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"Language is learned through hearing it, being
part of it,
and by using it".
M. Mc Kensie (1979)
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Winter Vocabulary - A4 sized flashcards with Winter vocabulary (76.1KB) |
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Autumn
Word Wall - vocabulary associated with Autumn on one sheet
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Story Box - an oral language
activity where pupils select cards and link the cards into a
narrative story. Cards are arranged into groups to be copied and
laminated. (94KB) |
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Feelings Game - cut out the
cards, laminate and ask the children to complete the feelings
sentences. eg. "I feel confident when ...." (54KB) |
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Homophone
Pelmanism #1 - oral language memory game focussing on
homophones (words that sound the same but are spelled
differently) (38KB) |
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Homophone Pelmanism #2 -
oral language memory game focussing on homophones (words that
sound the same but are spelled differently) (37.5KB) |
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Homophone
Pelmanism #3 - oral language memory game focussing on
homophones (words that sound the same but are spelled
differently) (37.5KB) |
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Homophone
Pelmanism #4 - oral language memory game focussing on
homophones (words that sound the same but are spelled
differently) (37.5KB) |
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Homophone
Pelmanism #5 - oral language memory game focussing on
homophones (words that sound the same but are spelled
differently) (37.5KB) |
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Homophone
Pelmanism #6 - oral language memory game focussing on
homophones (words that sound the same but are spelled
differently) (37.5KB) |
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Homophone
Pelmanism #7 - oral language memory game focussing on
homophones (words that sound the same but are spelled
differently) (37.5KB) |
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Homophone
Pelmanism #8 - oral language memory game focussing on
homophones (words that sound the same but are spelled
differently) (37.5KB) |
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Homophone
Pelmanism #9 - oral language memory game focussing on
homophones (words that sound the same but are spelled
differently) (37.5KB) |
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Homophone
Pelmanism #10 - oral language memory game focussing on
homophones (words that sound the same but are spelled
differently) (37.5KB) |
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Homophone
Pelmanism #11 - oral language memory game focussing on
homophones (words that sound the same but are spelled
differently) (40KB) |
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Homophone
Pelmanism #12 - oral language memory game focussing on
homophones (words that sound the same but are spelled
differently) (39KB) |
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Object Lesson - oral
language game where children have to talk about the object
without mentioning the object (86.5KB) |
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Talk About - a list of
topics for oral language development, including suggestions of
how to use the activity in the classroom (92KB) |
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Speech Rhymes - a selection taken from the book by Clive Sansom(37KB) |
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"The Creation" - poem in the American gospel tradition
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Using story for oral language development - form for
teacher to think about how to best use the story for oral
language (39.5KB) |
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22 Language activities in the classroom - including
listening exercises, oral and written language exercises
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Functions of Talk in Learning - why oral work is
essential in the classroom (24.5KB) |
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Hinkie Pinkies - 3
worksheets of Hinkie Pinkies. Based on having fun with language,
all answers have two words and both words must rhyme. Suitable
for middle and senior standards. Answers not included. Have Fun!
(72KB) |
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Odd Kettle of Fish - sayings used in everyday speech -
what do they mean? Used for looking at language (22KB) |
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Tongue Twisters - have fun
with language (66KB) |
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Tongue Twisters #2 - have fun
with language (23.5KB) |
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Language Targets - ideas to
incorporate language development (25.5KB) |
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Language
Development Ideas (25KB) |
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Language
Development Topics (26.5KB) |
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Cone of Language Development
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A phonics poster is available
below to go with each of these loop card games
Phonics loop cards are
available above to go with each of these posters
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Figures of Speech #14 -
Looking at and responding to language used in an unusual way.
The theme is Ailments and Illnesses (27.5KB) |
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Figures of Speech #13 -
Looking at and responding to language used in an unusual way.
The theme is Feelings and Emotions (27KB) |
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Figures of Speech #12 -
Looking at and responding to language used in an unusual way.
The theme is The Mind (25.5KB) |
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Figures of Speech #11B -
Looking at and responding to language used in an unusual way.
The theme is The Body (47KB) |
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Figures of Speech #11A -
Looking at and responding to language used in an unusual way.
The theme is The Body (39.5KB) |
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Figures of Speech #10 -
Looking at and responding to language used in an unusual way.
The theme is Insects (26KB) |
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Figures of Speech #9 -
Looking at and responding to language used in an unusual way.
The theme is Fish (26KB) |
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Figures of Speech #8 -
Looking at and responding to language used in an unusual way.
The theme is Birds (28.5KB) |
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Figures of Speech #7 -
Looking at and responding to language used in an unusual way.
The theme is Animals (34.5KB) |
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Figures of Speech #6 -
Looking at and responding to language used in an unusual way.
The theme is Trees and Flowers (27.5KB) |
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Figures of Speech #5 -
Looking at and responding to language used in an unusual way.
The theme is Life and Death (27.5KB) |
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Figures of Speech #4 -
Looking at and responding to language used in an unusual way.
The theme is Time (29KB) |
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Figures of Speech #3 -
Looking at and responding to language used in an unusual way.
The theme is Weather (27KB) |
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Figures of Speech #2 -
Looking at and responding to language used in an unusual way.
The theme is The Elements (26KB) |
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Figures of Speech #1 -
Looking at and responding to language used in an unusual way.
The theme is Colours (26.5KB) |
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The following worksheets are suitable for 3rd/4th
class, each based on a separate theme. They are suitable for
supplementary writing material. They can also be used
as work for the early finishers.
Other Class Novels we use in our school:
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"Under the Hawthorn
Tree" by Marita Conlon-McKenna
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"Wildflower Girl"
by Marita Conlon-McKenna |
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"Fields of Home"
by Marita Conlon-McKenna |
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"Danny the Champion
of the World" by Roald Dahl
(DVD) |
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"Goodnight, Mr. Tom"
by Michele Magorian
(DVD)
(SCH) |
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"Wreck of the
Zanzibar" by Michael Morpurgo
(SCH) |
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"Bill's New Frock"
by Ann Fine |
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"Stig of the Dump"
by Clive King
(SCH) |
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"Krindlekrax" by
Philip Ridley
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"The Snow Maze"
by Jan Mark (SCH) |
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"The Sheep Pig"
by Dick King-Smith
(DVD) (SCH) |
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"Artemis Fowl"
by Eoin Colfer |
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"Thomas and the
Tinners" by Jill Paton Walsh
(SCH) |
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"The Suitcase Kid"
by Jacqueline Wilson
(SCH) |
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"Clockwork" by
Philip Pullman
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"War Game" by
Michael Foreman
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"The Boy in the
Striped Pyjamas" by John Boyne |
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"The Ice Man: The Antarctic Adventures
of Tom Crean" by Michael Smith |
(DVD) indicates novels that have been made into a
film. Always interesting to view after completion of the book. Book Vs
Film discussion/comparison is worthwhile.
(SCH) indicates Scholastic "Read and Respond"
teacher's resource book that is available. Usually has good discussion
topics and photocopiable worksheets. Search Scholastic website
HERE. Scholastic also has Read and
Respond books for other books that can be used as class novels. The only
problem is that they don't have any Irish novels with Read and Respond
teacher's books.
See
Links section for links to author websites.
Seomra Ranga
does not maintain any of the web sites provided as links so it assumes
no responsibility for their contents, nor does any link constitute an
endorsement of any other site, its sponsor or its contents. These links
are just suggestions of websites that teachers may wish to visit to
compliment their classroom teaching. Ultimately, it is the
responsibility of each individual teacher or school to determine whether
the links provided are suitable for children to visit.
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Fizzy Funny Fuzzy - poetry for kids by Gareth Lancaster - you can read or listen to poetry and rate the poems you like |
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Poetry Zone - poems by Roger Stephens, site also has videos of poems being read with animations, teacher resources for teaching poetry also included |
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Giggle Poetry - poetry to read for fun |
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Kids Spell - use the online spelling lists or create your own and use them to play the online games |
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Sara Says - some literacy lesson plans, ideas and articles (however there are a lot of links to Amazon enticing you to buy books) |
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Storynory - free audio books for kids |
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Jolly Phonics Presentations
- three presentations available to download: presentation to
give to parents, presentation to give to other teachers,
presentation on Jolly Grammar to give to other teachers |
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Phonics International -
structured programme for the teaching of phonics. Some free
resources on the site, others must be purchased |
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ICT Literacy
Games |
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Literacy Resources - a
Teachnet project from John Farrell |
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Phingertip Fonics - Fruit
Machine type interface teaches phonics using CVC words, rimes,
onsets and sets of Dolch words |
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Mrs
Perkins Dolch Words - resources using the Dolch word lists |
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Spelling Bee - a spelling
programme for all age groups to be played online |
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Best Books 4 Ever -
children's book review site run by children |
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CVC Phonics Flashcards - excellent resource to print and
laminate from the Sparklebox website (.pdf file) |
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Online Story Books - excellent list
of interactive online story books |
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Wordpool - Children's book
site for parents, teachers and children |
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Mes-English - free printable
phonics, worksheets and games |
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Phonics International |
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Jolly Learning - including
Jolly Phonics, which many schools operate as the school phonics
scheme |
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The Poetry Zone |
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Children's Poetry Bookshelf |
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Children's
Poetry Archive - poets reading their own poems |
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Giggle
Poetry - fun poetry for children |
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ICDL - International Children's Digital Library - read
online books |
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Exam Support Primary English
- video learning packs for primary English for sale (see online
demos) |
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Vocabulary - vocabulary building online games like
wordsearch, crosswords, hangmouse, quizzes, match game and
unscramble |
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Write-A-Book.ie - Web Site from Blackrock Education
Centre. It has all the tips you'll need for taking part in the
project or just for general ideas for English writing. |
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Cool-Reads - excellent website which contains reviews of
books for 10-15 year olds by children in that age group. |
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Kidsreads.com - website of reviews and activities on
children's literature |
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Children's Literature - Resources for teachers. A page of
links to children's literature websites. |
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ABC Alphabet and Phonemic Awareness - goes through each
letter of the alphabet for infants. |
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How the alphabet got its order - interactive movie. |
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Left to Right - how we read and write - short interactive
movie. |
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Vowels Save the Day - short
interactive movie. |
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Silent e -
short interactive movie. |
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Sh - short
activity based on the diagraph -sh. |
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Wh - short
activity based on the diagraph -wh. |
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Th
- short activity based on the diagraph -th. |
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Ch
- short activity based on the diagraph -ch |
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Chunk That Word - short
activity on how to break up an unknown word. |
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The Lone Vowel - short
activities on vowels. |
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When Two Vowels Go Walking - short movie on the double
vowel. |
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Y Can Be a Vowel
- short movie on y as a vowel. |
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Learning To Read - Zac the Rat and other tales. |
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It's Fun to Read - Tongue Twisters |
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It's Fun to Read - Poetry |
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It's Fun to Read - Music |
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It's Fun to Read - Poetry |
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It's Fun to Read - Magic |
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It's Fun to Read - All About Me |
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A Rhyme a Week - Nursery Rhymes for Early Literacy |
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Writing Fun - teaching the
different genres of writing |
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Read, Write, Think - resources for the teaching of
literacy including educational links on the web |
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BBC - Skillswise |
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ABC's of the Writing Process |
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Bird Print Writing Process |
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RIF -
Reading is Fundamental |
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Book Adventure |
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Setanta Book Club |
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Children's
Literature - resources for teachers |
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CLWG - Children's Literature Web Guide |
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Children's Literature Index -
library of teaching
resources for children's literature |
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60 Ways to
Practise Spelling |
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Teacher 2 B
- English teaching strategies |
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Reading Rockets - reading, comprehension and language
arts teaching strategies |
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Teach-nology
- creative writing teaching theme |
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Writers-in-Schools Scheme - Poetry Ireland - invite an
author into your school/classroom. |
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Telling Tales:
Margaret Brownie (Claire Publications, Colchester, 1999) ISBN 1
871098 51 3
Re-looking
at popular fables with older children and using the fable for
exploring different genres of writing. |
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Blueprints
Primary English - The Writing Book: Pie Corbett (Stanley
Thornes Publishers, Cheltenham, 1994) ISBN 0-7487-1709-9
98
Copymasters to help with different forms of writing. |
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Developing Language in the Primary Classroom:
Sarah Tann (Cassell, London, 1991) ISBN: 0-304-31983-X paperback.
0-304-31986-4 hardback. |
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Learning About Language – Issues for Primary School Teachers:
Alison Sealey (OUP, Buckingham, 1996) ISBN: 0 335 19203 3
paperback. |
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Twenty Steps Towards Language Development: Dympna Daly and Pat
Scanlan (ed.s) (District XV INTO/Drumcondra Teachers’ Centre, 1988) |
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Teaching Talking and Learning in Key Stage One: Kate Norman
(National Curriculum Council, 1990) ISBN: 1 872676 16 2 |
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Teaching Language and Literacy in the Early Years: Diane Godwin
and Margaret Perkins (David Fulton Publishers, London, 1998) ISBN:
1-85346-529-1 |
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Listening Skills – Key Stage 1: Sandy Rickerby & Sue
Lambert(Questions Publishing Co., Birmingham, 1994) ISBN: 1 898149
34 8 |
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Listening Skills – Key Stage 2: Sandy Rickerby & Sue Lambert
(Questions Publishing Co., Birmingham, 1996) ISBN: 1 898149 46 1 |
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Fingers, Feet and Fun- New and
traditional action rhymes and stories: Delphine Evans (Beaver Books,
London, 1984) ISBN: 0 09 947690 8 |
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The Puffin Book
of Tongue Twisters to Tangle Tonsils and Jerk the Jaw -
collected by Mark Cohen (Puffin Books, Middlesex, 1984) ISBN
0-14-031676-D |
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Mind Maps For
Kids: The Shortcut to Success at School - Tony Buzan (Thorsons
Books, London, 2003) ISBN 0-00-715133-0
This
illustrates the mind map method to plan for everything from
writing on school subjects to sorting out that bedroom. |
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Quick,
Let's Get Out Of Here - Michael Rosen and Quentin Blake
(Puffin Books, London, 1983) ISBN 0-14-031784-8
A book of
poetry I've read to almost every class I've taught and no matter
what age, they all loved it. |
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Please Mrs.
Butler - Allan Ahlberg (Puffin Books, London, 1983) ISBN
0-14-031494-6
A book of
poetry all about school. |
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Digging For
China - selected and arranged by John O' Leary (Folens,
Dublin, 1986)
A collection of
poetry (with exercises) for fifth and sixth classes. |
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Dirty Beasts
- Roald Dahl (Puffin Books, London, 1984) ISBN 0-14-050435-4
Funny and
irreverent verse about beasts. |
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Revolting Rhymes
- Roald Dahl (Puffin Books, London, 1982) ISBN 0-14-050423-0
Nursery
Rhymes told in verse with a twist. |
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The Key Stage 2
Poetry Pack - Alan Peat (Questions Publishing Co,
Birmingham, 2000) ISBN 1-84190-044-3 |
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Teach Speech -
Oral Presentation Strategies - Loretta Brandt Minn (Good
Apple, Carthage IL, 1982) ISBN 0-86653-058-4 |
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Creativity For
Kids Through Writing - Bob Stanish (Good Apple, Carthage IL,
1983) ISBN 0-86653-118-1 |
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The Write
Approach - A Written Language Programme - Graeme Beals
(Claire Publications, Colchester, 1993) ISBN 1 871098 13 0 |
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