F.A.I.L
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 = FIND AND RETRIEVE the appropriate information A = ANALYSE key parts of the quote/phrases […]
Metro Map
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 (stated at the bottom of the card). Following the route allows students to select appropriate […]
Keyboard Templates
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) Blank out the letters and get students to practice typing Students can create E-Safety posters […]
#Twitterature
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 hashtags and @’s!Others have to then guess what to book is!They could then explain why those […]
Overlays
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 are an engaging way to support students with the tools required for analysis of texts […]
Word Carpet
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 first words that come into their heads, one word per piece of scrap. You can […]
Slow Writing
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 consider each sentence, thinking carefully before they begin their writing.Students are given sentence by sentence […]
I AM READING
*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 you are currently reading, or would like to read, or have read recently; and then […]
Scrabble Art
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 ask to connect with another pair- then they will have to explain the connection either […]
Collective Writing/Ghost Reading
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 order that they are said. The Teacher should not prompt anybody and should allow the students […]