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10 places to find reading and writing resources for primary school learners – part 1
Submitted by Fiona Beal
One of my passions is developing reading and writing in kids. Nowadays the web is full of the most amazing sites – is it any wonder that some of us feel that free internet should be a basic human right! Today I came across some amazing new sites and thought they would be great to share in a blog post.
I have written two previous posts about reading resources for primary school learners so would like to add the links to those in case you are interested in looking them up:
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12 more places to find reading material for Foundation Phase learners
The Internet is a goldmine for reading materials. Earlier this week I wrote a post highlighting 12 websites that provide great reading material for young learners. (https://www.schoolnet.org.za/2012/01/bring-technology-into-your-foundation.html). These sites could be very useful to link to with the new CAPS curriculum being implemented in South Africa for Grades 1 – 3 this year since there is a big emphasis on reading.
In this post I list ANOTHER 12 sites that can be used to encourage read...Read more
Bring technology into your Foundation Phase Reading lessons
Here in South Africa the 2012 year has started and the Foundation Phase (Grades R-3) has started implementing the new CAPS curriculum. I thought this would be a great opportunity to draw your attention to 12 websites that have great reading material for your young learners.
1. Storyline Online
http://www.storylineonline.net/
This site is presented by the Screen Actors Guild Foundation. This is an online video programme with their members reading stories aloud. Each story has some activity suggest...Read more
Website review – The Teaching Library
Today I would like to point you to a fascinating reading website: http://www.teachinglibrary.co.uk/.
This is a site where teachers can find books to read to their class as well as some free lesson ideas on the books listed on the site. Each book has a list of activities spanning a few subjects. I came across this site through Technology Tidbits.
This post is actually going to be taken verbatim out of the teaching library website so that you can see its potential. It is taken from the page: http://ww...Read more
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