This website allows the children to plan and create their own game based on star wars the clone wars. It is fairly easy to navigate…
Category: Literacy
Video for inferring and Prediction
Posted in Classroom, Comprehension, and Literacy
Online Game for inferring and Prediction
Posted in Classroom, Comprehension, and Literacy
This is an online interactive game. A story is read and then the children need to choose which is the correct clue based on the skill of…
Printables for inferring
Posted in Classroom, Comprehension, and Literacy
Todays post is on printables I have found which can be used to record student learning during independent activities/ reading rotations etc. http://havefunteaching.com/worksheets/reading-worksheets/inferences-worksheets/ http://teacher.scholastic.com/reading/bestpractices/vocabulary/pdf/sr_allgo.pdf – This is a…
Another Video for teaching inferring and prediction.
Posted in Classroom, Comprehension, and Literacy
Following on from yesterday, here is another video which would be fantastic for teaching the skill of inferring and prediction. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIlIVFBBbNw by Phillip Roger Possible Questions:…
Video for teaching the skills of inferring and prediction.
Posted in Classroom, Comprehension, Comprehension, and Literacy
We all know how important it is to explicitly teach comprehension skills. Today’s post is on the skills of inference and prediction. Inferring can be defined as; to derive…
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…
English for the Australian Curriculum Resource.
Posted in Classroom, General, Humanities/ Topics, Literacy, Science, and Teacher Resources
Hi everyone, I apologise for my absence on here over the last week, I have been busy marking which consumes you and takes on a…
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…
Websites and apps to teach homophones
Posted in Classroom, iPads and Apps, Literacy, Literacy Apps, Writing, and Writing Apps
Homophones are words that sound alike but have different meanings. There are lots of interactive websites which deal specifically with particular homophones (eg/ to, too, two, there,…
Make your own QR codes for use in class
Posted in Classroom, General, Humanities/ Topics, Literacy, Teacher Resources, and Web tools
QR (Quick response) codes are now seen everywhere, they initially were used as part of the car manufacturing process. Marketing analysts caught onto them and they are now used…
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…
The Fantastic Flying books of Mr Morris Lessmore book, apps, movie
Posted in Character Development, Classroom, General, iPads and Apps, Literacy, Literacy Apps, Reading apps, Speaking and Listening, and Writing
The Fantastic flying Books of Mr Morris Messmore BY Wiliiam Joyce is a beautifully written story. The book cab be used as a stand alone…
Children’s Dictionary and Thesaurus; websites and apps.
Posted in Classroom, General, General Classroom Apps, iPads and Apps, Literacy, Literacy Apps, Spelling, Writing, and Writing Apps
I was writing some of my research this morning and was trying to find a definition for a word to include in my writing I stumbled upon the online dictionaries…