Posts about Literacy / English and the teaching of it.
Last term our Year 1 classes have been looking after eggs, which hatched into chicks in our care. This was done to add the “awe and wonder / wow factor” to our lessons. It tied very well into our chosen Literacy text – Egg Drop by Mini Grey, and gave …
This week I have started to use Twitter in my Year 1 class. Twitter is a great way to engage children with, and give them a reason for writing. This term was chosen as we currently have 10 eggs in the year group as we wait for them to hatch. Setting …
StoryTop is a site where you can create cartoons with ease. I have had a quick play with it and managed to create this little scene in a matter of minutes. To make your cartoon you can, as the website says: create multi-page stories drag and drop clip art to …
I was pointed towards a website called Children Learn English Online by a colleague over the weekend. Having had a look around and played some of the games myself I have decided to let my kids loose on it tomorrow during my slot in the ICT suite. The site is …
This morning while going through my feeds I came across an article from MakeUseOf.com called How To Make Your Own Books From Wikipedia. It’s a great article that would be of use to many in education wishing to prepare background reading material. I’m thinking of following their instructions next time …
