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Welcome to The Library. Here you will find Sound Beginnings resources that provide the ‘what’ and the ‘how.’ Our extensive range of oral language and literacy resources provide opportunities to listen, observe, participate, and interact. Learners, at every age, need daily opportunities to learn and practice any language for their literacy skills to flourish.
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Oral Language and Communication Progressions – free resource
Are the children you work with ‘on the right track’ with their language and communication…
Triangle Interviews
This template will help students create their own Word Charts when reading a new text.…
Identifying Unknown Words While Reading
This template will help students create their own Word Charts when reading a new text.…
Affix Organiser
This visual strategy teaches students about affixes. An affix is a grammatical element that is…
Let it rip pencil grip
This little ditty and poster will help both left and right-handed learners focus on their…
Active Listening
Did you know that most of the work of hearing is done, not by your…
Password
This is a fast-paced game that can be played by dividing the class into two…
Vocabulary Question Cube
By rolling the Vocabulary Question Cube or ball students can start reviewing vocabulary words. They…
Adjectives – Order Matters
When we use more than one adjective to describe a noun, the adjectives are normally…
Creating a word learning environment for vulnerable word learners
Getting vocabulary teaching right in the classroom will support all students however for those with…
Word Grid
Students are often able to remember words and what they mean, but they still have…