Not grade specific balanced literacy resources in English (UK)

Song-linked silliness with a purpose for reluctant readers. Part of a series of 5 'Senses' books to read aloud or even sing by scanning the QR code inside the e-book. Separate cross-curricular activities available.

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Irrepressible Smell e-Book

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Song-linked silliness with a purpose for reluctant readers. Part of a series of 5 'Senses' books to read aloud or even sing by scanning the QR code inside the e-book. Separate cross-curricular activities available.

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Disagreeable Taste e-Book

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Song-linked silliness with a purpose for reluctant readers. Part of a series of 5 'Senses' books to read aloud or even sing by scanning the QR code inside the e-book. Separate cross-curricular activities available.

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Antisociable Sound e-Book

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Song-linked silliness with a purpose for reluctant readers. Part of a series of 5 'Senses' books to read aloud or even sing by scanning the QR code inside the e-book. Separate cross-curricular activities available.

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Inexplicable Stains e-Book

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Song-linked silliness with a purpose for reluctant readers. Part of a series of 5 'Senses' books to read aloud or even sing by scanning the QR code inside the e-book. Separate cross-curricular activities available.

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Irrepressible Smell Activity Sheet

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Balanced Literacy, Other, Science

Make a stinky skunk-themed Thaumatrope science and design technology-linked activity complementing the Irrepressible Smell song-linked e-book for reluctant readers. Part of a series of 5 'Senses' books and associated cross-curricular activity resources.

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Activities, Printables, English (UK)

Unsatisfactory Feels Activity

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Balanced Literacy, Graphic Arts, Visual Arts

Make your own pet chicken with this activity complementing the Unsatisfactory Feels song-linked e-book for reluctant readers. Part of a series of 5 'Senses' books and associated cross-curricular activity resources. What's your ideal pet? Why not extend this simple activity try to make your own with a moving tail, ears, beak or paws.

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Activities, Printables, English (UK)

Antisociable Sound Activity Sheet

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Balanced Literacy, Physics, Science

Make-Your-Own-Soundcatcher science-linked activity complementing the Inexplicable Stains song-linked e-book for reluctant readers. Part of a series of 5 'Senses' books and associated cross-curricular activity resources. Useful activity link to Roald Dahl's The BFG, too.

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Worksheets, Activities, English (UK)

Weekly Posters - Word of the Week/Idiom of the Week

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georgia goodall

Grow your students vocabulary with this Word of the Week and Idiom of the Week pack. 37 weeks of new words and idioms.Weekly Posters;- Word of the Week - Idiom of the Week

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Balanced Literacy, Life Skills, Vocabulary

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Bulletin Board Ideas, Posters, English (UK)

Letter Flashcards - Upper and Lower Case - Arial font

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Sydney Gherardi

Set of 52 letter flash cards - 2 per page - Upper and Lower case letters - Suitable for all grades. Originally designed for Preschool/Pre-K classrooms. I have used these cards for large group activities and circle time as well as small group and one on one instruction. These work great as resources for the teacher and for student manipulatives. Suggested uses: Rapid letter recognition, writing trays, phonics instruction, tracing practice, etc. Simple design with no distractions makes this an ide

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Balanced Literacy, English Language Arts, Writing

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Flash Cards, Printables, English (UK)

Question cards (cursive and print)

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Primary Teacher Things

14 questions with images used for either display or prompts for developing depth in oral and written work. This set comes in both print and cursive with two questions per page. (Who, where, why, what, how, when, whose, which, how old, how much, what colour, what day, how often, how many)

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Balanced Literacy, Creative Writing, English Language Arts

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Flash Cards, Printables, English (UK)

Adjectives Posters

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MMs Classroom

Support your students in developing interesting sentences that capture their reader’s imagination. Fantastic for students writing narratives, explanations, information reports and recounts, where description is important. Print in A4, A5 or whichever size suits the needs of your students. I like to print mine in a pocket version size bound with a ring clip for students to hang from their pencil pots, desks or pencil cases. INCLUDES 9 ADJECTIVES POSTERS (SMELL, TOUCH, TASTE, APPEARANCE, SOUND,

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Balanced Literacy, Creative Writing, Grammar

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Bulletin Board Ideas, By TpT Sellers for TpT Sellers, English (UK)

Comprehension Strategies

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Kathy King-Dickman Literacy Services

COMPREHENSION STRATEGIES: The research on effective comprehension strategies was done in the late 80’s and 90’s; however, many pre-service as well as veteran teachers have not been taught the strategies that help all readers comprehend text at high levels. The strategies of connections, inferring, questioning, visualizing, synthesizing, and determining importance, text structure, fix-up strategies and metacognition are what effective readers use to access all types of text. Some readers come to

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Balanced Literacy, Close Reading, Reading Strategies

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English (UK), Professional Development

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Writing Goals Poster and Stickers to Raise Standards in Writing

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All for the Love of Learning

This poster has been used from EYFS to Year 4 as a way to raise attainment and encourage self-assessment and it has proven to be very effective. It has been particularly effective in EYFS. The poster is printed and displayed in the classroom and used each time children participate in writing activities to help them understand the features of their writing. When completing independent writing, these images are stuck into children's books to remind them of their aims and also to self-assess their

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Balanced Literacy, Creative Writing, Writing

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Printables, Posters, English (UK)

INDEPENDENT READING INSTRUCTION

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Kathy King-Dickman Literacy Services

INDEPENDENT READING INSTRUCTION: Follow this method of highly monitored IRI to make lifelong readers In this mini-guide, learn to run a highly effective independent reading program. Discover how to get students to read numerous just right books and learn to confer, monitor, and keep track of student’s independent reading so that no one falls in between the cracks. Discover the difference between a true independent reading program and the old ‘drop everything and read’ where some read and others

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Balanced Literacy, Close Reading, Reading

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Unit Plans, English (UK)

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PM Benchmark Reading Level Recording Sheet

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Time Saving Files

If you use PM Benchmarks, I created an easy to record sheet, which colour codes students, and tracks progress made at the end of the year. The sheet has been set up for my usage, but all the headings can be changed to suit how you would use it.

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