Literacy

Literacy Links These cards are can be used with any type of book students are reading or subjects that they are studying, and make for an excellent prewriting exercise for students who are writing narrative stories and need to consider characters, setting, and plot. Specific prompts guide student through the various types of cards, expanding students' thinking from the basic information and description of the topic to making personal connections to the subject. || media type="custom" key="12358818" media type="custom" key="12359100"
 * < Wordnik ||< connecting people with meaning. Viewers can explore different headings relating to the word - Define, Relate , List , Discuss , See , Hear ||
 * Roy the zebra || The site is home to a package of interactive games, stories and resources that have been developed to help emerging readers learn to read. ||
 * Bubbl.us || Mind mapping tool ||
 * Building language for Literacy || From Scholastic. ||
 * ICT Literacy games || from James Barrett. Includes Date chart, bingo cards ||
 * **[|Oxford Literacy Assessment]** || **Seaford K-7 Login** ||
 * Oxford University Press || Literacy support material and resources ||
 * [|Oxford Owl Primary ebooks] || Free teacher eBook library featuring over 250 of your children’s favourite stories. ||
 * Reading Rockets || Information to help parents help their children to read. ||
 * [|Star Words] || BBC Words and Pictures high frequency words activity. Needs Flash. ||
 * Trading card creator || From Read Write Think - The Trading Card tool gives students a way to demonstrate their literacy knowledge and skill when writing about popular culture texts or real world examples. This interactive allows students to create their own trading card about a real or fictional person, place, object, event, or abstract concept.
 * Short stories || from The British Council Learn English website. There are lots and lots of great stories here for you to watch and listen to. ||
 * Boowa & Kwala alphabet cards || Children show the cards with the correct letter name. ||

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