100 Ideas for Teaching Literacy

Contents......Page 8
Acknowledgements......Page 13
Introduction......Page 14
SECTION I: Foundation Stage......Page 22
1 First Day at School......Page 24
2 ‘Oh look, that says “Mum!”’......Page 25
3 Tiger in the Snow!......Page 26
4 Study a Picture Book......Page 28
5 Share a Story......Page 30
6 Cuddly Toys......Page 31
7 Rhyme......Page 32
8 Rhyme – continued (but with PE)......Page 33
9 Rhyme – continued (but with art)......Page 34
10 ‘Play’......Page 35
11 Making the Room Theirs......Page 36
12 Making the Room Theirs – continued......Page 37
13 Words from Science......Page 38
14 Science Again......Page 39
15 Literacy and PE......Page 40
16 Literacy and PE – continued......Page 41
17 How Much Do We Talk?......Page 42
18 Bring Back Those Brand Names......Page 43
19 Bring Back Those Family Names......Page 44
20 Blue......Page 45
21 Red? Blue?......Page 46
22 Large or Small?......Page 47
23 Our Appearance......Page 48
24 A Class Poem......Page 49
25 Another Class Poem......Page 50
26 ‘Vincent’s Chair’......Page 51
27 Another Image: ‘Mother and Child’ by Eric Gill......Page 52
28 Other Objects for Display......Page 53
Interlude: a local artist......Page 54
SECTION II: Key Stage 1......Page 56
29 A Waste of Space, a Waste of Time, a Waste of You......Page 58
30 Eeny feeny figgery feg......Page 59
31 Eeny feeny figgery feg . . . – continued......Page 60
32 Bring Back the Ice Balloons......Page 61
33 Science, Cooking and More Words......Page 62
34 Fads......Page 63
35 Fads: spelling......Page 64
36 Fads: handwriting......Page 65
37 Science......Page 66
38 PE......Page 67
39 Writing......Page 68
40 Structure and Teaching Poetry in Key Stage 1......Page 69
41 Structure: stanzas from sentences......Page 70
42 Structure: senses to verses......Page 71
43 Structure: more of the senses......Page 72
44 Structure: escape the ordinary......Page 73
45 Structure: tense and sentence......Page 75
46 Structure: looking ahead......Page 76
47 Structure: out of the class......Page 77
48 Structure: angels to monsters......Page 78
49 An Idea for You and Your LSA......Page 79
50 Drawing and Literacy......Page 80
51 Close Observational Drawing......Page 81
52 Drawing: capturing their mood......Page 83
53 Drawing: developing literacy skills......Page 84
54 Display and Literacy......Page 85
55 Surprise......Page 86
56 Reprise......Page 87
57 Rhyme......Page 88
58 Rhyme: phonics......Page 89
59 Rhyme: more of them......Page 90
60 Starting a Correspondence......Page 91
Interval: oh no, not again!......Page 92
SECTION III: Key Stage 2......Page 94
61 The Classroom Atmosphere......Page 96
62 Alphabets Punctuation Pyramids......Page 97
63 Alphabets and Punctuation Pyramids and Other Bad Things: star charts......Page 98
64 A Meaningful Alphabet......Page 99
65 Reading......Page 100
66 How Can We Make Books Look Inviting?......Page 101
67 Re-read Tiger in the Snow!......Page 102
68 Read Tiger in the Snow! again......Page 103
69 A Reading Display......Page 104
70 A Reading Display: discussion......Page 105
71 Children Writing: standing orders......Page 106
72 Children Writing: more on standing orders......Page 107
73 Children Writing: providing support......Page 108
74 Children Writing: standing orders so far......Page 109
75 Children Writing: standing orders furthermore......Page 110
76 Children Writing: complex sentences......Page 111
77 Complex Sentences – continued......Page 112
78 Children Writing Biography......Page 113
79 Children Writing Biography – continued......Page 115
80 Autobiography......Page 116
81 Autobiography: confessions continued......Page 118
82 Confessions Continued (More Editing)......Page 119
83 Confessions Continued: different versions......Page 120
84 Writing a Novel: first chapters......Page 121
85 Short Stories......Page 123
86 Writing Inspired by Paintings......Page 124
87 Writing: try it yourself......Page 125
88 Silence......Page 127
89 Editing Friends......Page 128
90 Children Writing: why teach poetry?......Page 129
91 Children Writing Poetry......Page 130
92 Poetry: prepositions......Page 131
93 Poetry and Philosophy: questions......Page 133
94 Poetry and Philosophy: questions (continued)......Page 134
95 Poetry: children with more than one language......Page 135
96 Poetry: quatrains and valentines......Page 136
97 Poetry: quatrains and valentines (continued)......Page 138
98 Five Senses......Page 139
99 Re-read Tiger in the Snow!......Page 140
100 Lie in Bed Late......Page 141
References......Page 144