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Category Archives: literacy
Advent Calendar: 4th December – Verbal Reasoning Shuffled Sentences
It’s day 4 of our Advent calendar and we have a verbal reasoning challenge for you. At Better Tuition, Urmston, we have been trying to read this weather forecast but each sentence has been shuffled. What’s more, an extra word … Continue reading
Advent Calendar December 1st: Rudolph the Read Knows Rain, Dear!
It’s already December the first: time to enjoy Better Tuition‘s online advent calendar. Spot the spelling errors in our Better Tuition Christmas Spelling Challenge: can you identify and correct the misspellings in these well known Christmas songs and phrases? There are 12 incorrectly used words – … Continue reading
Posted in Advent Calendar, English, Entrance Exams, literacy, Maths
Tagged advent calendar, Christmas, KEY Stage 2, spelling
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SEN Awareness Week: illiteracy in adults
What would it like to be a Muggle in the magical world of books, texting, online adventures in social media and interactive television? How isolated would you feel if you thought everyone else could read and you couldn’t? Over five … Continue reading
Posted in literacy, Special Education Needs
Tagged adult learning, functional illiteracy, illiteracy
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Another poem: how many poetic devices can you spot?
Nikki Schneider (follow her on Twitter) is an amazing Canadian educator with lots of creative ideas for engaging imagination. Recently she has been running poetry workshops and an impending storm inspired her to write this piece. So, besides enjoying the … Continue reading
Posted in literacy, Poetry corner
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A poem about the rain
Here’s a poem I wrote quite a while ago about extreme rain and flooding. It’s a good introduction to teaching about natural disasters, as well as the benefits of natural flood defences such as trees. While I assert my right … Continue reading
Motivating reluctant writers in six easy steps
Reluctant writers are not a rare phenomenon. Many children find it hard to express themselves in writing: some may find it difficult to put their ideas down on paper; others lack confidence because they have yet to master the rules … Continue reading
Six Key Stage 2 SATs Revision Websites
Key Stage 2 SATs revision websites: where can I find the best? The Key Stage 2 SATs are only a matter of days away and while many Year 6 children are working hard on paper based resources, this type of … Continue reading
Posted in English, Key Stage 2, literacy, Maths, SATs, Science
Tagged KEY Stage 2, SATs, useful websites
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Pre-School Literacy Games to Play at Home: Part Three
This is the third in our series of pre-school literacy games for you to play at home with your child. Although these games are ideal for nursery age children, your reception age child will also enjoy them. View Part One and Part Two. Game Three: Bingo! … Continue reading
Posted in Early Years, English, FREE downloads, Key Stage 1, literacy, Pre-school, Reading, Top tips
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Pre-School Literacy Games to Play at Home: Part Two
This is the second in our series of pre-school literacy games for you to play at home with your child. Although these games are ideal for nursery age children, your reception age child will also enjoy them. View Part One and Part Three. Game Two: Guess … Continue reading
Posted in Early Years, English, Key Stage 1, literacy, Pre-school, Reading, Top tips
Tagged literacy, pre-school literacy, writing
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Pre-school Literacy Games to Play at Home: Part One
This is the first in our series of pre-school literacy games for you to play at home with your child. Although these games are ideal for nursery age children, your reception age child will also enjoy them. View Part Two … Continue reading
Posted in Early Years, English, FREE downloads, literacy, Pre-school, Top tips
Tagged early years, pre-school literacy, pre-school reading games, reading, reading games
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