This site contains a VERY useful list of the different planning, teaching, and reflecting strategies that can be used to successful integrate sight words into English lessons.
This site contains a number of clever ways to engage students with reading. It also includes access to a HUGE resource portfolio with activity sheets and resources to compliment reading and spelling lesson facilitation.
Amongst a range of resources and articles to teach important life-lessons, this site also includes a free subscription to a ‘Sunday Newsletter’ which includes detailed reviews on the latest children’s books. The books are reviewed with many colourful photos and key insights into the nature of the storytelling to inspire lesson planning and facilitation.
This blog post contains a guide on how to set up and play 6 different reading games to engage students from a wide range of Year and competency levels. The games can also be easily adapted to engage differentiated learners.
Although intended for the younger Years, and simple CVC word comprehension, these games utilize unique and engaging DIY resources that can be adapted to suit any reading comprehension level. Don’t have the time to make your own? Why not make them with your students?
This is an online interactive game that presents an engaging way to teach students phonic awareness. Teachers are given the opportunity to customize the way their students will play to ensure all students have the opportunity to learn effectively. This resource can be the focus of a lesson or unit, a time-filler, or even a reward for students as the colourful characters provide a fun way to develop skills in reading.
This website offers a wide range of online interactive games to engage students from every Year of primary school in reading skills. These games are simple to learn but remain enjoyable to play and can be adjusted to suit a range of learners. This resource is great to use within a group rotation as students can have the freedom to play the games they prefer. Lesson plans and teaching strategies are also included to utilize these games within a learning sequence.
Picture Puzzles
The activity below has been sourced from the ‘Literacies in Australia: Pedagogies for Engagement‘ textbook and is an excellent example of engaging students with reading through hands-on activities. Difficulties of words can be easily differentiated through selection of images, and students can be assisted by teacher or peers throughout the activity.
This resource provides a one-stop-shop for facilitating the ‘Readers Theater’ methodology, which tasks students with engaging with text by role-playing. This process enables students to develop skills in reading comprehension through a unique and interesting context. This resource provides teaching guides, a wide range of scripts, and educational videos to help facilitate Readers Theater in your classroom.
Primary English Resources (EDUC7555) 