Primary 1 Active Literacy Network 2nd March 2011

North Lanarkshire Active Literacy

P1 Network Comely Park P.S

Phonics Use of magnetic boards Education City/SMARTboard gameshttp://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/interactive/literacy.html Doorway online Flashcards/CVC cards Activity - Word on one side, picture on the other Spinner for Vowels

... Picture cards Bingo games – Sparklebox Sound riddles e.g. find all the ‘n’ in the rhymes Drawing/tracing pictures from matching sound

e.g. a = aeroplane Jolly phonics – songs/Education City games/songs Use of text – newspaper, catalogues to cut out

pictures for individual sounds Pegs with sounds Gumball machines with vowels, constants, blends

etc Beebot

... Printing of sounds Formation of letters e.g. shaving foam, glitter,

sand etc. Alphabet soup – coloured water. Alphabet in

water and pick out letter using a ladle then they must all say a letter beginning with that sound

Make letters/sounds using string Playdoh letters/Pipe cleaner letters Trace letters Raffia Letters Loop card games

Spelling Word tubs ICT games e.g. Doorway onlinehttp://doorwayonline.org.uk/

Written activities: Partner Spelling/Dictation Rainbow Writing, rhyme, capital letters etc. Whiteboards Flashcards (on SMARTboard) Spelling Mats (Partner Task)

... Wordle Cross words/wordsearches Games – bingo, snap, loop cards... Active Spelling – across and down c a t

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Reading Oxford Reading Tree/Your School Reading Scheme Word detectives Word Bingo Sentence cards Sequencing activities Retelling the story Reading together/Partner reading (with peers & with older children) Paired questioning Reading games e.g. show me the word ‘went’

... Fastest finger first Predicting/Summarising Design your own book, front cover... Comprehension and follow up tasks Use of Self/Peer Assessment Use of Traditional Tales!!

WritingOur main focus is BIG Writing therefore our main writing tasks through Active Literacy are reading to write activities.

Sentence cards/Flashcards Picture stimulus Model Sentence Writing – use of SMARTboard Writing Activities from Reading Scheme e.g. cut

up old books, workbooks and laminate. Writing follow up activities from Reading Scheme

used in school.

... Weekend news/Weekly Diary Writing based on events that have taken place in

the school. Topic focused writing Use of practical activities prior to writing e.g.

Make jelly then write instructions on how they did this.

Learning to write their name, surname and the date – incorporate this into daily routine?

BIG Writing activities e.g. punctuation karate Tracing strips Dictation – a sentence with phonic words which

ties in with a story they have read. Draw a picture to match.

Listening and Talking Listen & Do Hearsay Creating Confident Kids Circle Time Use of Active Literacy Characters e.g. dress Belle Show & Tell News time with a partner Think, pair, share – topic work Inside, Outside Circle (Co-Op Learning) Use of individual talks e.g. book talks

Useful Websiteswww.educationcity.comwww.doorwayonline.org.ukwww.literactive.comwww.learnanytime.co.ukwww.sparklebox.co.ukwww.starfall.co.ukwww.topmarks.co.ukwww.bigbrownbear.co.uk

...www.twinkl.co.ukwww.royzebra.co.ukwww.primaryresources.co.ukwww.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks1bitesize/lit

eracywww.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/enghttp://durham.schooljotter.com/coxho

ewww.tutpup.com