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LeapPad
This fantastic toy has won numerous awards and is great for encouraging
children with their reading. The toy also helps develop comprehension
skills, and a large number of books (at a variety of different levels)
are available, so children can build up their own collection. |
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Poetry
Speaks to Children
"Poetry Speaks to Children" reaches into the world of poetry and pulls
out the elements children love: rhyme, rhythm, fun and, every once in a while,
a little mischief. |
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Welcome to the Literacy pages.
Feel free to browse through the Fiction
reading ideas and resources listed below,
or use the menu bar above
to browse through the other Literacy areas.
- Handa's Surprise
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A Smart Notebook file supporting ideas and themes covered in the
story Handa's Surprise.
- Can
you guess the characters?
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A Powerpoint presentation which gives children clues about particular
story characters. Can they use the clues to guess the characters?
Contributed by Emma Holliday.
- Maps from Stories -
An interesting way of thinking about how people respond to stories
in different ways.
- Charlie
and the Chocolate Factory Comprehension
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A set of wonderful comprehension sheets (PDF) based on "Charlie
and the Chocolate Factory" by Roald Dahl. Contributed by Jonathan
Gray.
- George's Marvellous
Medicine Activities - Reading, Writing, and
Speaking and Listening activities, based on Roald Dahl's book.
- Roald Dahl Day -
Organise a Roald Dahl Day with lots of fantastic activities.
- Critical Literacy -
A complete set of resources to encourage children to think critically
about literacy.
- Little Wolf Activities -
Lots of activities based on the book, Little Wolf's Book of Badness.
- Sword Quest
/ Sword Bird Reading Guide -
Information about the books 'Sword Quest' and 'Sword Bird' by Nancy
Yi Fan, with reading group questions and extension activities.
Contributed by 'Reading for Kids'.
Reading Poetry:
- Olympic Poem -
A poem based on the Olympics which you can read to your children.
Contributed by Victoria Scale-Constantinou.
- The Sound Collector -
Bring poetry to life with this idea based on "The Sound Collector" by
Roger McGough.
- The Highwayman - Ideas for using the poem 'The Highwayman'
with your class.
- Poetry Puzzle -
A practical activity, which encourages children to think about different
types of poems and their characteristics.
- Poem
Activities
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A set of activities, linked to the included poem 'A Sad Song about
Greenwich Village' by Frances Park. Contributed by Nadya.
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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