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  • Category: Literacy

  • How to make a ‘Light Fury’ bookmark for kids – Easy

    Posted by Saved you a Spot on 13 July 201826 August 2018

    Are you looking for an art activity to promote reading? Well, this little activity is linked to “How to Train you Dragon 3” and is super easy to make!. It’s perfect for promoting reading, both …

    Arts and Crafts, Literacy
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  • The Subjunctive Mood Made Easy

    Posted by Saved you a Spot on 3 June 2018

    You may have come across the subjunctive mood in a grammar lesson and wondered what it means. In grammar when we talk about moods, we do not mean different moods like the ones below….   …

    Literacy
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  • Friend or Foe by Michael Morpurgo

    Posted by Saved you a Spot on 16 May 201815 May 2018

    Friend or Foe is a gripping, historical fiction novel about World War II. It is written by Michael Morpurgo, author of War Horse (now a major motion picture directed by Steven Spielberg).  It is published …

    Literacy
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  • Dyslexia in different languages – Part 2

    Posted by Saved you a Spot on 9 May 2018

    As seen in Part 1 of Dyslexia in different languages, dyslexia can be very different across languages because of their underlying structure. In this post we look at dyslexia in the following four languages: Polish, …

    Literacy, Teachers
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  • Dyslexia in different languages

    Posted by Saved you a Spot on 6 May 20186 May 2018

    Genetically influenced peculiarities in the brain anatomy, present in a minority of people, get in the way of a certain kind of information processing. This could be a problem, if a particular writing system strongly …

    Literacy
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  • Dora’s Animation: William Shakespeare Biography

    Posted by Saved you a Spot on 22 April 201822 April 2018

    Schools can limit creativity, however, when the rigidness of the school system is softened and children are allowed to create freely, they can truly take you by surprise. By giving pupils simple guidelines, then letting them …

    General, Literacy
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  • Free resources to teach spelling words with a ‘ce’ pattern ‘soft c’ sound

    Posted by Saved you a Spot on 28 March 201818 March 2018

    Learn how to spell words with a ‘soft c’ sound and ‘ce’ spelling pattern, with this fun engaging lesson. I used the spelling words found on the Twinkl PlanIt unit, but came up with a …

    Literacy, Teachers
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  • Grammar practice made easy

    Posted by Saved you a Spot on 7 March 20186 March 2018

    Are you revising for a grammar test? Is your child revising for a grammar test and you don’t know how to help? Are you a teacher and are unsure if a word is a particular …

    Literacy
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  • Journalistic Writing

    Posted by Saved you a Spot on 19 February 201821 February 2018

    One of the writing genres covered in Year 6 is journalistic writing. Journalistic writing is a type of non-fiction writing where children create newspaper or magazine articles and report on real or imagined events. When teaching …

    Literacy
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  • Happy Birthday, Oliver Moon – A book review

    Posted by Saved you a Spot on 31 January 2018

    The Oliver Moon books, published by Usborne and written by Sue Mongredien are very popular amongst primary school children. They are easy to read, with fun stories children love. Read on for a book review, …

    Literacy
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