Click the image below to read about an idea in which children can use LEGO bricks to support the teaching of spelling.
Check out our Spelling and Phonics section of our blog,
Spelling with LEGO Letters
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Teaching Figurative Language
If you’re teaching figurative language techniques such as onomatopoeia, personification and symbolism in Second – Fourth Levels BGE and in the Senior Phase, using video clips from familiar stories is a great way to make the connections.
CLICK HERE for a blog post with some suggestions. Check out the Easy Access section when you visit the site to find some great resources to support learning and teaching in Literacy and English.
Spruce Up Your Library
Fancy a chance of receiving £2000 to spruce up your school library? Check out the flyer below for more information:
Treasure in the Woods
Click the image below if you’re interested in the following Glow TV event on Monday.
ORT – Highland Libraries
Thank you to Elizabeth Parker, Senior Network Librarian at High Life Highland, for the heads-up regarding this post!
Highland Libraries do not usually stock Oxford Reading Tree titles; however, the public library service do have the following Oxford Reading Tree – Biff, Chip and Kipper Stories in stock:
| Book Band 6 – Orange | Book Band 7 – Turquoise | Book Band 8 – Purple |
| Two Left FeetOn the Stage
May Morning |
The Portrait ProblemHoliday in Japan
Detective Adventure A Tall Tale Magic Trick The Time Capsule |
A Lucky FindA Good Turn
The Beehive Fence The Ogre’s Dinner The Secret Pop Star |
Click on our pals – Biff, Chip, Kipper and Floppy – to access the list of Network Librarian contacts to find out more information.
Summer Reading Challenge – 2015
The Summer Reading Challenge encourages children to read six books over their Summer holidays; stickers, rewards and certificates as an incentive to complete.
This year’s theme is Record Breakers, bringing together the wonderful worlds of fact and fiction. Encourage your kids to get their nose in a book this Summer . . .
How do your children get involved?
- Encourage your pupils to head to their local library to find out more information
- CLICK HERE to find a list of Highland Network Librarians
- CLICK HERE to find the School Resource section
For more information, click the link below –
CLICK HERE – Summer Reading Challenge
Write with Confidence
A new resource has been created and added to ‘The Literacy Toolkit’ section of our blog.
Write with Confidence – The objective of this PPT is to explore the research and views around developing ‘private’ and ‘public’ confidence in writing, and to generate professional dialogue and action relating to this with a view to improving experiences for the young people in school.
Vocabulary Wheels
Teaching learners emotive vocabulary . . . check out the Vocabulary Wheels below:
Wordnik – Online dictionary
Wordnik, the online dictionary, is an excellent resource that can be used by learners to:
- look up the definition of a word
- see how that word has been used in literature previously
- understand the history of a word
- find synonyms for that word
- see where that word has been used in social media.
Check it out by clicking the image above.
Read with Confidence
A new resource has been created and added to ‘The Literacy Toolkit’ section of our blog.
Read with Confidence – The objective of this PPT is to explore the research and views around developing ‘private’ and ‘public’ confidence in reading, and to generate professional dialogue and action relating to this with a view to improving experiences for the young people in school.
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