Literacy Videos

These are some of my student's favourite education youtube videos that help to consolidate grammar and writing concepts in the classroom:

Vowel Bat

When Two Vowels Go Walking

 

Elements of a Narrative

 

 Letter Sounds Song

 

Syllables

 

Venn Diagram

This was a prepared Venn introductory activity for Year 1 children. This activity was part of our Japanese unit of work, and we compared the city and country life using pictures from the internet. Students pasted these images and their labels onto cardboard circle cutouts before displaying in the classroom.

 

I have previously blogged here using hoops to make a Venn diagram.

Teacher Quote

ICT Magic

This is the most amazing and comprehensive ICT resource site! Check it out!

It contains weblinks to just about every online classroom resource you can imagine - from music to mathematics, classroom management to languages, English to PE webtools - this guy has researched and added it to his wiki.

ICT Magic

Foamies Friends

 

These foam magnets brighten up any fridge or classroom whiteboard! 

I purchased the foam templates from a craft shop and my students created these foam children as part of our "People in the Community" HSIE unit of work.

 

We affixed sticky-back magnet tape on the back so they would stick to chalkboards and whiteboards for classroom display.

Motivational Speech

This is a fantastic speech to motivate educators on WHY they are teaching, and the difference they are making in the lives of their students:

Deductive Thinking Skills - lower

Use the following as an example of a deductive thinking activity for preschoolers:

 

The teacher (or student) first selects an animal the other students need to guess. S/he calls out a characteristic that the selected animal has and the students must deduce which animal has been chosen. They cover the tiles using counters until there is only one animal left.

Some examples of characteristics might include:

• I live on land.
• I can swim.
• I live in the jungle.
• I lay eggs.

This game can be modified for units of work to include:

• Minibeasts
• Musical instruments
• Sports/games
• Countries

... the list goes on!

Teacher Appreciation Gift: Making Minds Sharp

You've got to love a pun! This gift idea is suitable for students or colleagues.

 

What I Am

Will I Am's 'What I Am' is such a great motivational song for students, and makes an excellent assembly item!

Cross

Much like my butterfly rubs (found here), cut and laminate a cross template, trace using oil pastels and smudge to create this 'sprayed' effect.

  

Literacy Work Generators

The following are some links to some of my favourite worksheet generators online:


Newspaper Clipping Generator

EduBakery

Wacky Web Tales