Today’s post focuses on looking at news websites which are specifically focused on students. These sites could be used as independent reading activities, guided reading…
Category: Reading
Using children’s literature to teach philosophy
Posted in Classroom, Comprehension, Literacy, Reading, and Speaking and Listening
All which the school can or need do for pupils, so far as their minds are concerned…..is to develop the ability to think. (John Dewey…
Traditional and Multimodal Versions of Books: Isn’t it all about balance?
Posted in Classroom, Comprehension, iPads and Apps, Literacy, Reading, and Reading apps
Hi everyone, I am intrigued by the use of traditional and multimodal texts in literacy classrooms. These texts are electronic books that incorporate additional features…
Ideas for using Lego in the classroom for literacy and maths
Posted in Classroom, Fractions, Literacy, Maths, Measurment, Number, Problem Solving, Reading, Speaking and Listening, and Writing
With the much-anticipated launch of the Lego movie on the weekend, I thought how exciting it would be to use Lego and ICT for learning…
I have previously blogged about my two favourite poetry websites for kids. Ken Nesbit and Giggle Poetry. Today’s post is some links for some great…
Printable graphic organisers for reading comprehension
Posted in Classroom, Comprehension, Comprehension, Literacy, and Reading
The site teaching for comprehension and fluency created by Fountas and Pinnell has some excellent graphic oragnisers which have been specifically created for reading comprehension.…
Reading Resources for comprehension
Posted in Classroom, Comprehension, Literacy, and Reading
Hi Everyone, I was just looking on the internet and happened to stumble across this site which was created in 2012. The site Read Works.org,…
Newspaper Creators
Posted in Character Development, Classroom, Comprehension, Humanities/ Topics, Literacy, Reading, Speaking and Listening, Spelling, Web 2.0 tools, and Writing
Yesterday I attended and presented at a very interesting discussion surrounding innovations in teaching and learning in higher education. It was a great day with lots of sharing of ideas. One of the discussions surrounded…
Stickman for reading and writing
Posted in Classroom, iPads and Apps, Literacy, Literacy Apps, Reading, Reading apps, and Writing
http://www.drawastickman.com/ There is an app version which comes in all formats (windows, mac, andrioid etc). The link is the version on the app store https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/draw-a-stickman-epic-hd-free/id569898232?ls=1&mt=8 The…
Fractured Fairy Tales
Posted in Character Development, Classroom, Literacy, Reading, and Writing
Fractured fairy tales allow the children to read and create a parody of traditional fairy tales. These fractured versions allow for the use of humour and certainly encourages a creative writing style. A fractured…
Quiz Busters
Posted in Classroom, General, History, Humanities/ Topics, Literacy, Maths, Reading, and Teacher Resources
http://www.teachers-direct.co.uk/resources/quiz-busters/ This site allows you to create and then play with your own quiz or it allows you to use one of the quiz’s that…
Into the book: fantastic resource for comprehension
Posted in Classroom, Literacy, Reading, Teacher Resources, and Uncategorized
Into the book: http://reading.ecb.org/index.html \ was developed by the Wisconsin Educational Communications Board with the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction. We all know how important it is to ensure…
Websites to create infographics
Posted in Character Development, Classroom, General, Literacy, Maths, Reading, Teacher Resources, Web 2.0 tools, and Writing
Hi everyone, I hope that you all had a great Easter ! I have been away camping hence my absence for a week! I posted about infographics…
ThingLink – Online interactive pictures
Posted in Classroom, Literacy, Reading, Web 2.0 tools, Web tools, and Writing
Thinglink is incredibly easy to use. If you haven’t used it yet in the classroom , I suggest you give it a go. http://www.thinglink.com/. Thingling is like a virtual pinboard. You…
http://www.inklestudios.com/inklewriter – Inklewriter is a free online tool which would be suitable for the upper primary grades. Inklewriter allows you to create your own choose your…