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  • Category: Literacy

  • 5 Benefits for Children Learning Poetry by Heart

    Posted by Saved You a Spot on 16 January 2019

    The national curriculum wants children to learn poems by heart. Having recently done a great poetry lesson, where the children had so much fun trying to learn ‘Tomcat’ by Don Marquis, it got me thinking …

    Literacy, Teachers
    6 6 comments on “5 Benefits for Children Learning Poetry by Heart”
  • Recommended Book List for 7-9 year olds

    Posted by Saved You a Spot on 12 December 201812 December 2018

    Reading is an essential skill for children to acquire and once mastered, it acts as an important source of knowledge and pleasure that lasts a lifetime! As you help your kids appreciate the magic of reading, …

    Literacy
    0 0 comments on “Recommended Book List for 7-9 year olds”
  • 10 Free Sites to Improve Your Child’s Literacy Skills

    Posted by Saved You a Spot on 27 October 201827 October 2018

    Immersing children in literacy activities can help them improve their literacy skills. Many times, I get parents asking me if I can recommend any sites to help their children strengthen in a variety of literacy …

    Literacy, Parents
    2 2 comments on “10 Free Sites to Improve Your Child’s Literacy Skills”
  • Spellings: To test or not to test?

    Posted by Saved You a Spot on 24 October 201824 October 2018

    Anyone had thoughts about abandoning age-old practices of Friday spelling tests?     You all know the drill, I’m sure many of you did it when you were still at school: you get the words …

    Literacy, Teachers
    1 One comment on “Spellings: To test or not to test?”
  • Save the dates for Literacy

    Posted by Saved You a Spot on 29 August 201830 August 2018

    Have you ever searched the Internet looking for important dates to add to your calendar for Literacy? If the answer is yes, then you are in the right place! Having done just that for you, …

    Literacy, Teachers
    4 4 comments on “Save the dates for 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
    0 0 comments on “How to make a ‘Light Fury’ bookmark for kids – Easy”
  • 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
    0 0 comments on “The Subjunctive Mood Made Easy”
  • 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
    0 0 comments on “Friend or Foe by Michael Morpurgo”
  • 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
    0 0 comments on “Dyslexia in different languages – Part 2”
  • 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
    1 One comment on “Dyslexia in different languages”
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