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Writing prompts: Archive

Writing prompts: Archive

10 Resources for World Book Day World Book Day takes place this week, on Thursday 1st March 2012. Here are 10 great resources / sites that can help you if you’re planning to run lots of great book-themed activities in your classroom: 1) World Book Day – The official site is bursting with resources, videos and events that you can get involved in. You will also be able to watch authors and illustrators live online during World Book Day itself! 2) World Book Day App – The official app has exclusive new short stories from Malorie Blackman, Neil Gaiman, Charlie Higson, Anthony Horowitz and many other authors. 3) Social Media – You can also follow what is happening before, during and after World Book Day with the official World Book Day Facebook and Twitter pages. 4) Teaching Library - Our Teaching Library site has lesson ideas, videos and resources linked to lots of popular children’s books. 5) Primary Resources has a large collection of resources for particular books too. 8 ) Signed Stories is one of my favourite sites.

KS2 Literacy Different types of words can be used to make your writing more interesting and easier to read. You need to know when to use them and how to spot them. In writing, words are grouped together into phrases, sentences, clauses and paragraphs. Use your commenting skills to identify what's wrong with these pieces of writing. When you are writing non-fiction it's important to use a style of writing that fits the subject.Use your knowledge of non-fiction writing to group the correct titles, text and pictures together. © v2vtraining.co.uk The Look, Say, Cover, Write & Check is a support tool for learning spellings using a trusted multi-sensory approach. This activity helps prove the rules of changing nouns from singular to plural. This is an activity targeted to Year 4 to help with medium frequency words. An updated version of the traditional word guess game. Use either one or two dice add your own words to the faces and roll them! This word sorting application is a simple to use grammar exercise.

Trio Professional Learning 10 ways to use word clouds in the classroom | lovetoreadtomyclass Word clouds are a popular way of representing information and they can be seen everywhere. But how can we use them in the classroom? Here’s a list of ten easy tried and tested ways to use them to support teaching and learning. Whilst wordle is probably the most well-known word cloud generator, we’ve included a simple word cloud app suitable for use with the youngest children, one that allows you to filter the settings to various levels and another that links the key vocabulary to a Google search. To read the rest of this post please visit our NEW WEBSITE Like this: Like Loading...

Word Clouds for Kids! ABCya is the leader in free educational computer games and mobile apps for kids. The innovation of a grade school teacher, ABCya is an award-winning destination for elementary students that offers hundreds of fun, engaging learning activities. Millions of kids, parents, and teachers visit ABCya.com each month, playing over 1 billion games last year. Apple, The New York Times, USA Today, Parents Magazine and Scholastic, to name just a few, have featured ABCya’s popular educational games. ABCya’s award-winning Preschool computer games and apps are conceived and realized under the direction of a certified technology education teacher, and have been trusted by parents and teachers for ten years. Our educational games are easy to use and classroom friendly, with a focus on the alphabet, numbers, shapes, storybooks, art, music, holidays and much more!

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