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ch_sh_th |
This one deals with
recognising words that begin with the three sounds ch, sh, th. |
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zip
253Kb |
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cvc words presentation |
Consonant - Vowel -
Consonant (but you knew that!) Great for reinforcing those
phonemes! . |
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zip
108Kb |
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cvcs_vc |
A PowerPoint
presentation, which builds on the one above. CVC words are
illustrated and animated letter by letter. This one is from Veronica
Carter. |
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zip
172Kb |
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final phonemes |
What is the last letter
.... |
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zip
116Kb |
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cards phonemes
-air |
A set of flash cards
showing the vowel phoneme air (all three spellings). It is for
showing the different spelling patterns (different spellings are
highlighted in different colours). It is aimed at Year 2, Term 2.
Thanks to Faye McKinney. |
doc |
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cvc words |
Another CVC
presentation (MS PowerPoint), this one from Michelle Ross and aimed
at Reception. Each picture is followed by the word letter by letter. |
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zip
(348Kb) |
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ing words |
Designed to be printed as a
worksheet. Add onsets to make -ing words. There are pictures to
help. Thanks to Theresa Boyle. |
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xls |
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mnemonics |
A PowerPoint
presentation from Samantha Norling showing mnemonics for some tricky
spelling words. You could also print the individual slides as
posters. |
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ppt
(400Kb) |
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rec words2 |
This is an idea for
allowing children to practise spelling on the computer. The children
are shown the spellings which they then scroll out of the way before
typing it themselves. They are told whether their attempt is right
or wrong. The list of words supplied can easily be changed. Thanks
to Kirstie Palmer. |
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xls |
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spelling1 |
Celia Thomas from
Rhydypenau Primary School in Cardiff sent in this PowerPoint
presentation which she uses as a way of revising the typical
spelling patterns that commonly appear in the KS2 SATs. |
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ppt
(145Kb) |
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spelling parents
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Have parents ever asked
you about their children's spelling problems? Here are 5 questions
that parents ask - answered in an extract from a book called:
MY KID CAN'T SPELL!
Understanding and Assisting Your Child's Literary Development
by J. Richard Gentry |
pdf |
rtf |
txt |
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spelling
presentations |
A
collection of 8 PowerPoint presentations from Jane Armstrong. Well
worth a look. |
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zip
(731Kb) |
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Tricky words |
A set of simple posters
displaying words which are commonly misspelled. Thanks to Samantha
Norling. |
doc |
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y3_1 spell obj8 |
This MS PowerPoint
presentation from Samantha Norling, Claycots School. Slough.
Berkshire. deals with adding -ing. |
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ppt
(275Kb) |
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y1_2 key words |
A PowerPoint
presentation, from Dave Bryant, with the Y1 & 2 key words in order
of size (ie number of letters). Very colourful and with printable
certificates. Ideal for your IWB. |
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ppt
(1Mb) |
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Filename |
Summary |
File Formats |
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als reading record |
Jeanie
Calverley's individual reading record for ALS module 1 |
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rtf |
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als reading mod2 |
Jeanie
Calverley's individual reading record for ALS module 2 |
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rtf |
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early reading research |
Some
interesting research findings on early reading. |
pdf |
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The Highwayman |
A
PowerPoint presentation from Mike Boswell, aimed at Year 5 or 6. He
says:
The ppt includes the text
of the narrative poem "The Highwayman" by Alfred Noyes, an activity
for learning the more challenging words from the text and identifies
metaphors, similes and onomatopoeias within the text. |
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ppt
(600Kb) |
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phonics cards |
Picture cards to print.
Thanks to Theresa Boyle. |
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xls |
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reading wall |
A reading
wall - reading skills set out as bricks on a wall. As you go up
through the courses of bricks you go up through the levels. From W1
- L3/4. Thanks to Beryl King for this useful assessment / tracking
tool |
doc |
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Summary |
File Formats |
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bumblebee |
This MS PowerPoint presentation examines the
process of writing a narrative poem. It is based around How the
Bumble-bee Got His Stripes by Nick Toczec which can be
found in The Works (which many of you will have copy of).
Thanks to Samantha Norling. |
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ppt
(384Kb) |
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button box |
Using a prop (Grandma's button box) to stimulate
poetry writing. Another of Jane Armstrong's PowerPoint
presentations. |
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ppt
(36Kb) |
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Jack and Jill |
A set of printable sheets about rhyming Probably
KS1 - early KS2. Thanks to Theresa Boyle. |
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xls |
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poetry
comprehension |
A PowerPoint presentation containing a poetry-based
comprehension exercise. Thanks to Jane Armstrong. |
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ppt
(137kb) |
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preposition
poetry |
Using prepositions in patterning a poem. Another
PowerPoint from Jane Armstrong. |
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ppt
(49Kb) |
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spring poems |
A selection of simple
poems on aspects of Spring. Probably best suited to KS1. |
pdf |
rtf |
txt |
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winter acrostic |
A worksheet by Jeanie Calverley |
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rtf |
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write a rap |
A great little PowerPoint presentation about how to
write a rap. Thanks to Lisa Montandon. |
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ppt
(73Kb) |
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Filename |
Summary |
File Formats |
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build suspense |
Here's one
that deals with story writing skills. Peter Smith describes how he
sets about the task of helping young writers develop their abilities
to write suspenseful stories. He describes a number of strategies
that he has used and would love to hear how others do it.
(particularly applicable to Y6 approaching SATs). |
doc |
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zip |
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cultural stories |
A
Powerpoint presentation from Jane Armstrong which looks at the way
cultural contexts affect the way stories are written. |
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ppt
(100Kb) |
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direct speech |
A fun MS
PowerPoint presentation to help children get to grips with the
correct use of speech marks and their associated punctuation. Thanks
to Jo Garton of Pinehurst Junior School in Swindon. |
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ppt |
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idioms |
A
PowerPoint presentation from Jane Armstrong. |
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ppt
(300Kb) |
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letters |
A
PowerPoint presentation dealing with the purposes and styles of
letters "found in newspapers". F |
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ppt
(216Kb) |
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my myth |
Another
PowerPoint from the computer of Jane Armstrong. This one provides
lots of stimuli and help in writing myths. |
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ppt
(493Kb) |
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narrative build up |
Thanks to
Samantha Norling for this presentation aimed at Year 6 to review the
build up phase of writing a story. |
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ppt |
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nonfict_guides |
Here's a
terrific set of posters (A4 size) covering the key points of various
kinds of non-fiction writing. Thanks to Elaine Brent. |
doc |
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planning an argument |
A writing
frame from Arthur Daley. This one scaffolds the construction of an
argumentative piece of writing. |
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rtf |
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planning autobiog |
Arthur
Daley has submitted this set of sheets to help pupils plan
autobiographies. The first few deal with first second and third
person pronouns; the later sheets deal with planning and writing the
autobiography itself. |
doc |
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reviewing your writing |
Useful
sheet for helping upper Key Stage 2 children review their own
writing. |
pdf |
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sat_shortstory |
A hint
sheet to help Y6 children prepare for the short story task in KS2
SAT. Thanks to Kath Budd. |
doc |
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sentence
punctuation |
A
PowerPoint presentation from Jane Armstrong, dealing with the
functions of different punctuation marks. |
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ppt
(136Kb) |
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story prompt sheet1 |
Two great sheets for helping children develop their story writing
techniques. |
pdf |
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story prompt sheet2 |
pdf |
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write |
A Flash application from Patrick Allen.
Practice handwriting on the IWB. Control the colour and thickness of
the pen, rub out, write with or without lines on the page. |
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zip
(PC Version 553Kb)
zip
(Mac Version 833Kb) |
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writing self assessment l34 |
Two more sheets for helping children assess their own story writing.
Particularly useful for levels 3-4. |
pdf |
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writing self assessment l4 |
pdf |
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verbs_ alphorder |
2 Simple
worksheets: one on verbs, one on alphabetical order. Thanks to David
Hatchett, who is a KS2 English advisor for NC tests with Edexcel (so
knows what he is about!) |
pdf |
doc |
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