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General:
Readwritethink.org US website with hundreds of lesson plans, and many interactives that can be used by either teachers or students in english.
E2BN: Website of the Learning Grid for the East of England; resources are easily searchable by subject and keystage
Crickweb: Interactive literacy resources for use with Keystage 2
Communication4all: Uk based site with lots of free interactives and printables (some others cost), click on Literacy in sidebar
Primary Resources: The English section of this well known site
Woodlands Junior School: The Literacy Zone of this excellent site
Literacy Tools: A whole host of free tools, programmes that aim to develop literacy
Teachit Primary: Various literacy resources, grouped according to keystage
School Wide Literacy and ICT plan: A US example of a plan to use free Web 2.0 tools to enhance the development of literacy skills throughout a school, from Teacher's First
LGfL: Literacy activities & resources from Lanchasire Grid for Learning
Topmarks: Interactive Whiteboard Literacy resources for Keystage 2
Teaching Ideas: Lots of ideas for teaching reading, writing, speaking and listening, click on Literacy
Digital Storytelling in the Classroom: Lots of various resources including ideas for using Photo Story 3
Make Beliefs Comix: Online educational comic generator for kids of all ages
Reading:
Reading Eggs & Reading Eggspress: Excellent site for all classes, and while there are subscription costs, I would feel they are well worth it. Have a look here if you want more info
PCSP Archived website: View documents here exploring emergent reading, use of big books, novels, real books as well as strategies for comprehension
Reading Comprehension:
Guiding Comprehension - Teaching for Meaning: A very comprehensive booklet from the PDST, that emphasises how comprehension strategies must be taught explicitly and outlines ways to do this.
Letters, words & phonics:
Books & Stories:
O'Brien Reading Programme: detailed suggestions on how to use many of the O'Brien books in the classroom in a cross-curricular and integrated way
The Willow Pattern Story: Traditional Chinese Myth
Fables and Morals: A powerpoint presentation that enables children to identify the moral in fables
Stories: Interactive narrated stories that can be explored online, and some can be downloaded free, to use when offline.
Fís Bookclub: where children create a video book review based on their independent reading. The collected video book reports form a password-protected child friendly and safe online Digital video Book Review Catalogue, which is accessible to the participating schools only.
Sadlier Phonics: Phonics activities and games for Pre Kindergarten to Grade 6
Storyline Online: Selection of interactive picture stories narrated by actors
Uncle Arthur's BBQ: An extended novel that can be developed on the IWB and that brings all important food safety messages to life (inc. associated lesson plans)
Writing:
PCSP archive: Suggestions for writing activities across the whole school
PDST Writing Workshop/Planning Day: Very comprehensive collection of resources to support writing across the school
Write a Book Project: from Blackrock Education Centre
Writing Fun! : Jenny Eather’s website
Fictional writing: selection of interactive resources
Non-fictional writing: selection of interactive resources
Myths & Legends: Interactive site that allows children to learn about myths and legends, and ultimately to produce and submit their own
Storybird: Collaborative storytelling using art for inspiration
My Story Maker: lets you control characters and objects - and creates sentences for you!
Poetry:
PCSP Archive: Information on poetry and how to write poems across the whole primary school
Writing Acrostic Poems Information and a link to an interactive activity that demonstartes how to write this type of poem
Handwriting:
Interactive Samples: showing correct number formation (Snr. Infs. & 1st) and correct formation of cursive (joined) letters (2nd - 4th)
Handwriting on the Web: A selection of recommended sources of printable handwriting worksheets for all kinds of handwriting practice, including block letters, cursive, and D'Nealian script, from Surfing the Net with Kids
Grammar & Spelling:
postrophe: to indicate possesion
Apostrophes: as contractions
Apostrophes: for possesion and contractions
Nouns: Recognising and Sorting
Nouns - Collective Nouns: A powerpoint that explains and gives examples
Sentence Types: Exploring the various types of sentences and their associated punctuation marks
Similes: using them to describe characters in writing
Spelling Poems: interactive resource using poetry to teach spelling patterns
Spelling: strategies for 'ough' words
Synonyms: Using them to enhance descriptive writing
Synonyms: An introduction
Verbs Nouns & Adjectives: Sorting activity
Verbs: and their synonyms
Oral Language:
PCSP Archived website: View documents here exploring games, activities and strategies for oral language development
Can you guess where my accent is from? Interactive game/quiz with videoclips
The Listening Room:
English as an Additional Language (EAL):
English as an Additional Language (EAL):
Interactive resource from NGfL UK
MES English: Free printables, games and video suitable for using with younger learners or in ESL
Mingoville: Lots of online English lessons aimed at those for whom English is an additional language
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