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01 December

Advent Time

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Resources:Click HEREWhat to do:Discover a new book every day with this literacy/reading based advent calendar by the Book Trust! 

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17 September

Pic of the day-LMYL

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Resources: A Smartboard/projector/screen and your choice of picture and writing challenge from http://lendmeyourliteracy.com/category/pic-of-the-day/ What to do: This free resource aims to encourage young people to engage in creative writing. Designed by current teachers, the LMYL Picture of the Day can …

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01 September

Thumb Prints

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Resources:Some images of thumb prints. Image from http://artclassinspiration.blogspot.co.uk What to do:Students can use this activity in a variety of ways. The idea is to make a large scale thumb print either A5, A4 or even A3.The students are to replace the …

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26 June

Instant Punctuation

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Resources: You will need a PC or Mac with a projector for this activity.  An interactive board makes it easier, but is not essential.  You can download the software for Mac or PC from here What to do: Find a …

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08 June

F.A.I.L

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Resources: Click here for PowerPoint with all the info! What to do: I have used this and implemented it into four key reading skills for my classes.  The reading skills are very simple and cover the basics/foundations of reading.  F …

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31 May

Metro Map

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Resources: Download from here Guest post by www.twitter.com/dak_74 What to do: Give each student one metro map and one travel card. Students read the question on their travelcard and identify which route on the metro map they need to follow …

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31 May

Keyboard Templates

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Resources:Google ‘Keyboard Template’What to do:Download and print/laminate onto coloured paper a keyboard template of your choice.You can then carry out a variety of activities with them, for example; Students could create keywords using letters that connect (next to another letter) …

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02 May

#Twitterature

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Resources:None!Click here for some examples! @ASTsupportAAli Best friends with different minds, a ranch and a Great Depression. #classic #twitterature— Laura HW (@LauraLolder) April 30, 2014 What to do:Summarise a piece of literature into a tweet or less than 140 characters!Use …

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15 April

Overlays

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ResourcesCreate your own overlays- such as… What to do: Create your own overlays which can be printed in A4 or A3 size and can be placed over any text. They can be adapted and edited for any subject area and …

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23 February

Word Carpet

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Resources: Lots of scrap paper Big pens A clear area on the floor   What to do:   Give students a big pile of scrap paper – about A5 size.  Ask them to imagine a place.  They should write the …

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08 February

Slow Writing

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Resources:Use the prompts created by @LearningSpy on @David_Triptico fab website to help. Click HERE.(Slow Writing idea is from @LearningSpy’s book.) What to do:The focus of this task is to get students to slowwwwww down their writing. Students should take time to …

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20 January

I AM READING

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*Updated*Create I am Reading Bunting! @ASTsupportAAli book cover bunting to pimp the classroom:) pic.twitter.com/QYtwcvRVfG — Miss Richardson (@jrichardson_j) July 14, 2015 Resources:I AM READING signsWhat to do: Simply go to Google Images and type in the name of a book …

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26 December

Scrabble Art

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Resources:Scrabble Tiles?What to do:Ask students to make keywords/terms/ideas/topics link together using scrabble tiles. Great way to involve numeracy and literacy as a quick starter. Or as a revision tool to stick up as a display?Students can each make one word and then …

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20 November

Collective Writing/Ghost Reading

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Resources: Nothing! What to do: Collective Writing: Set the students a class question; E.G- ‘What do we want to achieve from…’ Then ask students to SHOUT out their ONE sentence!  Other students should write this down verbatim, in the exact …

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20 November

Still lots of writing

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Resources:You need to organise the worksheets yourself!What to do:If your lesson requires students to record a lot of information down and they are reluctant to write, try this…Get students to write on A3 paper. Get students to write on A3 coloured …

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20 October

WordScapes

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Resources: A3 or A4 blank paper (any colour will do) Possibly an image that links well with the concept you want pupils to display in their wordscape. What to do: Wordscape = a landscape made of words.   Wordscapes are a …

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