This template will help students create their own Word Charts when reading a new text. They identify, define and use words that are new to them.
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Identifying Unknown Words While Reading
This template will help students create their own Word Charts when reading a new text. They identify, define and use words that are new to them.
Affix Organiser
This visual strategy teaches students about affixes. An affix is a grammatical element that is attached to a word stem to form a new word or word forms. There are two main types of affixes: prefixes and suffixes.
Let it rip pencil grip
This little ditty and poster will help both left and right-handed learners focus on their pencil grip. A correct pencil grip will enable the writer to move the fingers, controlling the pencil or pen with efficient finger movements. The ability to hold a pencil correctly can affect a child’s attitude to learning and schoolwork, their academic achievement as well as their motor/joint development.
Active Listening
Did you know that most of the work of hearing is done, not by your ears but by your brain? It is true that sounds are taken in by our ears, and they must function properly for us to hear, but processing the sounds into meaning is solely a function of our brains. What is the difference between hearing and listening? We hear a lot, but we only process what we listen to, and that takes brain power. Thus, training our brains to listen becomes essential if we are to engage with the world around us.
Use this poster to help students power up their brains. Starting with the pinkie, children say the words for each finger closing them as they go. When a complete fist is made, they punch the air saying “power up your brain” all together. The object being for them to actively switch on their brains.
Password
This is a fast-paced game that can be played by dividing the class into two teams. It is suitable for all ages, primary through to secondary. The object of the strategy is to use the meaning of the word for clues. It helps to develop a deeper understanding of the actual meaning of the selected words.