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General:
Readwritethink.org US website with hundreds of lesson plans, and many interactives that can be used by either teachers or students in English.
E2BN: Website of the Learning Grid for the East of England; resources are easily searchable by subject and keystage
Crickweb: Interactive literacy resources for use with Keystage 1
Communication4all: Uk based site with lots of free interactives and printables (some others cost), click on Literacy in sidebar
Primary Resources: The English section of this well known site
Woodlands Junior School: The Literacy Zone of this excellent site
ICT Games: Literacy Games generally targetted at children in the junior half of the school
Literacy Tools: A whole host of free tools, programmes that aim to develop literacy
Teachit Primary: Various literacy resources, grouped according to keystage
School Wide Literacy and ICT plan: A US example of a plan to use free Web 2.0 tools to enhance the development of literacy skills throughout a school, from Teacher's First
LGfL: Literacy activities & resources from Lanchasire Grid for Learning
Topmarks: Interactive Whiteboard Literacy resources for Keystage 1
Teaching Ideas: Lots of ideas for teaching reading, writing, speaking and listening, click on Literacy
Digital Storytelling in the Classroom: Lots of various resources including ideas for using Photo Story 3
Make Beliefs Comix: Online educational comic generator for kids of all ages
MES English: Free printables, games and video suitable for using with younger learners or in ESL
My First English Book: A 48 page booklet which would be very useful for Infant and/or Language Support teachers.
Reading:
Reading Eggs & Reading Eggspress: Excellent site for all classes, and while there are subscription costs, I would feel they are well worth it. Have a look here if you want more info
PCSP Archived website: View documents here exploring emergent reading, use of big books, novels, real books as well as strategies for comprehension
Reading Activities: Links to online reading activities
Starfall: for infants and juniors
Literactive: US website, aimed at pre-school to first grade, that comprises of carefully levelled guided readers, comprehensive phonic activities and a wealth of supplemental reading material which "gradually develop a child's reading skills in a sequential and enjoyable manner"
Roy the Zebra: This site has a package of interactive games, stories and resources that have been developed to help emerging readers learn to read.
Letters, words & phonics:
Teach your Monster to Read: A very good site, ideal for children in Infants/Preschool. Starts by introducing them to the letter sounds in a similar sequence to Jolly Phonics. Not as good as Reading Eggs (you have to start at the beginning even if you already know those letters) but it is free and has engaging games.
Steps to Reading: letter sounds and blends for infants and juniors
Sight Vocabulary: Fry Word lists and more
The Dolch Kit: The lists of all the words from theschoolbell.com
Sadlier Phonics: Phonics activities and games for Pre Kindergarten to Grade 6
Phingertip Fonics: Excellent interactive resource that the teacher could use on the IWB to teach various consonant blends, magie e combinations etc.
Books & Stories:
O'Brien Reading Programme: detailed suggestions on how to use many of the O'Brien books in the classroom in a cross-curricular and integrated way
Stories: Interactive narrated stories that can be explored online, and some can be downloaded free, to use when offline.
CBeeBies: Stories and rhymes. often with TV characters
Fís Bookclub: where children create a video book review based on their independent reading. The collected video book reports form a password-protected child friendly and safe online Digital video Book Review Catalogue, which is accessible to the participating schools only.
Storyline Online: Selection of interactive picture stories narrated by actors
Writing:
PCSP archive: Suggestions for writing activities across the whole school
PDST Writing Workshop/Planning Day: Very comprehensive collection of resources to support writing across the school
Write a Book Project: from Blackrock Education Centre
My Story Maker: lets you control characters and objects - and creates sentences for you!
Poetry:
PCSP Archive: Information on poetry and how to write poems across the whole primary school
Handwriting:
Interactive Samples: showing correct number formation (Snr. Infs. & 1st) and correct formation of cursive (joined) letters (2nd - 4th)
Handwriting on the Web: A selection of recommended sources of printable handwriting worksheets for all kinds of handwriting practice, including block letters, cursive, and D'Nealian script, from Surfing the Net with Kids
Grammar & Spelling:
Sentence Types: Exploring the various types of sentences and their associated punctuation marks
Oral Language:
PCSP Archived website: View documents here exploring games, activities and strategies for oral language development
English as an Additional Language (EAL):
English as an Additional Language (EAL):
Interactive resource from NGfL UK
MES English: Free printables, games and video suitable for using with younger learners or in ESL
Mingoville: Lots of online English lessons aimed at those for whom English is an additional language
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