Memory & Learning (Part 1)

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Although we can teach our children the different components underlying literacy acquisition (phonological awareness, alphabet code, orthographic knowledge), this is only a part of the equation.  It is not sufficient just to introduce and explain a concept.  Children need to … Continued

Book Trade

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Helping your children organise a neighbourhood book trade is a great way to update your children’s personal library as well as help develop organisational skills. Before the Trade Day of the Trade At the End of the Trade

Discussion Cards

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Oral language is an important component of literacy, so oral language activities should be incorporated into every literacy program. I thought these Discussion Cards were a great idea for classroom teachers, so I have created a set that can be … Continued

Fair verus Fare

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I often find my students confuse ‘fair’ and ‘fare’ and incorrectly spell ‘welfare’ as ‘wellfair’. When helping children differentiate between homophones (words that sound the same but are spelled differently and have different meanings), it is often useful to employ … Continued

Memes

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After reading this post about memes, I thought that this could be a great writing prompt. You could show your students a meme reflecting a particular emotion and they could write a paragraph: Describing the emotion Describing a time when … Continued