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Jump
Ahead - Reading and Maths (Year 1)
This software supports the National Curriculum for five to six-year-olds.
It aims to teach essential core skills and tentatively introduces children
into the realms of computing. |
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Welcome to the Literacy pages.
Feel free to browse through the general
reading ideas and resources listed below,
or use the menu bar above
to browse through the other Literacy areas.
- 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.
- Sequencing Activity -
Children have to put a jumbled poem into the correct order by reading
carefully (worksheets provided)
- Goldilocks
Sequencing
 -
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.
- Dictionary Game -
A great way of encouraging children to familiarise themselves with
dictionaries.
- Dictionary
Search - A fun game which encourages use of the dictionary.
- 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.
- 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.
Reflecting on Reading:
- 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.
- Sustained
Silent Reading - Share the enjoyment of reading with this
daily activity.
- 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.
Submit your own Literacy Idea!
These contributions are moderated, so they may not appear to other visitors
immediately. All ideas submitted here may be added to their own dedicated page
on the site at a later date. Please leave your name so that I can credit your
contribution, if you would like me to.
You can also submit ideas and resources
via email,
or using this form.
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