Literacy - Reading (General)
- Magnifying Glass Game
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Ask your children to use a magnifying to find the hidden words and
record them on the related sheet. Contributed by Lisa Warner. - Magnifying Glass Sheet -
Use this sheet to record the words found in the Magnifying Glass
game. Contributed by Lisa Warner.
- Speech, Spelling and Reading Help - Activities to give children help with speech, spelling and reading.
- Feeling Words - Use clay to help children to feel the shapes of words they are learning.
- Prediction - Activities to encourage your children to predict when reading and listening to stories.
- Skimming and Scanning - Fun activities encouraging children to search for specific letter groups.
- The Magic Book Bag - Use the magic book bag to encourage children to listen carefully when you are reading to them.
- Cinderella Sequencing -
Rearrange these sentences and ask your pupils to sequence them into
the correct order. Contributed by Tracey Ibbotson.
- Sequencing Activity - Children have to put a jumbled poem into the correct order by reading carefully (worksheets provided)
- Goldilocks
Sequencing
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A sequencing activity, based on the well-known story of Goldilocks
and the Three Bears. - Alphabetical
Order -
PDF containing five lists of Tudor words which children should
put into alphabetical order.
- Ordering Books - A fun test to challenge children's ability to put things into alphabetical order.
- What does it mean? - A fun game which reinforce meanings of unusual words.
- Miss out the Vowels! - Write instructions in an unusual way to make children think more carefully!
- 4R - A practical activity which requires good teamwork and Literacy skills.
- Dictionary Search - A fun game which encourages use of the dictionary.
- Are
you a Dictionary Whizz? -
Different activities to build up dictionary skills. Contributed
by Emilie Moon.
- Dictionary
Hunt -
Can your pupils find these words in their dictionaries and record
the pages they found them on? Contributed
by Emilie Moon.
- Dictionary Definitions - Will your pupils work out the correction definition in this fun dictionary game?
- Dictionary Game - A great way of encouraging children to familiarise themselves with dictionaries.
- Alphabetical
Order -
Put these words into alphabetical order, then make up your
own alphabet game. Based on words linked to an Art topic.
- My
Favourite Books -
Encourage children to think about their favourite types of books,
using this self-evaluation sheet. Contributed by Kirsty Scott.
- The Book Circle - Share a selection of books, and encourage children to reflect on what they have read.
- Rewarding Reading - Encourage your children to read more, using this brilliant incentive scheme.
- Reading around the Solar System - Encourage regular reading with this simple reward strategy.
- Bookmark Slogans -A selection of slogans which could be used on your own bookmarks.
- Book Review -
Use this book review template to encourage your pupils to evaluate
the books they are reading. Contributed by Imam Bendjedidi.
- Book Reviews
- A presentation with ideas for writing better book reviews. Contributed by Nicky Dyer. - Sustained Silent Reading - Share the enjoyment of reading with this daily activity.
