Games, Ideas and Activities for Primary Literacy (Classroom Gems)

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A collection of 150 unique games and activities to help support teaching literacy in the primary classroom.   Designed with busy teachers in mind, the Classroom Gems series draws together an extensive selection of practical, tried-and-tested, off-the-shelf ideas, games and activities guaranteed to transform any lesson or classroom in an instant. Easily navigable, allowing you to choose the right activity quickly and easily, these invaluable resources are guaranteed to save you time and are a must-have tool to plan, prepare and deliver first-rate lessons. Cover Contents About the authors Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1 Speaking and Listening Generic activities and games What’s that sound? Telling my news Chinese Whispers Fortunately/Unfortunately Just a minute Show What you Hear! Wishes and Favourites One for Sorrow, Two for Joy and the if Game Talk Prompts for Explanation and Discussion What am I? Who am I? Connections Game How Do You Say It? Barrier Games Jibber Jabber Super Stuff Activities to support paired and group work Talk Triangles and Listening Triangles Group Roles Snowballing Rainbowing Jigsawing Envoys Statement Game Six Thinking Hats Storytelling Storytelling What Comes Next? Tell Me a Tale Story in a Suitcase Drama activities Generic Drama Strategies Hot Seating Thought Tracking Telephone Conversations Freeze Frames Sculpting Role on the Wall Conscience Alley Hats, Glasses and Bags Marvellous Mimes Chapter 2 Reading Generic ideas and activities Book Week Early Word Games Walking about Guided reading activities Blooming Questions Prompts for Fiction Reading Journals Activities for Reading Journals (Ks1) DARTs Get the Idea Phonics Draw­ a ­Rhyme Peel ­the ­Post-it! The­ Name­ Game Top and Tails Countdown Fiction and poetry activities Talking about Books What Can You See? Six Hats for Reading Getting to Know You What Happens Next? What is She Like? How Do They Feel? Wanted! What Should I Do? Point of View Highs and Lows So You Want to Be a Princess? Story Skeleton Non-fiction activities Read and Draw Cross Me Out Fact or Fiction? The Sticky Note Game What Do You Know? This Is What You Do Is It True? Letters News Reports Note Making Persuade Me! Biography and Autobiography Picture It! Graphic Organisers Concept Map KWL Chart What Do I Want to Find Out? Chapter 3 Writing Generic ideas and activities Writing and the Role-Play Area Guided Writing Prompts Writers’ Workshop Perfect Partners Change the Form Writing Checklists Grammar: Playing with language Add the Adjective Guess My Move – Verbs and Adverts Abstract or Concrete? Making the Connection – Connectives Connective Consequences Pick a Preposition Consequences – Reinforcing Word Classes Phrases to Sentences What’s in a Sentence? Name that Paragraph Question or Statement? Sentence Activities Stretch a Sentence Present to Past Say It Right! Spelling Spell Away! Spell Well Hot Potato It’s­ Raining­ Words! Spell ­that ­Word! Words, ­Words,­ Words! More Ideas­ for­ Spelling Hunt the Homophone Spelling­ Challenges Not­ Another­ Spelling ­List! What’s ­that­ Word? Spot­ the ­Syllables What’s­ My­ Root? Where­ Does­ That­ Word ­Come From? Spelling­ Prompts Fiction activities Story Openings In the End Story Ideas What Happens Next? Story Shapes Circles and Graphs Story Planners and Prompts (KS1) Story Planners and Prompts (KS2) What Happened When ...? Copycat Draw a Character Make a Story Set the Scene Playing to the Audience Poetry activities Alliterative Alphabet Rhyme Time Lovely Lists Guess Who? Playful Poems Questions and Answers Behind the Door Non-fiction activities Walk the Talk! Did You Know? Fact file Activities to Support Non-chronological Reports The Cheese Sandwich In the News Useful websites