5.+Literacy+Activities

There are some fantastic worksheets and websites that can help a teacher work with Literacy Activities. Although technology is not always the answer the web site I have just found has mountains of interactive games for students to learn from whilst using technology, this is called a multiliteracy. The website has a grammar section with games for making sentences, nouns, pronouns, adjectives, verbs and adverbs. There is also a punctuation section which includes sentence structure, capital letters, pull stops, commas, question marks and apostrophes. Although some of these topics and games are a little more advanced for the younger literacy students some of the elder students may find them entertaining.

The website is http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/interactive/literacy2.htm#grammar and I highly recommend it.

One of my favoutire activities when I was young was Write the alphabet with chalk on your driveway and “walk,” “skip” or “jump” the alphabet, saying the names of the letters as you move your bodies from letter to letter. This is great for active learners.  To help your child hear individual sounds in words and recognize letters that represent those sounds **What You Will Need:** - Pencils or markers - A page from a newspaper, magazine, newsletter, recipe, etc. 1. Give your child a page of the newspaper or whatever text you have chosen. Then have your child circle all words s/he can find that begin with the ___ sound. Example: Find all the words that have the same beginning sound as the word “dog.” Do one or two together to get your child started. 2. After your child has completed this game, go through the paper with her/him and have her/him read the words to you. 3. Ask your child to think of five other words that have the same sound as you are working on. Have your child write them down and draw a picture to go with A B  C...etc
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